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davidji
Social climber
CA
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Mar 20, 2008 - 07:10pm PT
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Good luck with your upcoming surgery Kristin! Sending healing thoughts.
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Chip
Trad climber
Wilmington, DE
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Mar 20, 2008 - 07:51pm PT
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To answer TradIsGood,the body is constantly adjusting the internal fluid volume in joints and cavities to the outside barometric pressure. Lots of us pee and fart like crazy while acsending a peak to help this process. The arthritic patient can tell you about coming weather changes because the joints have become chronicly inflamed inside and can no longer compensate as well. The change from sea level to 10,000 feet can be very painful when the synovial tissue lining the joint is already pumping out excessive synovial fluid as part of the inflamatory process.
By the way, I'll be gunkin around the Trapps tomorrow (Good Friday). Look for me if you are around so we can meet. Yeah, it really is Chip.
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 20, 2008 - 09:17pm PT
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Chip, I have met you several places. Saw you on Snookies one day, in a gear store at Joshua Tree, even at a gym...
Anyway there are two kinds of fluids, gases and liquids. Gases are quite compressible - ideal gas law... So farting could be quite normal - though again the absolute difference in pressure between 0 and 8000 feet (highest cabin pressure in jets) is quite minimal.
Liquids are the other type of fluid - incompressible. Tons psi won't make any appreciable change in the volume of a liquid. That is why your blood will flow while diving 50 feet under water. If blood were compressible, the arteries and veins would be closed. But nitrogen dissolved in the blood is another story entirely. You probably know that one.
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 20, 2008 - 09:56pm PT
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Kris, I will definitely look into the Pilates. I am not real sure what the current PT guy I went to does in that respect, so I'll ask. I am somewhat limited by what's in SLO, obviously.
So, report is that the doc thinks flying will be no big deal. Uncomfortable, but no big deal - not an issue. In fact, I am very reassured by you guys, Ms. Curlie, and now the docs I talked to today: "Ehh, no big deal. Ehhh." So I hope you're right about the 18 hour pain. Yay.
See ya on the flip guys. You're the best!
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TradIsGood
Chalkless climber
the Gunks end of the country
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Mar 20, 2008 - 10:03pm PT
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Waiting for the OR TR.
Best Wishes!
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maculated
Trad climber
San Luis Obispo, CA
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Topic Author's Reply - Mar 22, 2008 - 02:10pm PT
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Well, surg went fine, apparently. Drove back to SLO in no pain and totally happy. It's a little stiff and sore today, but nothing I can't manage. Slept GREAT. It's all about Percoset, melatonin, 12" foam bed wedge, a pillow under one arm, and one of those travel pillows.
They said this would be the worst it gets, and if so, this is going to be cake. Man, I respect the doc immensely. He was like, "You don't really need the sling after a couple days - just in public or around dogs. Range of motion is all lower up to forehead, I can straighten, I can type.
This is marvelous. I gotta stay off the damn Internet. :) Wonderful!
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