[7thengbn] FW: FW: FW: Question Disc/ neck/and Hip replacement 2001

[Mike Moran]

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From: salton at mcttelecom.com [mailto:salton at mcttelecom.com] 
Sent: Friday, August 22, 2008 8:40 PM
To: mikemoranusmc at comcast.net
Subject: Re: [7thengbn] FW: FW: Question Disc/ neck/and Hip replacement 2001

 I have had back problems and neck problems for about 36 years. I have had my R hip joint replaced in 2001 and it won't be long before I have other hip done. I also wake up in the middle of the night with muscle tightening in legs and thighs. I guess I also have this Neurothopy from what is described . Phil


 
> From: Dana Morgan [mailto:danausmc at earthlink.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:45 PM
> To: mikemoranusmc at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [7thengbn] FW: Question
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> Mike, this is for Bruce Jones.
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> I have had similar symptoms myself. This summer the VA says my spinal column
> has issues in the L-5???? area. I have had this while I was still in. They
> discovered the situation during a CAT scan of my kidneys. 
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> Do you stand straight or do you lean to one side or the other to take away
> the pain??
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> I also have two fractures in my neck and C-5 and C-6 are compressed or
> deterioriated to a height that is less than C-4. There are bone chips that
> rub against the spinal cord. 
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> Still, the VA is unable to pinpoint the cause. All this has been discoverd
> trying to determine why I dont have feeling in my hands or feet. It could be
> peripheral neuropathy but I do not have diabetes. It could be caused by
> agent orange exposure but there are only a few recognized ailments
> attributed to AO exposure by the VA. (at least 28 are recognized by the EPA
> and CDC).
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> You may get some relief by laying on the floor with your butt up against the
> wall and your knees pulled close to your chest. its just a stretching
> exercise. In my case if I stand in one spot or walk too fast or too long it
> feels like a knife in my hip/muscle area. I suspect you have disc
> compression as that is what I was told. 
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> You can get treatment from the VA where they put you on a table and pull
> your head/neck and thats supposed to alleviate some of the pain. Once you
> walk a little distance whatever relief you got disappears. One other thing
> you could do is sit in a straight back chair like a kitchen chair and hold
> your feet and legs straight out and see if your legs are even. if one is
> shorter than the other, you have some muscle issues that can be worked out.
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> you can e-mail me at danausmc at earthlink.net or dana at pmim.org 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
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> From: Mike <mailto:mikemoranusmc at comcast.net>  Moran 
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> To: 7thEngBn at 3rdbridge. Org <mailto:7thEngBn at 3rdbridge.%20Org>  
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> Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2008 5:32 AM
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> Subject: [7thengbn] FW: Question
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> From: Bruce Jones [mailto:vt9889 at yahoo.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 19, 2008 7:41 PM
> To: mikemoranusmc at comcast.net
> Subject: Question
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> Mike,
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> As almost a last resort.  I would like to know if any Engineers suffer from
> any hip or hip muscle pain they relate to being junk operators, jumping off
> tracks, under fire or not.
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> I've been chasing a major left hip muscle problem/pain since around 1975.
> Doctors inside and outside the VA can not seem to pin point the problem.
> Going to the gym 3 days a week and physical therapy three days a week has
> done nothing to relieve the pain or allow me to walk for even fairly short
> distances.  I can walk for 3 min 32 seconds at level 2 on a tread mill -
> that sucks.
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> Thanks in advance.
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> Bruce Jones
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> USMC 63 - 66
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> RVN 1965
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