[VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread Pete Gramp
Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and wanted more tests done (I think one is called HIDA, and there are two others I won't pretend to be able to type out correctly)... so for those who are awar

Re: [VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail
After over four years they still have not found my problem. I wish a poke would take care of it. Arkansas Tony On Wed, 6/28/17, Pete Gramp wrote: Subject: [VFB] Health update To: "vfb-mail@googlegroups.com" Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 5:08 AM

Re: [VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread Allan Fish
On 6/28/17 6:08 AM, Pete Gramp wrote: It makes absolutely no logical sense to me how simply poking in my belly is going to make the pain stop Let's hope that's a permanent cure and you don't have to go to a biker bar once a month and get into a fight with some big bruiser to get punched in the

Re: [VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread 'Rick Zieger' via VFB Mail
I hope it is a permanent cure.   Have fun on the trip. Rick On Wed Jun 28 2017 05:08:54 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time), Pete Gramp wrote: Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then the surgeon reread the ultrasound and bloodwork and CT and so on, and wanted m

Re: [VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread J Balmer
It could have been something as simple as a kink in your intestines or a minor blockage that was cleared by his manipulations. Glad to hear it's better. J On Wed, June 28, 2017 5:08 am, Pete Gramp wrote: > Well, they had me on the gurney for gallbladder removal surgery, and then > the surgeon r

Re: [VFB] Health update- Pete

2017-06-28 Thread DonO
Pete, Glad you got pain-free. Do you drink carbonated drinks? Stop. Your story sounds just like mine 30 years ago. I had frequent stomach pain bouts that would bend me over like I had been stabbed. They were ready to do the barium/enema/X-ray deal, which I dreaded. I quit pop and went no-be

Re: [VFB] Health update

2017-06-28 Thread Neville Gosling
Hi Pete: I am glad that the pain has ended. Some 25 years ago, my mother had something similar which turned out to be a polyp in her intestine which did necessitate surgery. After the operation, the nursing staff kept asking her if she had passed wind since the operation, as this apparently is

[VFB] VFB in Stereo!

2017-06-28 Thread Neville Gosling
Fellow VFBers When I checked my email this morning I noticed that I had 6 items in my spam folder. Upon checking, 5 of the 6 were from VFB and marked as suspected spam by my ISP and the 6th was spam. The odd thing about this is that they were all addressed to nev.gosl...@shaw.ca that I have not

Re: [VFB] VFB in Stereo!

2017-06-28 Thread 'Anthony Spezio' via VFB Mail
I had 11 messages in my spam file this morning that were not spam. They were all to bambotony like I always use. Arkansas Tony On Wed, 6/28/17, Neville Gosling wrote: Subject: [VFB] VFB in Stereo! To: "VFB" Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2017, 11:14 AM