To Don

[Guest guest]

By your screen name, it looks like you live in the Florida Keys. I

live in ville, Florida. My surgery was done in 1976 at Strong

Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY by Dr. Chan. I appreciate

your response. Any recommendations that you or any of the other

group members can make would be greatly appreciated. I thought my

problems were because I was overweight. I recently lost 30 pounds

and the pain actually got worse. Anyway, thank you again. I look

forward to hearing more.

Don

> Don, In what area of the country do you reside? We could help

direct

> you to the expert doctors if we knew what state. You would

probably need a

> physical exam and some scans. Most of the scans are easily done (

xrays, MRI, cat)

> and then doctors make recommendations. Most on this list recommend

several

> opinions by experienced doctors. I definitely do. I've had a

variety of

> recommendations and am hesitant to proceed with surgery until I'm

sure I need it. I

> am trying other options first, though I may eventually need

surgery. Many of

> us have a similar history to yours. I had surgery when I was 12

for a double

> curve - 74 degrees each - and though I didn't get the Harrington

Rod I was

> fused extensively with bone. I do have pain that began just a few

years ago

> despite a previous active life. I'm still active, as a matter of

fact, just

> dealing with the daily pain. Many on this list can make suggestions

and I would

> encourage you to continue to post here and read. It has helped me

immensely.

> Barbara

[Guest guest]

Hi Don,

I wanted to thank you for your help. I could not run this group without my

Moderators and you are a very good one. And you can bet that if there is a

second wave as I expect, then things will get more frantic here: I have already

banned one spammer this morning and deleted his post; and I expect that we will

see a flood of spammers and pop medicine fanatics as the flu advances.

In other matters, I have not seen my good friend Guenter around here of late and

no one is posting news on Virology. Please post anything appropriate there and

if you come across someone who posts on Virology regularly and seems reliable,

please recommend him to me and I will make him a Moderator of Virology. Our

Virology group is very important to me. Thanks again for your help. Sincere

Regards, Rumjal

[Guest guest]

Thanks, (Runjal?).

I have been wondering about Guenter too. I wonder what is going on. I hope he

is OK.

Don

>

> Hi Don,

> I wanted to thank you for your help. I could not run this group without my

Moderators and you are a very good one. And you can bet that if there is a

second wave as I expect, then things will get more frantic here: I have already

banned one spammer this morning and deleted his post; and I expect that we will

see a flood of spammers and pop medicine fanatics as the flu advances.

>

> In other matters, I have not seen my good friend Guenter around here of late

and no one is posting news on Virology. Please post anything appropriate there

and if you come across someone who posts on Virology regularly and seems

reliable, please recommend him to me and I will make him a Moderator of

Virology. Our Virology group is very important to me. Thanks again for your

help. Sincere Regards, Rumjal

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Don, And thank you. Let us hope Guenter appears soon. I would not expect

him to be absent now. I hope that it is merely a computer problem. Regards,

Rumjal

>

> Thanks, (Runjal?).

>

> I have been wondering about Guenter too. I wonder what is going on. I hope he

is OK.

>

> Don