<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="2.0"><channel><title>JoeUser Forums » RSS Feed » Surgery Posts</title><link>https://feeds.feedburner.com/Stardock/JoeUser/forum/112</link><copyright>© 2006 - 2026 Stardock Corporation. All rights reserved.</copyright><description>Recent Posts In Surgery</description><language>en-us</language><pubDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:56:59 PM -0400</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 2:56:59 PM -0400</lastBuildDate><docs>http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html</docs><generator>Stardock Rss Generator v1.0</generator><managingEditor>info@stardock.com</managingEditor><webMaster>kwilas@stardock.com</webMaster><item><author>Bahu Virupaksha</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/34235</comments><description><![CDATA[   The highly respected medicak journal The Lancet that has been at the fore front of medical research for more that 150 years has in a recent issue highlighted the consequences of the American areal bimbing on Iraq using a sophisticated statistical  technique called cluster analysis. The margin of error is less that 3% in most cases.  The team looked carefully at the mortality figure reported in select households in the week immediately preceeding the Ameican  bombing campaign in March 200...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/34235</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/34235</link><pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 12:56:20 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-11-29T09:56:20</pubDateParsed><title>Civillian Casualities in Iraq</title></item><item><author>Draginol</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/32264</comments><description><![CDATA[I finally bit the bullet and had custom LASIK done to both my eyes. The procedure was performed by Dr. D.C. Fiander of the Farmington Laser Eye Center.  It was not an easy decision to have this procedure done. I had spent a great deal of time researching the pros and cons on LASIK, PRK, Custom LASIK along with other methods to improve vision.&nbsp;   Since I work in front of the computer all day, my eyes are very important to me so weighing the potential side effects from such a procedure wa...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/32264</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/32264</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 5:22:16 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-09-29T05:22:16-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Custom LASIK experiences</title></item><item><author>jesonjin</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/378916</comments><description><![CDATA[   It is necessary to be aware of both its advantages and disadvantages while evaluating LASIK surgery. Some advantages are well-known, including permanent vision correction without  eyewear  and very little pain or discomfort, while less-known ones include minimal invasive, no stitches and bandages, and possible modifications. Disadvantages of LASIK surgery include high price, irreversible cornea shapes, imperfect vision outcomes, as well as potential side effects or complications.    &nbsp;   ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/378916</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/378916</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 7:30:11 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2010-03-28T07:30:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Introduction of Common Eye Disorders</title></item><item><author>advancelipo</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/360986</comments><description><![CDATA[   Most of us have at least one spot on our bodies that we would like to change- commonly referred to as the &ldquo;problem area&rdquo; that we go out of way to spend extra time at the gym toning. However, you can&rsquo;t concentrate all of your fat loss into one body area and lose nothing from another. Our body doesn&rsquo;t work that way because it&rsquo;s all one unit and it gains as loses fat as one unit says  liposuction San Diego  specialist. Most women that undergo arm  San Diego lipo  ar...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/360986</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/360986</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Aug 2009 2:04:37 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2009-08-07T02:04:37-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Arm liposuction: Say goodbye to saggy arms</title></item><item><author>KFC Kickin For Christ</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/322355</comments><description><![CDATA[I spent the morning with my husband who had knee surgery.&nbsp; That was fun.&nbsp; NOT.&nbsp;  He's been in pain for more than a year and a half with what we now know for sure was a miniscus tear in his left knee from a half marathon he did back along in Virginia.&nbsp;  We heard&nbsp;about this National Training Center in Clarmont which is about an hour from our house.&nbsp;This place came highly recommended so we decided it was time to get the ol' knee taken care of since his running came...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/322355</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/322355</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 9:08:50 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2008-08-28T09:08:50-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>A Miniscus Tear Freak Out</title></item><item><author>KarmaGirl</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/157576</comments><description><![CDATA[I recently (as in yesterday) had my gallbladder removed.  This surgery is so common, that it is now out patient.&nbsp; It's done laprascopically, and leaves you with 4 small incisions and a swollen belly.&nbsp; It is also only about an hour long surgery.&nbsp; My surgery started at 12:30pm and I left the hospital at 3pm.&nbsp; How fast was that????  