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Skriven 2010-05-26 15:50:45 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38184 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
Ärende: X-ray stuff
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Hi Janis,

 JK> > I had one in February; my doctor was wanting to make sure the
 JK> bronchitis > wasn't turning into pneumonia.  She wasn't quute sure
 JK> with what she
 JK> > heard; I guess it was on the verge.  It didn't, the lungs cleared up

 JK> Sometimes if the congestion is low enough in the lungs, that's of
 JK> concern certainly.

Definately.  She is very concerned about her patients, takes her time to
ask about family issues (like my dad's hip replacement recovery) as
well.  Just to get a better over all view of what's going on with the
patient. She also made me follow up amonth later to see if the
bronchitis cleared up, said to let her know if I took a turn for the
worse.

 JK> > My dad wasn't around the x-rays but probably had more lead exposure
 JK> than > than most white collar workers because of the old linotype
 JK> machines.

 JK> Most likely :(

So farm no signs of any problem there.

 JK> > AFAIK, they've never had a radon check in their basement.  The old
 JK> > bathroom linoleum had to be left in place when they got new--too
 JK> much > asbestos would have been put into the air had it been pulled

 JK> I think if they hadn't wanted to rent the upstairs apartment to a
 JK> young mother and her baby, my parents might not have gotten their
 JK> house tested either.  By the time we bought this house in Windsor,
 JK> that was a standard exam for the closing in this area, at least.  Our

And the interesting thing is, 30 some years ago, nobody was aware of it.
Then it popped up, almost made you think it was a gimmick issue at the
time.

 JK> realestate people had the owners put in a mechanism to get the radon
 JK> flow out of the house.  I remember the previous owners saying, "we
 JK> didn't even know it was there, if we had, we'd have taken care of it.
 JK> who knows what having all that exposure did to us".

I still wonder if it's all it's purported to be.  You don't hear about
people getting sick from exposure to radon.


 JK> > BTW, did you know that the first microwaves were discovered by
 JK> accident > when a scientist had a candy bar in his shirt pocket & it
 JK> melted when he > was working on a wave problem?

 JK> I do now (G).. checking up on the history of microwaves is
 JK> interesting.

It's hard now to to imagine a time when they weren't in every home.  We
bought a little 600 watt one when we first got to Germany; it was a poke
compared to the 750 watt one we left in storage.  We upgraded to one
that was, IIRC, 1000 watts; our current one is 1200.

 JK> > With all the issues I've had, I should be close to dead too--but I'm
 JK> > still hanging on.

 JK> Same here (g).  Though I guess really except for the MS, I'm generally
 JK> pretty healthy - how's that for a silly statement (G).

Silly, but makes sense in a backward sort of way.  If you don't have
high blood pressure, osteoporosis, high cholesterol or any of the other
"older age" things, you're doing well.


 JK> Btw, got a phone call this morning from my Dr's office - the insurance
 JK> company finally gave in.  Their reasons for reversing their initial
 JK> decision were comical, as I'd have expected them to be!

 JK> " [...] documentation indicates [...] continued impaiment in walking.
 JK> Alternative medications have not been effective"

YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 JK> So in otherwords, they just put the stall on the works and they got
 JK> snagged (G).

Yes, you won that battle. Hopefully no more for a good time to come.


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