Posts by Michael Newman18

The left knee shows a narrow joint space fissure near the pinned intercondylar eminence, which points toward moderate osteoarthritis.

Could someone please make sense of this finding for me? (It's from a knee X-ray)

I mean, I know I could just Google it—which usually doesn't help much—but I'm trying to gauge how serious this actually is, what the treatment options look like, and all that sort of thing.

Thanks so much.😍

copperraven53 said:Regarding what you mentioned about tissue analysis—that actually happens during a biopsy too, where the aspirated material is sent off for testing.

But, I suppose the distinction is that biopsy material undergoes cytological analysis, whereas the tissue removed via laparoscopy or laparotomy goes for histological examination. Sometimes—and this is the tricky part—the results from those two types of tests don't even align perfectly, mostly because histology tends to be a bit more precise.

Which is, well, a little awkward, isn't it?

Still, let's just hope for the best and pray that everything comes back clear and doesn't recur. 😍

Well, I have to say, congratulations to you too! 🙂

copperraven53, would you mind clearing out your inbox or deleting a few old messages? It’s currently full, so I can't seem to get a message through to you.

plus there's 1 cover
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wiredharbor22 said:I honestly feel kind of bad that those two weren't actually flirting in the music video.

🙂
I highly doubt you're going to enjoy watching him moping around in music videos like that.

pity for my tears

alone

PC Live 😍 🙂

A bossa nova take on The Beatles

Andrew K ☕

kikiseksikikijojpica said:
yeah, Lovaga.

It’s honestly pretty decent
🙂 🙂

..though it would be nice if someone actually included a link in the thread since we're already

heaven in a single room😍

hours of pure love

god, I love you

🙂 🥳

Thanks a million, redcrane6🙂

I don't know—a friend of mine who works in pharmacy (she's a Russian woman, so this has absolutely nothing to do with any local lobbying groups here) tells me that it’s pretty obvious just from the name Enkorten that it contains corticosteroids.

The drug's manufacturers actually list corticotropin in the composition 🤷
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Are you honestly suggesting that Pliva is trying to block this medication from entering the American market?

Because products like Advair Diskus, Flovent, and those other GlaxoSmithKline brands... well, they aren't owned by Pliva.

redcrane6, you two seem to be having quite the debate regarding Enkorten:

Are you based out of Canada?

By the way, how exactly is this stuff administered?

Christian Wood63 said:Go ahead and look up interleukin-27 and its connection to asthma online; there is some actually interesting stuff out there.
You also need to factor in the role of the EBI-3 protein and how it regulates the immune response throughout this entire process.
The balance is already thrown off days before any of it even shows up.

Could you maybe break down some of those "interesting findings" for us? I’m certainly no chemist, so I don't grasp much even when I try googling things.

Thanks.

Complaint:

It is honestly beyond irritating how this AT&T ad just leaps onto the screen every single time you try to click on something else and then completely ignores the click on the "x"—you know, that desperate attempt to actually clear it from your field of vision.

🙂😍 🙂

ironcrane7 said:Barry Manilow.

Oh boy... 😍 alright, legally speaking, I’m going to play that one immediately.
(I wonder if "Copacabana" fits into that category too?)

Anyway, I’m not entirely sure whether your criteria for "guilty pleasures" is primarily the music itself, the lyrics—or perhaps a combination of both—but if we’re being strictly rigorous about it, I suspect there is far more material like this out there in the world. (And, well, one really ought to keep sturgeon's revelation in mind, I suppose)🙂.

However, here are a few of mine:

Engelbert Humperdinck - A Man Without Love; Am I That Easy to Forget
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Heart - All I Wanna Do Is Make Love To You
The Beach Boys - Wouldn't It Be Nice
Whitesnake - Is This Love
The Monkees - I'm a Believer
Tom Jones - Help Yourself
Lionel Richie - Hello
Whitney Houston & various - I Will Always Love You
Frank Sinatra - One for My Baby (And One More for the Road)
Joan Jett - I Love Rock 'n Roll
The Beatles - Yesterday
Bee Gees - To Love Somebody
Julio Iglesias - Medley
Kris Kristofferson - Loving Her Was Easier
And frankly, the whole thing is terrifying, especially when paired with those synchronized hand gestures: Westlife - Flying Without Wings 😳

