BECAUSE THESE WORK, THEIR PATIENTS STAY ALIVE AND HEALTHY
A 54-minute interview. These are my friends. You can listen at 1.5 to 2 x speed.
FAMILY PRACTITIONERS MAY AND TIM HINDMARSH made it through the pandemic and saw a lot of sick patients. They had many people come from other states because they were the only practice in the region to treat Covid properly. By now, they have had a huge experience using monoclonal antibodies. These are given intravenously and require only a quick clinic visit.
They told me that these usually cured the disease within a day or two if they were given early. They also told me that the type of monoclonal that should be used is unique to each Covid variant. In other words, the Omicron treatment probably won’t work for Delta and vice versa.
They are two hours north of Portland, Oregon, and you can listen to their practice podcast HERE.
THIS IS MY RITE OF PASSAGE:
The left x-ray shows “bone-on-bone” with extra growth around the joint. This is osteoarthritis, which is degeneration due to wear and tear. I did too much liposuction,* weightlifting, and rock climbing.
The image on the right shows the new steel humeral head and a darker area between it and the original socket. This is plastic. The extra bone has been nipped out.
If you have the right doc, total shoulders are fantastic. My surgeon, Kaiser’s Daniel Acevedo, has performed over 1000, and he invented and published about some parts of the procedure. My surgery took him only an hour. I required Advil nearly every day for the past three years, but now, six weeks post-op, I am pain-free. Fast and accurate surgeries lead to easy recoveries and less chance of complications because there is less tissue damage.
Hip replacement surgeries are the most predictable of all. But think twice before you get a total knee. About a third of patients still need pain killers after the procedure. (Yoho note: I am sure this is surgeon- and technique-dependent. In other words, these numbers must be far better in the right hands. Lots of my friends have had successful total knees.)
I’m not exactly a bionic man—shoulder implants wear out 15 to 30 years after the surgery. Younger patients who get these replacements may eventually need a second procedure, which is more complex. But since I’m 68, I don’t worry much about that. I have friends who are climbing with two fake shoulders six months after getting their last one, and I intend to try as well.
*Trivia: lipo surgeons perform 2000 strokes per procedure. This is 2 million strokes per 1000 patients. I did between 5000 and 10,000 liposuctions in my career, which is a lot of shoulder abuse. I should have been a cataract surgeon!
If you ask, maybe I will treat you to a few before/after liposuction photos in subsequent posts. I have some stunners and can refer you to a great surgeon.
Where is your shoulder doc located? Mine is driving me nuts! Thanks for the info!
Oops never mind, I see he is in California! Probably too far for this Floridian ha ha.
My Kaiser doc is Acevedo in Los Angeles. I have head great things about John Itamura in Glendale. “These are for informational purposes only, use this advice at your own risk and make your own judgment”. sorry for the disclaimers
I had a successful total knee replacement this past October. I, too, was bone on bone, likely from decades of running. But the pain I had before the surgery is gone. I still have a slight amount of scar tissue on the outside of my knee which aches every now and then, but my doc and my PTs told me to expect that It will take up to a year for me to heal fully. I am very glad I had it done, delayed by a year because of the Covid u201Cno elective surgeries edict.u201D
Strange you mentioned the necessary, not elective surgeries, hospitals are back to not doing them.
Well, thatu2019s just wonderful. So thereu2019s going to be a bunch of people who need heart catheterizations or cancer treatments who wonu2019t be able to get them and their health will suffer more as a result. When I learned I couldnu2019t have my knee fixed because of that, I was angry. I wasnu2019t having some kind of superficial surgery done. I was in serious pain every time I took a step. I had to make do with a cortisone shot every couple months, but even they donu2019t work after a while. I hope people will push back against this, being that so many were hurt the first time.
And you were denied pain meds. I fought that battle with the Intractable Pain Patients. We proved Andrew Kolodney was a line his pockets liar, Redfield was getting revenge, for hi then 37 yr old Heroin addict’s OD, laced with Fen. and a great job. Thousands are crossing our borders illegally, 160 countries, rapists, child traffickers, drug runners, terrorist. Biden gives then billions, in free aid, and DL’s, green cards so they can vote. They work under the table. Take’s an American’s job. No chips from China, so the grid, electronics fail. I’ve been locked out of my bank account for days, their server went down.
My spine is a total mess, take 2 Tylenol, get steroid shots, I’m a Type 2 Diabetic, not allowed Steroids besides I react to them.
He is Constitutionally able to write all the EO’S HE WANTS. Virtual Dictator who is senile. Tucker Carlson reported on ‘dr’ Jill giving him pills before a speech to make him coherent. LOL.
Thanks for the great interview! Sure hope you heal up fast! Iu2019m gonna pass on the lipou2026 lol.. saving your shoulder for ya!
You are the bomb May!
I have a messed up hip replacement revision with pain two years out. The surgeon keeps insisting that u2018everything looks u2018fineu2019. This post makes le encouraged to keep trying to find the SOURCE of my pain so it can finally be treated. Itu2019s obviously not the replacement itselfu2026.
Thank you for your relevant irreverence.
What is the ball of the replacement made of Chromium ones cause issues.
there are people who deal solely with problems like these. Here is one who is a top authority on infections, but this may not be your problem. https://microgendx.com/very-useful-information-an-interview-with-javad-parvizi/
You might consider going to Mayo.
Iu2019m interested in the before & after pics.
not much to noice except the scar on my shoulder.
Hub had both knees done as partials, did great, still doing great, recovery time 4 days, a you pull it out 2 day pain dispenser, great Ice Pack that is really reusable, at home rehab. Then Medicare steps in and insists on full knees. Why when they are more trouble for the patient, more limits on mobility, longer rehabs. Shoulders by the same ortho were different, Left was just cleaned out, a few years later the Right had the shoulder ball replaced and a clean out, full Rotator rehab. No change in the pain level. He sleeps poorly. OA drugs damage your Gastro Tract, and don’t help much. Where is the Rotator cuff tear located, I’ve been told MRI’s are required for them. My shoulder tear shows up on X-ray at the top of my shoulder. The Steroid shot was painful and worthless. Robert, we need you to explain why OA drugs damage the Gastro Tract. I know the damage Steroids’ and Cortisones cause. Gastro said the 20mg Nexium that is OTC, is only 10 mg. It is now $30 for a box of 28 tabs/capsules. BTW, he has a bad Rotator tear, He treats with Stem Cells, which we know Medicare/Tricare Life will never approve for use. And does good, he does wear those Neuropathy TED type knee high socks as he’s on his feet most of the day. Hub is trying them and likes them.
Hello Dr. Yoho. Very glad to have met you at the event. Meeting doctors like you gives me hope. I just finished the book “Inner Balance- The Power of Holistic Health” published in 1979. It contains essays from various leading medical providers at the time. They were all so hopeful that the medical community was on its way to treating patients in a holistic fashion – including attending to their spiritual needs. Obviously things went terribly astray. Do you think there is any link to the vax liability protection granted in 1986? Did the government unwittingly unleash a demon? Thank you again for being a physician committed to ethics.