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Spinal stenosis, back, hip & leg issues: A good office chair?
Spine Health | Last Active: May 6, 2019 | Replies (31)Comment receiving replies
@contentandwell -- Thanks for the laugh JK! Medicine is a science, but a lot of it is based on luck and experience on the part of both the doctor and patient! Sometimes, we stay well, or regain our health, "in spite of" what the doctors got wrong! Just as an example, I was overdosed by an anesthesiologist (40 yrs ago), who gave me twice as much as he thought he was ... and 10 months ago, another anesthesiologist "accidentally" injected the right phrenic nerve and paralyzed my right diaphragm. I was to have surgery on my wrist ... I survived both experiences, luckily!
--Dee
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@danielad Dee, yes it is a science but of course, they say a doctor "practices medicine" and has a "practice". I have no idea where that word came into use in regard to doctors but when you think about it, they can't possibly know everything. I think good doctors are learning new things all of the time, often from their patients' experiences. I fear doctors who think they are omniscient.
Your two experiences must have been frightening. Having twice the amount of anesthesia as you were supposed to get could have been a huge problem. I presume the paralysis of your diaphragm was temporary, thankfully.
JK
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Wow, Dee, are you sure you are not a cat with 9 lives?
You are right that some medicine is luck and certainly experience!
Can you imagine your surgeon, a woman, is standing over you with a knife and severe cramps and a bad attidtude?
Or the tech who was out partying and is bleery eyed and has to read the bottle of medication to be used?
I know the stories are endless and thank God you have lived to share them!
Stay well!!!!
Ronnie (GRANDMAr)