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ajalves wrote:you must get paid so well . . .

happy bday Alan!!!

Hope you had a good one too buddy!

My wife's best friend's son tore his PCL, LCL and MCL, what is the normal recovery time for this?

Most superstar, insanely talented athletes is 1-2 years.

How much of a superstar and athletically gifted is this child?

Sorta related... But is Bridgewater finished?

Cnasty wrote:Most superstar, insanely talented athletes is 1-2 years.

How much of a superstar and athletically gifted is this child?

He was being scouted as a junior for football playing defensive end and tight end.

2 years minimum as he sounds husky.

Cnasty wrote:2 years minimum as he sounds husky.

Definitely not husky, 6'4" 225.

My guess was a year or two as well

GeorgesGoons wrote:

Cnasty wrote:2 years minimum as he sounds husky.

Definitely not husky, 6'4" 225.

My guess was a year or two as well

6'4" 225 is husky.
He is a large man.
He is strong and of healthy weight, not 110 pound sort of thing.

The_Niddler wrote:

GeorgesGoons wrote:

Cnasty wrote:2 years minimum as he sounds husky.

Definitely not husky, 6'4" 225.

My guess was a year or two as well

6'4" 225 is husky.
He is a large man.
He is strong and of healthy weight, not 110 pound sort of thing.

I call me husky, he is athletically built

Had an older gentleman come in today for a med refill. Get in there, tell him he needs to give a urine sample. He says okay, then tells my assistant he'll need a urinal. Guy has a tough time getting around, so I figured he just use it when we were gone with the appointment. The dude stands up next to me, drops his pants to his ankles, whips his hog of of his baggy white briefs, and drains it right in front of me. At that point I said to myself "fuck this" and walked out

GeorgesGoons wrote:My wife's best friend's son tore his PCL, LCL and MCL, what is the normal recovery time for this?

Sorry I missed this before. He better yet or nah?

I thought you were an anesthesiologist?

What are you doing handling med refills and urinals?

Finished my anesthesia residency, now wrapping up a Chronic Pain Management fellowship. I'll be doing interventional pain management full time while anesthesia will be my side hustle

Gangsta!

Weasel wrote:

GeorgesGoons wrote:My wife's best friend's son tore his PCL, LCL and MCL, what is the normal recovery time for this?

Sorry I missed this before. He better yet or nah?

he is, he had to go to the Mayo clinic a couple of months ago to possibly go thru surgery again. they decided against it so now he is still just recovering and hoping to play football in 2019. He signed a letter of intent to play at Northwest Mizzou State. Possibly could have played D1 had he not had to sit out all senior year.

i've been having bad sciatica pain. rooted between L5 S1, is there anything besides the round of 3 epidurals they can do? They wore off after about one month.

Yoga

bearass wrote:i've been having bad sciatica pain. rooted between L5 S1, is there anything besides the round of 3 epidurals they can do? They wore off after about one month.

"Sciatica" is a common misnomer, even among primary care docs. If you have a radiculopathy (pain from back radiating down the legs) it could be from a number of things (discs, facet arthritic, degenerative changes, etc), although the pain itself is usually due to the nerve root being inflamed. Hence, the steroids (steroid is a potent anti-inflammatory, less inflammation ideally equates to less pain).

To your question, it depends on what is causing the "sciatica". Physical therapy, anti-inflammatory meds, epidural steroids are all conservative measures. If its from a stenosis, sometimes decompressive surgery is needed. Also, how long did the epidural last? We limit to 3 doses of steroid in any 6 month window, so I commonly have patients who regularly get 4-6 weeks of relief from the injection, deal with the pain for for a couple weeks, and get an injection every 8-10 weeks.

Without knowing someones medical history and the knitty gritty details, these questions generally suck because there are so many variables.

TLDR: It depends.

Weasel wrote:"Sciatica" is a common misnomer, even among primary care docs.

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