Jimmy Buffett, on "Havana DayDreamin'" (1974 - MCA) and that was the
actual song title! I've got the vinyl!
On 6/20/07, Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> You'll have to forgive me - I'm grouchy today! "My head aches, my
> feet stink and I don't love Jesus..." (cheers to anyone who can name
> that tune!)
>
> Kat
>
>
> On Jun 20, 2007, at 4:58 PM, Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
>
> > Don't know; my guess is that the success rate for those of us over 30
> > goes way down, so keeping an "unblemished record" is probably part of
> > it. If your neuro isn't as worried about having a little professional
> > "acne" you're probably OK. Janet talked to the person who called and
> > was too stunned to ask why the upper age limit was 30.
> >
> > We're considering going to Detroit, as Wayne State has one of the
> > better PM&R departments for dealing with aging CP'ers. The department
> > chair there was a co-author with Janet's surgeon on several papers on
> > ITB therapy in adults with dystonic CP. Too bad Colorado didn't
> > recruit him at the same time they recruited the surgeon. They both
> > left UAB at about the same time.
> >
> > On 6/20/07, Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> OK the mind boggles at this. Do they think that after age 30, CPs
> >> can no longer be successfully "treated?" I'm cynical enough to think
> >> they want to keep their "successful" profile blemish-free. Does this
> >> mean that my neuro has to give up on me because I'm "too old."
> >>
> >> Pah!
> >>
> >> Kat
> >>
> >> On Jun 20, 2007, at 1:04 PM, Kendall D. Corbett wrote:
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On another note, I mentioned that Janet was to have an appointment
> >> > with the adult CP clinic in Denver two weeks ago, but they
> >> called and
> >> > said that we are too old! The age range they're working with
> >> > presently is 18 - 30, and we're 46. So, is the theory that people
> >> > over 30 don't have CP, or is it that people over 30 with CP are
> >> part
> >> > of the geriatric population!?! It'd be nice if people over 30
> >> > couldn't have CP, because then all our other ailments could be
> >> treated
> >> > without that "complicating factor!" I DON'T want to consider
> >> that my
> >> > beautiful bride and I are geriatric cases!
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On 6/19/07, Kathy Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >> >> As some of you may recall, I had surgery last week and because
> >> they
> >> >> gave me two meds together, my blood pressure plummeted down to a
> >> >> really low level. I went back to the doctor today to have the
> >> >> surgical staples removed and they asked me what medications I
> >> was on
> >> >> (normal procedure when one goes to a doctor nowadays). Well she
> >> >> started to put in Nifedipene and turned and looked at me and said,
> >> >> "But it says here that you take Procardia!" I almost fell off my
> >> >> chair because I had told them when I went there a month and a half
> >> >> ago that my GP had switched my BP med.
> >> >>
> >> >> Oy vey ....!
> >> >>
> >> >> (BTW, the staple removals was painless and the implanted ear is
> >> doing
> >> >> fine. Now all I have to deal with right now is a sinus drainage
> >> >> problem which the doctor assured me is normal). I get
> >> connected on
> >> >> July 10 - I can't wait!
> >> >>
> >> >> Kat
> >> >>
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> >> >
> >> >
> >> > --
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Kendall
> >> >
> >> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >> >
> >> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable
> >> one
> >> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> >> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >> >
> >> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >> >
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> >
> >
> > --
> >
> >
> > Kendall
> >
> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
> >
> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
> > persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
> > progress depends on the unreasonable man.
> >
> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
> >
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Kendall
An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's redundant!)
The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one
persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all
progress depends on the unreasonable man.
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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