AH>Hi, Daryl!  Recently you wrote in a message to ARDITH HINTON:   
      
   AH>DS>  Hope you and yours had a good Christmas.   
      
     Hi, Ardith...I had a good one. My brother and I went to our elderly   
   Mom's place for lunch, then went on our separate ways. I'm doing all the   
   driving for her now...although she does drive if my car is in the shop   
   (as it was last week), or if I'm being sedated for a medical procedure.   
      
   AH>Christmas 2014 was a fairly quiet one, but IMHO we all needed that.   
   AH>Once upon a time our daughter would grumble about being cooped up in the hou   
   AH>if Dallas & I hadn't arranged an outing.  In those days we went to every par   
   AH>organized by some local charity or whatever.  With the SARS epidemic many su   
   AH>gatherings were discontinued.  However, she's a bit older now as well....  :   
      
     This is the time of year when the flu and other illnesses really rage.   
      
   AH>Never a dull moment, eh?  I seem to recall that another person said,   
   AH>many years ago, "Can't I have a few dull moments... please??"  ;-)   
      
     Really.   
      
   AH>DS>  I had a double ended (front and back) procedure just before   
   AH>DS>  Christmas. They did a cystoscopy up through the penis and   
   AH>DS>  urethra to look into the bladder, and took an image of the   
   AH>DS>  prostate through the rectum. Naturally, I was asleep for both. :)   
      
   AH>DS>  I'm a prime candidate for this new prostate relief procedure   
   AH>DS>  called Urolift   
      
   AH>           I hadn't heard of it.  Thanks for the info....  :-)   
      
     It really holds promise for men suffering from an enlarged   
   prostate...typical for males growing older.   
      
   AH>DS>  ...and I never thought I'd be so excited about a surgical   
   AH>DS>  procedure.   
      
   AH>           It certainly does sound preferable to the alternatives.   
      
     Urine retention is no fun...especially when I've had kidney stones in   
   the past.   
      
   AH>DS>  Enlarged prostate issues are part of males growing old   
      
   AH>So I gather.  In most cases they're probably not a serious cause for   
   AH>concern... apart from the inability to pee, which can be life-threatening.     
      
     Exactly. I think it can also cause bladder issues.   
      
   AH>I see you've done your homework.  I like that....  :-)   
      
     I have some other procedures coming up that I've also done research   
   on, as I like to know what to expect.   
      
   AH>Yes, I've heard of Flomax.  As a rule of thumb I consider surgery to   
   AH>be a last resort.  But if it means one doesn't have to count on pharmaceutic   
   AH>ad infinitum I'm interested... and I'd do a similar risk/benefit analysis.     
      
     As for the other procedures, the neurologist thinks I may have   
   "cervical osteoarthritis"...problems with the nerves in my neck and   
   spinal column. They want to rule out ALS (Lou Gehring's disease),   
   Multiple Sclerosis, Myesthenia Gravis, and Fibromyalgia.   
      
     So, they're going to do an EMG...an electrical nerve conductivity   
   test, in 2 parts. One, they'll put electrodes on the skin, and apply   
   small voltages of current, to see how the muscles react. Then, they'll   
   place needles directly into the muscle (NOT looking forward to that),   
   and test the nerves response when the muscle is relaxed, then   
   stimulated. I understand both of these are rather painful. So, I'm going   
   to go ahead and purge the colon out beforehand, so I don't urinate or   
   defecate on the table, when they apply the current, or insert the   
   needles...which sound more like strands of barbed wire.   
      
     After all that is done, I'll have an MRI done (no contrast dye for   
   this), so I'll probably be face down on the table...and I believe nude   
   for both.   
      
      
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