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:


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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!

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!

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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.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:28:04 GMT, "Don White"
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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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.


That stuff, Novocaine(?), just never did much for me. Maybe if I'd
drank a glassful, but they never offered enough.

John H

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

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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 23:28:04 GMT, "Don White"
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"JohnH" wrote in message
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On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:04:52 GMT, "NOYB" wrote:


snip
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.


That stuff, Novocaine(?), just never did much for me. Maybe if I'd
drank a glassful, but they never offered enough.

The topical gel applied before the needle is benzocaine. It helps only a
little bit. The best way to ensure that a shot is painless is to inject
sloooooooooowly. However, there is almost no way to make those shots in
the palate painless. I almost never give 'em...but I don't do perio
surgery. There is a lidocaine transdermal patch that, if applied about 10
minutes before the palatal shot, works pretty well.

BTW--we don't use novocaine anymore. We use lidocaine, mepivacaine,
bupivacaine, articaine, or prilocaine. Articaine works better than any of
them...and bupivacaine lasts the longest.

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 19:20:21 GMT, Short Wave Sportfishing
wrote:

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:17:54 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:

Life is the leading cause of death.

Just another good reason to get that heater into your boat and enjoy...

Damn straight...

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Better yet, move to Florida, avoid the heater, avoid winterization and
go around saying things like "what is winter?".

What is a heater?

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Better yet, move to Florida, avoid the heater, avoid winterization and
go around saying things like "what is winter?".


But then you'd have to put up with alll those 'old guys'...running around
with their pants pulled up too high and complaining about government. :-)

Don White wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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Better yet, move to Florida, avoid the heater, avoid winterization and
go around saying things like "what is winter?".



But then you'd have to put up with alll those 'old guys'...running around
with their pants pulled up too high and complaining about government. :-)



Hey! I resent that!

Eisboch

"Wayne.B" wrote ...

Better yet, move to Florida, avoid the heater, avoid winterization and
go around saying things like "what is winter?".

I can put on a jacket and be comfortable here but can't take off enough clothes
to endure a Florida summer.

-rick-

-rick- wrote:
"Wayne.B" wrote ...


Better yet, move to Florida, avoid the heater, avoid winterization and
go around saying things like "what is winter?".


I can put on a jacket and be comfortable here but can't take off enough clothes
to endure a Florida summer.

-rick-



Florida summers suck. Florida winters are heaven.

Eisboch