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******I have been home now since 10:30 yesterday morning. I am feeling VERY sore, but I have a lot of pain medication. I have a nice 'nest' set up with my cozy p.j.'s, lots of blankets and my laptop and my dressing changing materials. So, I am not sure if it is the pain medicine making me so emotional or just the whole ordeal and that it is finally over. In any case, I wanted to share some of this important information with all of you. I may not be on very much today - very sleepy. But, with the pain meds, I may be up to it. It helps to keep my mind busy. I wanted to share this information as I never thought "It could happen to me" and I believe most women think that way, and I want to show that with a positive mind and emotional support and INFORMATION you CAN get through this.
Learn what to expect during a lumpectomy, and how to care for yourself during recovery. Be prepared to deal with health insurance, anesthesia, surgical dressings and drains. Learn some tips for self-care during recovery from your lumpectomy.
medical innovation and health care costs
Does High-Tech Medicine Mean Higher Health Care Costs? A new report finds that medical innovation boosts life expectancy, but doesn't cost more Ronald Bailey | September 29, 2009 "About half of all growth in health care spending in the past several decades was associated with changes in medical care made possible by advances in technology," declared a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report last year. "Health care economists attribute about 50 percent of the annual increase of health costs to new technologies or to the intensified use of old ones," writes bioethicist Daniel Callahan in his new book, Taming the Beloved Beast: How Medical Technology Costs Are Destroying Our Health Care System.MINIMIZING PAIN IN THE NICU
My primary goal is to arm parents with some medical knowledge about pain in the NICU so they can be better advocates for their babies. BABIES AND PAIN Unfortunately, not long ago many doctors believed that babies could not feel pain. However, all lines of evidence suggest that babies, even very premature babies, do indeed feel pain.Update on my ONS implant
In case anyone is interested in what's happened since I got the Occipital Nerve Stimulator implanted in my skull last month, here's my update. I've had ONE migraine since having the surgery. That one migraine was induced by the anesthesia so in my book it doesn't count.Updated pictures of my post-op head - not for the skimish.
OK I had the ONS surgery just over 6 days ago. Been feeling from "really good" to "just eh OK" since the surgery. Mainly just fatigue and a twinge of pain either from the wire inside my neck or from the box inside my chest.
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Suit: Doctor put tattoo on patient A Camden County, N.J., woman is suing her orthopedic surgeon after he rubbed a temporary tattoo onto her body while she was unconscious. Elizabeth Mateo claims in her suit that she did not realize until the morning after the surgery that the surgeon, Steven Kirshner, had left a temporary tattoo of a rose on her abdomen while she was under anesthesia, the Philadelphia Enquirer reported Wednesday. "She was extremely emotionally upset by it," said attorney Gregg Shivers, who filed the suit on Mateo's behalf in Camden County Superior Court.Flossies: tartar-reducing treats
My dog gets tartar build-up quickly, and I'm not so great about brushing his teeth. He hates it and is extremely squirmy. I've had his teeth cleaned at the vet once so far (he's 4 years old), but I'd like to keep that to a minimum because of anesthesia.
Awake ~ Movie Trailer
*Hayden Christensen
During surgery, more than 60,000 people domestically each year experience "anesthetical awareness," a condition when anesthesia fails during surgery, leaving one completely conscious and feeling every incision, but paralyzed and incapable of doing anything about it. This is what happens to Clay.
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Friends Hold Vigil For Cheerleader Who Died Getting Breast Implants
Stephanie Kuleba led the perfect high school life — she was head cheerleader, had good grades and was planning on attending the University of Florida this fall as a pre-med student.
But the high school senior, 18, felt something was missing: perfect breasts.
When she died last Thursday from surgery complications stemming from a breast augmentation, her friends were shocked.
Model, former Bond girl & genital mutilation activist found after missing
A former supermodel/Bond girl who had gone missing for three days has been found. Waris Dirie, 43, is a Somali-born model who rose to fame in 1987 playing a Bond girl in “The Living Daylights” and starring in several Chanel ads. In 1996 she released a book “Desert Flower” that described her own circumcision with a rusty razor blade and no anesthesia.
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