Steven Green59 said:I'm genuinely curious—what kind of twisted joke led that sweaty little blasphemer Iglesias to end up in the exact same thread as Leonard Cohen?🤔 😁

🤣

Hey everyone, I’m looking for some advice. I have a clear 7x6 fibroid and an endometriosis polyp, so I need to figure out which surgeons are actually worth seeing for laparoscopy in the area. Does anyone know which specialists are reliable? Also, what kind of testing should I get done beforehand—and does it matter if my results are a little older, say from a month ago? On top of that, I’d love some practical tips: what should I pack for my hospital stay, how much pain are we talking about 😲 , and honestly, how long did it take you all to feel "human" again after the procedure?

I’ve heard conflicting things—some people swear by Memorial Sloan Kettering (my gynecologist seems to think they're the gold standard), others suggest Mayo Clinic, while some insist on Johns Hopkins or even Cleveland Clinic... I'm honestly lost at this point, so I’d really appreciate hearing about your experiences with different hospitals and doctors..

Thanks so much for any info you can share!
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Thanks, but does anyone here actually have any experience using Symbicort?

redcrane6 said:Watch out for non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (like Voltaren, Ibuprofen, and especially Aspirin)—they can be a massive trigger for asthma attacks, particularly when winter hits.
If you absolutely have to take something for a cold, stick to Tylenol if you can.
And look, always check with your doctor before you try anything.
From what I've gathered, there's a new drug on the horizon (it's actually already registered) that targets the actual root causes of asthma and airway obstruction. It's peptide-based, which is a total game-changer because we haven't seen anything like it until now—it essentially works by gradually reducing breathing resistance and clearing out the lungs. I'm currently trying to track it down.
As for moving from warmth to the cold: do it gradually. Take deep breaths before you step outside or walk into a different temperature zone, then exhale slowly. Do that cycle at least three times until your bronchi get used to the shift—it helps prevent that sudden, violent constriction.
That's my routine, and I do it religiously.👍
Best,

So, which specific medication are we talking about?

😱

I found that information absolutely chilling as well—though, given that I spend most of my hours working the night shift, I suppose I’m already a bit desensitized to the dark...

For instance, looking at what’s being reported here locally—not exactly comforting reading, if you can call it that:

http://www.sciencenews.org/articles/20060107/bob9.asp

Honestly, I’m practically begging for someone to step up and prove all of this is just baseless speculation or some unfounded, paranoid correlation...

Scott Allen10 said:from my experience—having pulled and worked on thousands of arterial blood gases—metabolic or respiratory acidosis was never actually the root cause; rather, it was always just an obvious consequence of some underlying condition.

Could someone please list the clinical manifestations of acidosis?

🙂 thanks—yeah, I took a quick look in the meantime, and honestly, the way Sloterdijk handles things ais just... well, it is what it is.
smart guy 🥳

Dana Anderson4 said:In the end, it all comes out the same—only the order changes...

It isn't quite the same thing, actually. Take someone like Julio Iglesias—who, if the rumors are true, insisted on being photographed exclusively from his left profile 🤣 because he thought it was his best angle—he once mentioned that he’s far more interested in that specific moment leading up to the act itself. He felt everything after that is just more of the same, and honestly, why work so hard for it...🥳

Emily Hernandez28 said:It was a total high school fascination for me, but since then I've gotten a better sense of who I actually am in this world—so his particular way of handling interpersonal relationships and self-expression just doesn't sit right with me anymore.

I don't know, to me, that whole high school vibe—expecting a singer, a rock lyricist, or a singer-songwriter to educate you on things like human relationships and such—is a bit much.

I don't really view them with that level of seriousness; I'm not out here looking for prophets, gurus, or ideological leaders among them. Personally, I'm satisfied with just a bit of poetry...

By the way, yeah, that business about the Buddhist monastery sounds pretty trashy—it's right up there with all that Scientology and Kabbalah nonsense. But hey, whatever, people can search for meaning however they want; it's their own business.