Comments on: Monday jump start: Great reads from Teh Interwebs http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/ Blogging by a team of pet-care experts led by Dr. Marty Becker. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:53:58 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475147 Colorado Transplant Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:25:52 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475147 To all a good night--sleep well, everyone. To all a good night—sleep well, everyone.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475129 The OTHER Pat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:12:48 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475129 Mmmff....bwuh'....sorry....just woke up.....did someone say something? (ducking and running . . . . . . . ) Mmmff….bwuh’….sorry….just woke up…..did someone say something?

(ducking and running . . . . . . . )

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475120 Gina Spadafori Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:47:45 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475120 Oh, well, just keep [...] reading Gina and Marty’s books to keep you distracted. Comment by Colorado Transplant — September 15, 2009 Or ... to help you fall asleep. :) Oh, well, just keep […] reading Gina and Marty’s books to keep you distracted.

Comment by Colorado Transplant — September 15, 2009

Or … to help you fall asleep. :)

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475119 Colorado Transplant Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:34:07 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475119 Thanks for the update, the OTHER Pat. After several months, you will be fine, the article seems to imply. Oh, well, just keep blogging and reading Gina and Marty's books to keep you distracted. If I can't get rid of pain, I keep as busy as I can so I won't think about it. Still hoping you have a quick recovery. Maybe you can play with google's new virtual cat, dog, bird. etc. I have virtual cat that on my google start page and he purrs, moves, whines, etc. I wonder what the dog and bird do, but I am too lazy to find out. Just google it from google, if you are interested. As I say, it is the Virtual Cat. (Maybe I should get rid of Inca and Sophie and just play with the Virtual Cat. Ah, I would miss the touch of fur, though). Thanks for the update, the OTHER Pat. After several months, you will be fine, the article seems to imply.

Oh, well, just keep blogging and reading Gina
and Marty’s books to keep you distracted. If I can’t get rid of pain, I keep as busy as I can so I won’t think about it.

Still hoping you have a quick recovery.

Maybe you can play with google’s new virtual cat, dog, bird. etc. I have virtual cat that on my google start page and he purrs, moves, whines, etc. I wonder what the dog and bird do, but I am too lazy to find out.

Just google it from google, if you are interested. As I say, it is the Virtual Cat.
(Maybe I should get rid of Inca and Sophie and just play with the Virtual Cat. Ah, I would miss the touch of fur, though).

]]> By: mary francis http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475116 mary francis Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:51:43 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475116 loved the Raised by wolves update (hopeful and uplifting)and of course Winograd's latest blog post "Good homes need not apply" is another bullseye summary on troubling adoption practices by some rescues/shelters - the man is a gift. loved the Raised by wolves update (hopeful and uplifting)and of course Winograd’s latest blog post “Good homes need not apply” is another bullseye summary on troubling adoption practices by some rescues/shelters - the man is a gift.

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475108 The OTHER Pat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 16:57:45 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475108 My surgery was called a "thumb cmc arthroplasty". You can find a description here: http://www.tattherapygroup.com/Welcome/PatientEducation/tabid/6800/ctl/View/mid/10709/Default.aspx?ContentPubID=267 My favorite line from the article is "You may experience some discomfort and swelling.". "Some". Yeah. Right. Gotta love those "code" words . . . . . But I had to laugh where you wrote to Gina "people want to help me in all kinds of ways," A dear friend stayed with me for the required 24 hours after the surgery, and before she left, I made her stand by while I proved to myself that I could dress myself, prepare/wrap new ice packs, etc. She said "It's so HARD to watch you struggle! I want to help! But I know you need to be able to do it for yourself" I very much appreciate her restraint! ~s~ My surgery was called a “thumb cmc arthroplasty”. You can find a description here:

http://www.tattherapygroup.com.....tPubID=267

My favorite line from the article is “You may experience some discomfort and swelling.”. “Some”. Yeah. Right. Gotta love those “code” words . . . . .

