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i to have had/have the same problem i to went thru all the worrys that all of you are after many tests and visits to the ortropedist (SP) it was bursitis with frozen shoulder bursitis causes the pain and the frozen shoulder takes away your range of motion it can be extreamly painful especialy if you move a certain way like lifting your arm straigt out from your side dont cheat and move the arm forward or put your arm up the center of your back like you have an itch around your bra strap sorry fellas that s the only way i can describe the area that you all probably cant reach!!!! my ortho wanted to do surgery i went to my chiropractor and he also does joint manipulation i think that is what you call it he hurt me but i regained my range of motion and i never had the surgery the idea is not to rest the arm and continue streatching to keep the range of motion i will need to do the excercises for the rest of my life but it beats surgery the physical therapist DID NOT HELP ME even after 3 months with the pt i was still advised to have surgery there is a device like a sheaperd hook that can do preasure points this feels so good to releave the spastic muscles alternating heat and cold also help i know my spelling is bad but i think you get the point

i hate it too but it dificult to get away from in europe where they have baned smoking in public places it has gone outside so even though you have smoke free inside as soon as you go outside cig smoke is every where and whats worse is even if you start fanning the smoke away from you outside the smoker feels he/she has the right to smoke anywhere outside and they dont budge! i havent been in a bar with smoke in a long time a few weeks ago i went to a busness meeting at a bar restaurant( i am in pennsylvania) by the time my dinner came i was sick from the passive smoke Literaly sick i came home a threw up! it sucks i dont go to bar restarurants that have smoking since the state of PA fails to protect my health in public places i would like to sue the state for NOT passing this law and protecting me do you all think this would bring attention to states that have not passed the no smoking law i would also like to get Pa to be the first state to make it law for outdoor designated smoking areas and NO SMOKING ON PUBLIC SIDE WALKS Public Parks just my 2 cents

POST IT NOTES i have them everywhere if i dont write it down it dont get done!!!!! same with my date book if i dont write it down i wount be there!!!!!! just the new normal

me to i go because my doctor freaks out but after my lung surgery the test is extreamly painful ok the sqhishing is bad enough but when they streatch the skin where the incission is it HURTS and the women there are like TAKE THE PAIN so mammagrams make me cry i hate them. you would think with technology today they would figure out an easier procedure how would guys like to have there boys squished annually????

prayers frank , we have gained an angel but lost a friend i am so sorry to hear this news

my best advice would be to have someone with you at the hospital to help you get water fruit etc help you out of bed into chair to the bath for a walk nurses are to busy and dont have time for this sort of thing and you WILL need to do all of the above you will need help make sure you write questions down so you dont forget to ask the drs when they make rounds make sure you speak with the anastesiologist (SP) discuss pain med options before they arise so if you need it there is a back up plan in place waiting for the doctor to get back to the nurse to authorize changes is time consuming and un nessesary suffering for you take your own pillow your own pillow just makes ya feel better ipod with your own soothing tunes to help drown out hospital noise slipper socks its too hard to put regular slipers on and off and it helps keep your feet clean and warm moisturizer with aromatherapy of a soothing sent you like it just feels nice... have our visitor bring you fresh drinks like your favorite tea or smoothie fresh fruit ear pugs and blinkers helps ya rest cant think of anything else right now i ate alot of good food and wine the weeks before my surgery best of luck

Frank please know that all of us here will walk with you on this finnal chapter in you life. please know that you are loved and not alone. that we all feel your laughter and pain. thank you for your generousity in sharing with us. We are all so afraid of this road you are taking. it is comforting to know that you will be there to great us when we reach the other side. just make sure you have the beer and the chocolate doughnuts ready! courage ann

i stayed gray more like salt and pepper with white streeks in the frount i didnt dye my hair i want to grow older gracefully and dont want to look like an old lady with painted hair i however have had a few hair cuts but i am growing my hair now the longer the better i have noticed since i kept my gray that i get a whole lot of respect out in public like people holding the door offering help to my car stuff like that and ya know what i like it!!!!! good luck with what ever you decide

i saw the clip this guy did not give out any fact other than he got a ct sscan to see if he had lung cancer i was very disapointed with the segment i am also VERY disapointed with all the networks we were bombarded with breast cancer awarness in october but bearly a peep about lung cance hardly a word about the great american smoke out too bummer.......

