On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:04:52 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 20:04:58 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
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My docs just recommended higher dosage of Vitamin E because I have
degenerative eye disease in my right eye. Said it had something to do
with Age Related Eye Disease study or something.

Vitamin E does prevent vision loss. It kills you before your eyesight
fails.

Thanks for the good cheer.

Just out of curiosity, when you remove a tooth, do you tell your
patients it will only hurt until it stops hurting? :)

No. But I'll have to remember that one.



A dentist story:

Once upon a time, the Veterans Administration was doing some
periodontal wok (cutting my gums back) on my mouth. This was the final
dental work the military was going to do for me.

The periodontist was just completing her residency (internship? - not
sure what it's called).

She worked on one quadrant of my mouth every month. I would sit in the
chair, she would sneak a needle behind my back, and then she'd say,
"This is going to sting just a little bit."

Just before the second round of cutting, after she lied about
"stinging" a little, I stopped her and said, "Let's be honest, this is
going to feel like an ice pick going through the roof of my mouth into
my brain. Why don't you just tell me the truth?"

Her reply was, "Colonel Herring, do you really think I'd have much of
a practice if I told all my patients that?" She did have a point.

At the third visit, she had a new assistant. When she was ready to
give me the shots she held the needle right in front of my eyes and
said, "Colonel, this is going to feel like an ice pick going right up
to your brain!"

We then both looked at her new assistant. He was wearing a mask, but
his eyeballs *were* damn near as big as saucers as he stood there in
shock. We all laughed until we had tears in our eyes.

Then she gave me the shots. ****!

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:04:52 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


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Just before the second round of cutting, after she lied about
"stinging" a little, I stopped her and said, "Let's be honest, this is
going to feel like an ice pick going through the roof of my mouth into
my brain. Why don't you just tell me the truth?"

Her reply was, "Colonel Herring, do you really think I'd have much of
a practice if I told all my patients that?" She did have a point.

snip


Most dentiists will rub a bit of banana flavoured stuff to surface freeze
where the needle pricks. Your people must have enjoyed watching you twitch.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message

Just out of curiosity, when you remove a tooth, do you tell your
patients it will only hurt until it stops hurting? :)

Later,

Tom


He tells his patients it'll stop hurting after they pay his exorbiant fees.

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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My docs just recommended higher dosage of Vitamin E because I have
degenerative eye disease in my right eye. Said it had something to do
with Age Related Eye Disease study or something.

Then I read this:

From the NYT:

November 10, 2004
Vitamin E May Be Harmful, Study Finds
By REUTERS

It would be nice to know why the higer death rate in E takers. I need it to
sleep. It has a similar effect to aspirin in keeping arteries from blocking.
I was told to stop taking it a week or so before minor surgery. I guess cuts
bleed longer when on E. I put up with the restless leg thing at night til I
read that E will stop it. The article said to just increase dose til the
cramping stops. It took 800 to 1200 daily to do it. In a couple days it
worked, where nothing else ever did.
Dixon

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:14:56 GMT, "dixon"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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My docs just recommended higher dosage of Vitamin E because I have
degenerative eye disease in my right eye. Said it had something to do
with Age Related Eye Disease study or something.

Then I read this:

From the NYT:

November 10, 2004
Vitamin E May Be Harmful, Study Finds
By REUTERS

It would be nice to know why the higer death rate in E takers. I need it to
sleep. It has a similar effect to aspirin in keeping arteries from blocking.
I was told to stop taking it a week or so before minor surgery. I guess cuts
bleed longer when on E. I put up with the restless leg thing at night til I
read that E will stop it. The article said to just increase dose til the
cramping stops. It took 800 to 1200 daily to do it. In a couple days it
worked, where nothing else ever did.
Dixon


I wonder if fish oil will be the next thing to take a hit. That might
help the bait supply in the Chesapeake Bay (from whence comes a lot of
fish oil) and help clean the water up. Sure hope so.

John H

On the 'PocoLoco' out of Deale, MD,
on the beautiful Chesapeake Bay!

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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"We don't think that people need to take vitamin E supplements, that
they get enough from the diet," he said. Nuts, oils, whole grains and
green leafy vegetables are all rich in vitamin E.


Based on 20 years of trying to give away my oversupply of leafy green
vegetables from the garden, the previous paragraph is untrue. Most of my
neighbors looked at romaine, swiss chard and a dozen other greens and said
"Whuh? Wazzat?"

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 19:22:56 GMT, "Doug Kanter"
wrote:

"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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"We don't think that people need to take vitamin E supplements, that
they get enough from the diet," he said. Nuts, oils, whole grains and
green leafy vegetables are all rich in vitamin E.


Based on 20 years of trying to give away my oversupply of leafy green
vegetables from the garden, the previous paragraph is untrue. Most of my
neighbors looked at romaine, swiss chard and a dozen other greens and said
"Whuh? Wazzat?"

Wazzzzzuuuuuuuuppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Later,

Tom