I know many people who have had the same surgery previously, however, I am the first that did not have to stay at least one night.&nbsp; I am *t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/157576</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/157576</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2007 9:46:11 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-10-31T21:46:11-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Out Patient Gallbladder Surgery</title></item><item><author>Phil Osborn</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/163329</comments><description><![CDATA[       October 08, 2008   So, to wrap this up, I got several thousand more dollars from the QME evaluation.&nbsp; I don't know if all the prep, bringing my friend as a witness, etc., helped, but it probably didn't hurt.&nbsp; The process overall did not seem very objective, and the award, as always with Workman's Comp, covered a small fraction of the actual damage, disability, pain and suffering - but I did get further medical as needed.&nbsp; However, for those others in my position, this e...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/163329</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/163329</link><pubDate>Sun, 23 Sep 2007 4:18:23 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-09-23T16:18:23-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Help!!!  Two days to find info on QME doctors</title></item><item><author>Moderateman</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/158789</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;WELL my friends my surgery date has been set for Sept 12th this year, now I get to worry a whole 6 weeks before the cutting begins, LET THE FEAR BEGIN!!  &nbsp;  This morning I finally had my 'reading' of my MRI about my right shoulder problems, well the good news is, no torn rotator cuff, the bad news is I have frozen shoulder syndrome. meaning some ligaments and tendons have attached themselves to part of the bone itself.  So when I get a surgery date I will be out of writing commi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/158789</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/158789</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Aug 2007 3:16:25 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-08-02T15:16:25-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Shoulder Surgery UPDATE AUGUST 2ND</title></item><item><author>Body-Philosophy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/158958</comments><description><![CDATA[   #10 Bruce Jenner. 58-year-old Bruce Jenner has made a lot of changes in his life since winning that gold medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. Yes, these days it's difficult to look at before-and-after pictures of the former track star without shaking a fist up towards God and screaming, Why! Why! Why! I try not to judge the American icon. Truly, I do. Perhaps his penchant for plastic surgery began moments after the Wheaties brand breakfast cereal replaced his picture on their boxes with a new, ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/158958</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/158958</link><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 3:40:34 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-29T15:40:34-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Top 10 Worst Celebrity Facelifts!</title></item><item><author>Body-Philosophy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/158850</comments><description><![CDATA[   On March 15, 2005, 42-year-old Kathleen Cregan told her husband and two young sons that she would be taking a business course in Dublin for a few days. She kissed them goodbye, left their home in rural Ireland, and boarded a plane to New York City. There, she would have a full-facelift performed by Dr. Michael E. Sachs in his offices on Central Park South.  Months before, after reading about Dr. Sachs' prowess in physical transformation in The Sunday Independent of Ireland, she contacted hi...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/158850</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/158850</link><pubDate>Fri, 27 Jul 2007 3:26:24 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-27T15:26:24-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>My plastic surgeon was accused of killing a patient!</title></item><item><author>Body-Philosophy</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/158679</comments><description><![CDATA[   Unless celebrities are trying to hide bad teeth or, worse yet, no teeth, I simply can't understand why some choose to inflate their lips to such a degree that their upper lip hugs both nostrils when they smile. According to plastic surgeon Dr. Tony Youn, CelebrityCosmeticSurgery.blogspot.com, lips are not meant to be the same size. "The lower lip," he explains, "should be about 1:5 times the size of the upper lip." Not 1:1. Below is a list of 26 celebrities who, at some point in their career,...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/158679</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/158679</link><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 3:02:55 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-25T15:02:55-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Which celebrity would you kiss??!!</title></item><item><author>Jythier</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/157642</comments><description><![CDATA[   Women are often forced to have surgical proceedures they don't even want connected with pregnancy.  How come, when a woman wants an abortion, it's all about her right to her body, her right to have a choice, but when my wife wanted to have a baby vaginally, the doctor told her she would have to have a C-Section?  Where your choice now?  Where's your control over your own body?  How can there be a choice to kill your baby, but if you keep that baby, your right to choose goes out the window...