Member Since January 27, 2009 , From Lakewood WA, United States
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About Dr. Kelly:

Retired medical physicist, wounded in Monrovia Liberia during the "recent unpleasantness."

 

Here I am with "Wilbur," named after the porcine protagonist of "Charlotte's Web," mostly because of his appetite once I got him and his brother "Fritz" home.

They are a bit larger now . . ..

I believe I have found those lost records of Barrack Obama's brain scan . . . it was dificult to find.  Or did the hospital confuse those of Homer Simpson?   Or does that grant Homer Simpson excessive intelligence?

 


Recent Activity by Dr. Kelly

Answered: Definitive bone disease

This patient will require open reduction of that fracture, possible resection or repair of the descending femoral artery, and possibly a vein graft. If the fracture was caused by such as a gunshot ...

Answered: What is the life expectency of someone who has ...

If we're talking about a metastatized breast cancer that moved to the liver, then it will soon enough show up in lungs, colon, bone marrow, pancreas, etc. No two patients require the same treatment ...

Answered: Gout without high uric acid. What causes these ...

Although uric acid is the usual culprit in gout (and acute gouty arthritis) any crystalizing acid can be at fault, particularly oxalic acid. I like to order complete blood chemistry to determine the ...

Answered: Health care

The medical profession has always had issues to deal with, one of which is government interference in how we do our jobs. Considering the hours we work, and the choice lunatics we see, and the ...

Answered: I am 67 yo with scoliosis, one leg shorter, low ...

Scoliosis that is this extreme is still correctable: even at advanced age a well considered program of specifically developed exercise can (and will) strengthen muscles that will gradually pull your ...

Answered: My mother had surgery how or who would i see ...

Your mother will need to sign three documents for you to gain her complete medical record: Power of attorney. That says you are now authorized to look at all records that pertain to your mother ...

Answered: What pain does california poppy extract help? I ...

Fibromyalgia is a fad disease that means only, "Discomfort in striated muscle tissue." Usually these patients describe pain that is severe to extreme, but on examination we find that if there is any ...

Answered: Pancreatic cancer and folfirinox

Excellent post! I guess it serves me right for being out of the loop for all this time that this is the first I learned of it.

Answered: Why am I getting a shock in my knee replacement ...

It may well be electrical induction between your laptop and the titanium prosthesis. The best course might be to revert to a dial-up connection to the Internet. The explanation follows. Most ...

Answered: Does it sound like my immune system is a bit down?

You have described all the symptoms of chronic hypoplastic or aplastic anemia. This disorder is not difficult to treat if treatment is begun early. It becomes more difficult to treat as bone marrow ...

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"Thank you for your encouragement. Being a little more left-brained than some, I have not yet felt heaven's limitation on loving God with all one's mind as well as heart."
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