I apologize .. I apparently misunderstood the question

[Guest guest]

Since I have now been called " mean " by several let me say that I have

gone back and re-read the original post from and I apparently

misunderstood her basic question.

I looked at the question and thought she was asking about fish oil in

general, which of course is a recommended supplement, and I jumped to

the assumption that anyone that new postop should, I would think, be

very familiar with the recommendations from CLOS. But .. you know

what they say about assumptions (when you assume you make an " a** "

out of you and me... and in my case my assumption did it's job on me

anyway.

Apparently was asking more about the effects of the fish oil

than whether or not it should be taken. I responded to the question

that she wasn't asking. My apologies to .

I didn't think my post was " mean " . I do think it was " to the point " .

Again let me try and explain where I and some of the other postops

who get accused of being too " straightforward " are coming from ....

it seems that the more surgeries that are done, the more centers that

are opened, etc. the " bible " , aka the manual, is becoming less and

less important. When we had surgery there was one surgeon, one set

of rules, etc. Now there are mutliple surgeons, multiple sets of

rules, and sometimes people are abiding by them, making up their

own .. or ignoring them all together.

We see people trying to take " shortcuts " , not take the supplements,

hurry the process, " why do I need to take this " ....etc. That does

not mean that everyone does it ... but it seems that several do and

it concerns us.

We as " old timers " are here because we want to help ... whether you

believe that always or not. We are definitely in the minority.

Maybe because our experience was so different than most of yours we

should move on with our lives ... who knows?

When we ask whether you have read, re-read and read again the manual

it is because there are some out there that have not .... and they

are putting themselves in danger. We truly are trying to help -- at

least I personally am - and I obviously don't always go about in the

best way possible.

Again ... my apologies to all.

in GA