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/157642</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/157642</link><pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 4:00:21 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-07-14T16:00:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Control Over Your Own Body?</title></item><item><author>dharmagrl</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/155992</comments><description><![CDATA[D came through the surgery okay, and I brought him home last night.&nbsp;   He spent the night on the couch - he said that he didn't think he'd be able to manage the stairs last night (was full of percocet and still drowsy from the anesthesia) - and when I got up this morning he was walking around the kitchen on his crutches.  He's been bearing a little weight on his leg today and has been using his CPM (Continuous Passive Motion; it bends and straightens his knee a few degrees) and pain med...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/155992</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/155992</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 Jun 2007 3:18:15 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-06-27T15:18:15-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Better than expected.</title></item><item><author>Sean Conners aka SConn1</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/153295</comments><description><![CDATA[   This question was recently asked by a popular television commentator. It's not the 1st time i heard the question. But , for some reason, it has stuck in my head for a couple of weeks now.  It is a given that the abortion debate divides people about 1/2 and 1/2 in this country. One half wants to outlaw abortion or severely restrict it to only life threatening or other extreme circumstances. And the other camp wants little or no restrictions on abortion.   I'm not here to debate that. For t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/153295</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/153295</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2007 5:39:14 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-05-23T17:39:14-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>A Different Kind Of Abortion Question</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/152965</comments><description><![CDATA[   I don't understand...wait maybe I do - I do understand people who are unhappy with their looks.  I do understand people who want to relive their glory days, days of their young, supple, beautiful youth!     We all understand that when you get older, everything goes south!  Your whole body changes on you.   Even if you're one of those who have been very diligent about dieting and exercising to take care of your body.  Eventually, lines appear, your skin wrinkles,  your hair begins to thin.....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/152965</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/152965</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 8:34:41 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2007-05-17T08:34:41-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Plastic Surgery on the Cheap</title></item><item><author>senone</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/139885</comments><description><![CDATA[    By: Fritz Frei      Related to the primary tumor:  • Asymptomatic • Poor stream • Retention of urine • Urgency • Frequency • Hematuria (blood in the urine) • Related to secondary tumor deposits: • Bone pain(back and pelvis): • Pathological fractures • Enlarged lymph glands  • Kidney failure • Related to the general effects of malignancy: • Weight loss • Tiredness  • Malaise • Anemia • Loss of appetite  Early prostate cancer is usually completely asymptomatic. By the t...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/139885</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/139885</link><pubDate>Thu, 28 Dec 2006 2:41:24 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-12-28T02:41:24-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>Symptoms Of Prostate Cancer</title></item><item><author>senone</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/138976</comments><description><![CDATA[   by Eric Morris   The dictionary defines birth control as "a regimen of one or more actions, devices, or medications followed in order to deliberately prevent or reduce the likelihood of a woman becoming pregnant." Birth control has become imperative in today's world, due to the global rise in population, need for family planning and also to safeguard oneself from unwanted pregnancy.  There are various methods of birth control that one can adopt, including the withdrawal method, or coitus...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/138976</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/138976</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2006 8:36:53 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-12-14T20:36:53-05:00</pubDateParsed><title>An Introduction To Birth Control</title></item><item><author>foreverserenity</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/81180</comments><description><![CDATA[   I’m so drained, and I’m not referring to lack of sleep or anything like that today (I also went to bed a lot earlier last night!)  but, no, make that however, I’m emotionally and mentally tired.  I just came from the dentist with my 3 year old.    This was her second follow up visit since her surgery.  She’s been doing well since it happened except one of her crowns fell out but it was ok, her dentist replace it at the first visit.  He said she was healing nicely but we’ve got to make sure ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/81180</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/81180</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 9:42:21 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-06T09:42:21-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>This could be really deadly in the wrong person’s hands!