But I had to laugh where you wrote to Gina “people want to help me in all kinds of ways,” A dear friend stayed with me for the required 24 hours after the surgery, and before she left, I made her stand by while
I proved to myself that I could dress myself, prepare/wrap new ice packs, etc. She said “It’s so HARD to watch you struggle! I want to help! But I know you need to be able to do it for yourself”

I very much appreciate her restraint! ~s~

]]> By: Colorado Transplant http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475095 Colorado Transplant Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:25:42 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475095 The Other Pat--The FDA will only care if you are part of a statistical group that gets sick. Otherwise, no action will be taken. That is how I view them. Everytime I take a vitamin or any other kind of pill, I wonder what negative effect it will have and where was it made. Were you operated on carpal tunnel syndrome? You said it was hand surgery. Gina, I think I have aged already, but my hair is not all grey yet. Just have wrinkles on my face and now people want to help me in all kinds of ways, even though I can manage by myself, thank you. Wait till I am crippled, folks.:) The Other Pat—The FDA will only care if you are part of a statistical group that gets sick.
Otherwise, no action will be taken. That is how I view them.

Everytime I take a vitamin or any other kind of pill, I wonder what negative effect it will have and where was it made.

Were you operated on carpal tunnel syndrome? You said it was hand surgery.

Gina, I think I have aged already, but my hair is not all grey yet. Just have wrinkles on my face and now people want to help me in all kinds of ways, even though I can manage by myself, thank you.

Wait till I am crippled, folks.:)

]]> By: Gina Spadafori http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475091 Gina Spadafori Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:09:44 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475091 Heather is gorgeous. I hope I age half as gracefully as she has. Comment by Susan — September 14, 2009 I already know I'm not. :) Isn't it funny how we cherish the gray in our beloved older dogs -- the white eyebrows, the frosted chins -- and cover it up like crazy in ourselves? I'm just starting to go gray, but I love it. I have given names to each of the new gray hairs -- book projects, mostly, although more than a handful are named "pet food recall." Heather is gorgeous. I hope I age half as gracefully as she has.

Comment by Susan — September 14, 2009

I already know I’m not. :)

Isn’t it funny how we cherish the gray in our beloved older dogs — the white eyebrows, the frosted chins — and cover it up like crazy in ourselves?

I’m just starting to go gray, but I love it. I have given names to each of the new gray hairs — book projects, mostly, although more than a handful are named “pet food recall.”

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475087 The OTHER Pat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:54:34 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475087 Oh - and as an aside - I just noticed the pain meds I got were generics from Teva Phaarmaceuticals. Eeeeeek! A friend was caring for me immediately post-surgery and today was the first day I'd read the inserts. Yet another reason to get off them as soon as possible! Which leads me to a random wondering - in this age of insurance companies cutting costs by requiring you to accept generics (and mine was Workers Comp, so I probably had even less freedom of choice), I wonder what the reaction would have been if I had said I didn't feel safe taking this drug since I knew one of their related divisions was currently the subject of an FDA action? Oh - and as an aside - I just noticed the pain meds I got were generics from Teva Phaarmaceuticals. Eeeeeek! A friend was caring for me immediately post-surgery and today was the first day I’d read the inserts. Yet another reason to get off them as soon as possible!

Which leads me to a random wondering - in this age of insurance companies cutting costs by requiring you to accept generics (and mine was Workers Comp, so I probably had even less freedom of choice), I wonder what the reaction would have been if I had said I didn’t feel safe taking this drug since I knew one of their related divisions was currently the subject of an FDA action?

]]> By: The OTHER Pat http://www.petconnection.com/blog/2009/09/14/monday-jump-start-great-reads-from-teh-interwebs/comment-page-1/#comment-475085 The OTHER Pat Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:47:12 +0000 http://www.petconnection.com/blog/?p=9004#comment-475085 Thank you. Today I'm going to start trying to transition down from Tylenol 3 to regular Tylenol. Prior to the T3 I was on Percocet (which had me sick as a dog - sorry dogs!) and I got myself off that as soon as the worst of the pain was over. I hope to have myself on a normal dose of regular Tylenol by tomorrow. I really hate staying on pain meds longer than absolutely necessary! Again, thanks for your well wishes. A little better, day by day! Thank you. Today I’m going to start trying to transition down from Tylenol 3 to regular Tylenol. Prior to the T3 I was on Percocet (which had me sick as a dog - sorry dogs!) and I got myself off that as soon as the worst of the pain was over. I hope to have myself on a normal dose of regular Tylenol by tomorrow. I really hate staying on pain meds longer than absolutely necessary!

Again, thanks for your well wishes. A little better, day by day!

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