well it sure is good to see you posting again if it makes you feel better my dad has been using the catheter for 8 years now and it hasnt slowed him down sure hope your plumbing gets running again real soon like i tell my dad you dont have to worry when you take a wizz you get to choose which can be convinent sometimes keep up the fight you inspire us

i have been wondering how you were doing for some time welcome back

i have moved on from the morons who dont get it just today where i bought lunch they were raising money for a local person with cancer Luckemia i think they were asking everyone who bought lunch to buy a band like lance armstrongs to support luckemia reserch the woman at the register asked me and i said NO she was like ohhhhh then i said i suport reserch for ALL cancer reserch not one in particular as NOONE DESERVES CANCER OF ANY KIND thank you very much!!!!!!! that sure shut her up it is a sad fact indeed that the general public dosent understand lung cancer but then again we dont have a celebrity who is willing to join this fight not to mention the survivors are few. it is clear that the government is funded by the tobacco companies it makes me sick that there are still states that allow smoking in public places. i for one would like to sue my state for failure to protect my health in public places.. on one of my visits to the hospital for a check up a woman walked up to the entrance and lit up. right behind her was a sign posted "NO SMOKING WITHIN 50 feet of the entrance" this woman was standing right at the door puffing away and of course the door was open and all the smoke was pooring into the building and waiting area for valet parking. I could not keep my mouth shut i walked up to the woman and said "sorry mamme there is no smoking within 50 feet of this building" she turned around and said "what do you care" i said "your smoke is bothering me can you read look at the sign." the woman had the gaul to take a puff and blow the smoke directly at me. she toled me not to be so sensitive. this made me furious i shouted I HAVE LUNG CANCER AND I AM SENSITIVE TO YOUR SMOKE she stormed off but then i turn around and the security guard is there he also had the balls to say to me "you cant do that" i said I JUST DID and why arent you doing your job mr security. isnt your job to uphold the rules!" just then another person aproached the building with a cigarete i walked right up to the person and said read the sighn this is a no sm,oking area this person walked well away from the building then i walked up to the security guy and said i will never keep my mouth shut when it comes to me breathing somneone elses polution do your job the same situation happend where i do my food shopping i got the manager and toled him about employees at the entance smoking and i didnt ffeel i should have to walk thru this cloud of smoke he didnt do anything about it the second time it happend i got the manager and said come with me and showed him his employees smoking AT the entrance i have not seen an employee smoking at the entrance since. i refuse to be silent this beast hasnt gotten me yet and as long as i can speak i will protest against smoking in public places. Ed Rendell i cant go to a restaurant in the state of pennsylvania unless it is a non smoking one because you failed to make this state A NON SMOKING STATE i could go on and on..............

if ebert has an adenocarcinoma of the salivary gland removed he should be carefully monitored for the development of lung cancer. this would not be stated openly. i had the same surgery and 4 years later i had lung cancer after much reserch i found out that lung cancer is a high risk for salivary gland precancer/cancer patients. my ENT did not notify me of this and did not monitor me because of my age (I was 43 when i had the salivary gland removed) As a result of his neglegence i developed lung cancer and had my left lower lobe removed. the salivary gland and lung cancer were both on the same side. i am upset about not being monitored after the salivary gland surgery as i feel that perhaps the lung cancer could have been found even earlier and i would not have needed the surgery. salivary gland removed)

here i am 2 years 4 months since diagnosis sugery!!!!!! ALIVE AND KICKIN!!!!! Ann - outside Philadelphia

wow you go frank may we all join together in giving frank a standing ovation!!!!!!!!!

i beleive the bill was secretly voted on last week and did not p[*ss. hope that makes everyone feelbetter

i am a lurker dont mean to be february was 2 years from surgery/diagnosis for me so far so good i check in on all of you often without this site i would be very lonley its the best and i feel like i know many of you i still cant figure out how to get a photo posted!!!!! as long as this site is running i will be visiting!!!!

i would love to but i still cant figure out how to get my photo even on my profile!!!!!!!!!

this sounds like a great effort but i am affraid it could only be a drop in the bucket we still have states that allow smoking in public places ( Pennsylvania is one of them and unfortunatly i live and runn my business here)so to think they would outlaw it is obsurd i think more effort to get the tobaco money spent on prevention and research would be a better cause just my 2 cents....................

take note that insurance company (blue cross blue shield) now have patients get precertification to cut down on the number of CT scans being performed. in other words doctors will need to tell the insurance company why you need it they just cant say well he/she was a smoker.most likely they will have to do a regular x ray and if something looks suspisious they will ask if they can do the CT scan. but we gotta get PERMISSION i thought BC?BS called it personal choice???

I can not figure out why the state of pennsylvania lives in the dark ages and have not passed any laws for a smoke free environment. the politicians of the city of philadelphia are acting like idiots. They all must be compleat morons if they dont get it and apparently they dont

hey all I saw it too thought it was pretty good i kept knodding my head thruout the segment my poor husband however really was in denial about all the statistics so it was like a slap in the face for him..He was under the impression that once they got it all it was over...now he understands i aint out of the woods yet.... i only hope that with jennings death and now reeves it will bring this whole issue to the table the good and the bad and the ugly truth needs to be spoken ann

so sorry to hear you are having a rough time i used a product that body builders use it is called myloplex it is a protean/vitamin supplament powder. i would make my own fruit smoothies with this even if i could only drink a few sips at least i knew it was neutrisious ( oh my spelling is terrable ) it can be thick so i only would use half a package with my smoothie. i did alot of experimenting with this stuff. using different juices, fruit combo's etc.... small meals with the protein drink and more protein drinks in between really helped me! hope this helps you.....!!!!!

if you didnt let us all know we would all be worried so be sure to keep us posted good carma comin your way..............!

I am doing the happy dance for you