We are back on the air!
After 9 days in the hospital, I am back home and recuperating. My wife Laura gave everyone a quick rundown of the fun we were having at the hospital. Suffice it to say that without an advocate, there is little chance of you getting out of the hospital any better than you started. In my [...]
How to deal with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
Neurology Today has an extensive story on CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), explaining what it is, what to look for if you think you have it, and what treatments are available. Rather than a simple web page, this is a technically written article on the syndrome that is attacking Americans in record numbers. Those with [...]
Hospital Frustration
An Unbelievable Exasperating Experience…
We’re sure that many of you have gone through an experience at the hospital where it was just so unbelievable exasperating that you didn’t know what to do first. The letter below that I wrote to a hospital that Greg stayed at; I stumbled into the other day and was able to [...]
Regenerative medicine coming to your local hospital
Medicalnewstoday.com has a story about the advances in stem cell research and what we can expect to see over time. This type of medicine that will allow doctors to repair areas of damaged tissue that typically is cosidered beyond any medical procedure available now. Cells from your body that can be programmed to turn into [...]
Surgeon finds it difficult to go back to work after spinal cord injury
The Austin American Statesman has a story about a surgeon that worked 14 hours a day and traveled around the world to provide seminars on surgical procedures as well as running his farm before his life came crashing to a halt. His wife purchased a tractor for him for their 20th wedding anniversary and he [...]
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