</title></item><item><author>Moderateman</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/128846</comments><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;Western Medicine sucks! I have a growth on the outside of my pinko toe{named after the far left}&nbsp;about the size of 1/2 a golf ball  Hurts like hell too. Went to my G.P. Doctor he said "wow that's interesting" "I have no idea what it is", He called a foot Dr. while I was in room, the foot Dr. says give him massive shot of antibiotic's, ever have a massive shot of antibiotics? It is this thick stuff they shoot in your "hip" {read ass}hurts like hell, makes leg numb and puts a knot on ...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/128846</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/128846</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Sep 2006 12:47:07 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-02T09:47:07</pubDateParsed><title>Massive Foot Infection</title></item><item><author>singrdave</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/95888</comments><description><![CDATA[    The 'V' Word For Men      From  vasectomy.com :  Having an operation involving the testicles is every man's fear. To a greater or lesser degree, just about every man would rather not have anything to do with a procedure on or near his genital region. Simply recognizing that this fear exists is a first step.  Many men recognize that having a vasectomy could be the best solution for their personal or family situation, and that their short-term fear is offset by a long-term benefit for them...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/95888</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/95888</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 2:00:38 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-01T14:00:38-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Manhandled!</title></item><item><author>DiYess</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/24657</comments><description><![CDATA[   First my comment then my question. I have a horrible hysterectomy  bikini line scar, almost 6" long with a pucker on each end and its crooked. Its finally fadeing to white after almost 4 years but because of the puckers and the slant of the scar its very unatractive. I am an avid lover of tats with 6 on my body already. I have been thinking of getting a vine like tattoo to cover up the scar. I have heard some scars are more sensitive to the pain of getting a tatt, which is not my real delem...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/24657</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/24657</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Sep 2006 1:32:03 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-09-01T13:32:03-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Scars and Tatts</title></item><item><author>BeverlyJ</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/98537</comments><description><![CDATA[   Info on Postional MRI. Drs say conventional mri scans overlook 50% of spine pathology Locations 1-888 NEEDMRI   ]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/98537</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/98537</link><pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2006 12:06:43 PM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-01-21T09:06:43</pubDateParsed><title>Upright MRI research</title></item><item><author>singrdave</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/96147</comments><description><![CDATA[   Here I sit, peas on crotch.  The deed is done: the vasectomy has been performed.  Luckily for me, the pain is not too bad.  It was recommended that I have ice on 30 minutes, off 30 minutes... but I haven't been willing to take the ice off for longer than it took for someone to run upstairs for the other bag.  Let me tell you about the surgery (this is the point where the faint of heart are supposed to stop reading and click off this site):  Started with a nice shearing o' the scrotes, sin...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/96147</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/96147</link><pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2006 11:26:44 AM -0500</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2006-01-06T12:26:44</pubDateParsed><title>Shorn and Snipped</title></item><item><author>Dynosoar</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/89754</comments><description><![CDATA[  Bummer, I just went back to the Urologist this morning. Let's just say I've experience a trauma in the area a urologist specializes in,and over the last year we've treated the area with massive doses of Vitamin E, tamaflin compounded in a cream, all to no avail.    All the while a calcifying mass has grown along the, uh, shaft. It is rather painful, and to add misery,in the last 4 months an extreme curvature has developed. Needless to say, sex has been less than enjoyable ( at least for me )....]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/89754</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/89754</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 9:13:40 AM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-10-20T09:13:40-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Peyronies Disease</title></item><item><author>Moderateman</author><comments>https://forums.joeuser.com/82214</comments><description><![CDATA[   I have been following lifehappens blog on child abortion without or with parents permission, and since my question went unanswered there I will pose it here with statements and questions.   Why stop at parental permission for abortion? Just let the kids decide what is right or wrong for themselves? WRONG!  How about other surgeries?  Nose jobs.  Breast implants.  Lipo suction.  Stomach stapling.  Sure let them all have anykind of surgeries they want, after all they know whats b...]]></description><guid isPermaLink="True">https://forums.joeuser.com/82214</guid><link>https://forums.joeuser.com/82214</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2005 5:47:56 PM -0400</pubDate><pubDateParsed>2005-08-01T17:47:56-04:00</pubDateParsed><title>Parental Permission</title></item></channel></rss>