Sorry for the misunderstanding, folks! By 'Keep it on topic' I totally meant to continue Dianne's original thread. I very much appreciated her focused retelling of her experiences dealing with job- related pain, devoid of any malice towards the medical profession. Thank you Dianne and thank you Susan for sharing your stories! Stan On 29-May-10, at 2:46 PM, Susan Kline wrote: > I agree. Pain is too often part of this line of work (like hearing > damage), so anything said about it and how to deal with it is not > off topic, in my opinion. > > Having just gone through a major medical crisis, I was glad that the > MD's were there, even though I had carefully avoided them for > several decades. We need to make a firm division in our minds over > what MD's cannot do at all, what they do poorly, what they do well, > and what is crucial which cannot be done by anyone else. (No doubt, > like getting Doug Wood's fractures resolved after his terrible bike > accident.) Certainly, doing the testing on me, and getting the > immunoglobulins into me in time to stop the ongoing rapidly > progressing nerve damage was an MD thing, and I was darned glad the > neurologist was there and did the necessary without delay. > > The more we can do for ourselves, or get from alternative medical > people (like taping and massage for muscle pain) the less we will > overspend for conventional medical treatment, which often is not > appropriate anyway. Luckily the days seem to be over when the doctor > was presumed to know everything, we were presumed to know nothing > about avoiding illness and injury, and doctors had to pretend to be > able to fix everything, whether they knew how to or not. > > If one can find a doc one likes, that's half the battle. The other > half is to do everything in our own power to heal and preserve and > maintain our bodies. Certainly after age 60 this becomes both harder > and more crucial. > > Susan Kline (now convalescing, but the neuropathy in hands and > partial paralysis of eye muscles from Miller Fisher Syndrome are > very stubborn.) > > At 12:07 PM 5/29/2010, you wrote: >> I for one have injured myself in doing this proffession so I think >> it is great to help others beaware of occupation hazards pertaining >> to this trade and help others realize the seriousness' >> Dan >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Stan Kroeker >> To: caut at ptg.org >> Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 11:21 >> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Hand, arm and neck pain ... Keep it on topic >> please! >> >> Wim, Jeff, >> >> While most of us on this list have the credentials to rant about >> piano matters, please share your 'insider knowledge' of the medical >> profession elsewhere. >> >> Stan >> >> On 29-May-10, at 1:09 PM, tnrwim at aol.com wrote: >> >>> Thanks for sharing this. I relieve my back and shoulder pain with >>> EFT tapping, which I've described once before. As Jeff said, the >>> last thing you want to do is go to a MD for most of your aches and >>> pains. MD's have no clue, other than to prescribe useless meds or >>> recommend dangerous surgeries. >>> >>> This is a little OT, but Big Pharma has such a tremendous grip >>> over our health care system, that no matter what the government >>> does, health care in this country will never get cheaper. Not only >>> will it get more and more expensive, the care we will be getting >>> will be worse and worse. All because of the greed of the >>> pharmaceutical empire. And the poor doctors are stuck in the >>> middle. Some of them try to buck the system, but they have >>> basically been told to follow the prescription line, or loose >>> their licence. >>> Wim >> >> On 29-May-10, at 10:35 AM, tannertuner wrote: >> >>> I'm very glad you have found relief! I probably would have gone >>> to a chiropractor, and then to the kinesio taping, and never to an >>> MD for what you were dealing with. Dealing with back pain for >>> years, I learned long ago that MDs don't have a clue about back >>> pain and how the spine affects all the other joints. All they'll >>> do for you is write you a prescrip that puts you to sleep, or >>> offer unnecessary surgery that just makes problems worse. Thank >>> you for sharing this with us. That you have experienced success >>> with this will be very beneficial to many of us. And it is just >>> one more particle of evidence of why to not go to an MD. >>> Jeff -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/caut.php/attachments/20100529/50cd01a9/attachment.htm>
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