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97A Survivor's Guide to Life After a Total Hip Replacement Surgery
This piece conveys the angst and curiosity faced by a woman beset with unusual physical pain. She learns later that she needs total hip replacement surgery.
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74Surgical Complications: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt.3
My husband and I stayed the night in Reno after I was released from Renown Medical Center. I was wheeled outside for my first taste of fresh air-yes, I do taste air-in almost one week. And the people! There were so very many souls lingering and...
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82Total Hip Replacement Surgery: When the Other Hip Needs Attention.
Experience when it comes to Total Hip Replacement surgery can be both a blessing and a curse. After endless procrastination, I face this conundrum today. I hope this article inspires you to overcome whatever misgivings you may have.
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80Surgical Complications: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 1
After many cancellations on my part, only a few weeks ago I decided, finally, to have my second total hip replacement surgically performed. The first operation, on my left hip, was 'done' in July of 2009, and 24 days ago, in March of 2012, my right...
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83Surgical Complications: How Medical Procedures Go Awry: Pt. 2
And so, I was lifted aboard a tiny aircraft bound for Reno, NV during the "...storm of the year...", claimed our local newspaper, The Inyo Register. We folk in Mono and Inyo Counties are greatly disturbed by claims like this since any 'storm of the...
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75Quitting Cigarettes Once Again: Smoking and Stopping after Years of Addiction
Before I begin this diatribe, I wish to apologize to my readers. This is a tale of a cigarette smoker who is aware of the redundant nature of such a story-who expects reader disgust and the rolling of eyes. Actually, it's me I am aware of the...
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68H1N1 Comes Calling
Hard working rural folk populate my small town here in California's Eastern Sierra; seldom do they whine over the aches and pains that accompany life lived on the countless farms and ranches that dot the...
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