I thought I had one...

but low and behold... nada!

It took me to a "sine up for ..." page.

oh well... it had to do with AVM's in the China population.


Bruno Borat Lands On Eminem MTV ...

That's kinda funny...

That's the #3 video on youtube...


Dirty Dancing "She's Like The Wind" by Patrick Swayze (1987)

Patrick Swazye... now there is a guy with problems...


Dead or Alive - You Spin Me Round (Like a Record)

oh well... me wifes home... gotta go...
but fist...




Eddy Grant (Electric Avenue)



Bye bye...

a lil 'bout me...

I have been feeling bad the last couple of days... so I'll keep this short...

I love 80's music... and 70's music too.. that is why when you tune in there is so much stuff here.

Don't get me wrong I like the stuff that is real new too... It is just 70's and 80's got me in there grip...


Led Zeppelin-Stairway to Heaven


cat stevens Wild World



Iron Maiden Flight 666 - Run To The Hills



Mexican Radio...Wall of Voodoo.


Men at work: Land down under!!!!


Men Without Hats - The Safety Dance







okay... here is the breakdown I have an MRI scheduled for tomorrow. I'll give you an update... as soon as I can.

Good Morning... & some AVM News!

I have a little news for you.. My wife is in surgery. It is neck surgery, they are putting some metal in, in place of the disks. Seems she was hurting since totaling the P/T Cruiser...
May by she was in need of pain medison. <--- can't spell

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What is "talk and die" syndrome?

After a seemingly minor fall on the slopes, actress Natasha Richardson is reportedly suffering from a potentially deadly head injury

By Brendan Borrell

Last night, British-born actress Natasha Richardson, 45, was rushed from Montreal to New York City in critical condition after a seemingly minor fall on a Quebec ski slope apparently led to bleeding in her brain.

Richardson, who won a Tony for her role in the Broadway play Cabaret and has also starred in a string of films including The Parent Trap and Maid in Manhattan, is the daughter of actress Vanessa Redgrave and the wife of actor Liam Neeson, 56, with whom she has two sons, ages 12 and 13...
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Different paths, different stars, but it's the same goal at UConn

By Kelly Whiteside, USA TODAY

PHILADELPHIA — The center came from a world away with limited basketball skills. The point guard, a highly touted recruit, nearly died from a brain hemorrhage and then almost threw his career away by finding trouble. Their journeys have been as different as miles traveled and lessons learned, but Connecticut's two best players, Hasheem Thabeet and A.J. Price, have arrived in the same place, hoping to add their first banner to the crowded rafters of Gampel Pavilion....

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I feel bad for them... The survivors and the guy who survived... in the second.
okay gonna go... see ya'
R

Today's news... got a bunch of them.

Two of this...

Really, It is a New Day

When I talked to my sister last night, she said the tagline for yesterday’s post was deceptive. She expected an encouraging report and felt duped. She thought something like Here We Go Again would have been better. She’s right. Today is looking up, so we’ll try this tagline again!

It is almost 10 a.m., and so far today we’ve seen the primary doctor, an infectious disease doctor, a doctor from speech pathology to do a long assessment, the head of speech pathology, and the occupational therapist, who also happens to be a Luther grad. The physical therapist got sent away because someone else beat him here. Mike also ate breakfast in there somewhere. Whew!

Mike’s fever went down overnight after he was put on the cooling blanket. However, it does continue to fluctuate. We have been told this will probably continue for awhile. We will not know what the specific bacteria is that is causing the infection for a couple of days. They also do not know where it came from, which appears to be a bigger issue than I initially thought.

The speech people were encouraging from my perspective, but not Mike’s. He wants things to go really quickly and they aren’t. His speech fluctuates with the fever, so at times it is better than others.

We have not been told when we will leave ICU, but I am guessing not until at least tomorrow. It’s kind of hard to hear everyone else around here talking about leave after a day or two, when we have been here 10 out of the last 11 days. That’s just me feeling sorry for myself. I think Mike and I were both overly optismistic in our expecations. We had hoped to be going home yesterday.

On another note, Gabbie vomited last night at about 4:30 a.m., all over my parent’s new carpet, new bed, and new bedding. Ugh! So, my mom had to take the day off to take care of her. Please pray that none of the other kids get sick. I feel terrible that my mom is having to deal with this.

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A Quick Update

This will be quick, because snow is coming and I am heading back to the house where I am staying.

The doctor was just in and Mike said, “Greetings, Dr. Folgerstrom.” That would be great, except his last name is Fogleson! This guy has a sense of humor and got a kick out of it.

Mike has been much more alert and talking a lot more this afternoon. His temperature is below 100 now, which is good. All the fluid that was around the incision wound following has gone away, so they are pretty sure the infection is not from the surgery.

Several people have asked what the name of the bacteria is. It is not one that is often seen and I couldn’t possibly remember it. I will ask the doctor to write down the name tomorrow.

Mike had a great physical therapy session today. They had him sitting up and writing and then standing, assisted, next to the bed. Apparently the gludious maximus muscle is starting to work, which is a very good thing.

I had better get going. I plan on getting a good night’s sleep tonight. Dr. Fogleson said as he left that he is on call all weekend and that he hopes for some good cases this weekend. He left and returned an few seconds later and said, “That means I want to people.” We knew that. He had a long day of surgery. That wanting to help people is why we are here!

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Capital Health Uses Innovative Treatment for Stroke, Brain Conditions

The first patient in the region was recently treated using Capital Health's new state-of-the-art biplane angiographic system that will provide faster and more accurate vascular care. The new system dramatically improves the ability of neurosurgeons to see blood vessels and conduct complex, minimally invasive procedures in the brain to treat aneurysms, anteriovenous malformations (or AVM's), head and neck tumors and strokes.
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Surgery #3 is a go!

Jake's been doing really well lately, his wound on his AVM is almost completely healed! We've been making bi-weekly trips down to Iowa City to meet with Jake's plastic surgeon, measuring how much his AVM shrinks. The doctor's plan of action was to wait and see how much it would shrink on it's own before removing the mass surgically. The first 2 weeks it shrunk a half centimeter....and then stopped.

We had some questions last week about some of the drainage on the AVM, so yesterday, the doctor who performed Jake's 2 surgeries called and asked to see him. They wanted to be sure his AVM wasn't infected from the embolizations. We (Michael, Jake, and myself) went down there yesterday afternoon, and got a good report from his surgeon - no infection, and the surgery was successful. The doctor even said that they "amazed themselves" since it's healing better than they could have imagined it. What a great meeting!

Michael called the plastic surgeon before heading down to Iowa City, to see if we could meet with him at the same time. The surgeon was teaching a class yesterday, but he wanted to see Jake, so they asked us to stop by his office around the time that his class was done. We finished with the first visit early, and headed over to the plastic surgeon's office and waited in the waiting room for about a half hour. When Dr. Hamilton came in, he was happy to see Jake. He measured Jake's AVM, and found that it hadn't shrunk any farther. It was time to schedule the surgery to have the mass of the AVM removed!

Jake was VERY happy to hear this news! The thought of not dealing with his birthmark anymore was quite appealing to him. :) He joked (rather seriously) with Dr. Hamilton that he'd like the AVM in a jar after the procedure, so he can show it off to his friends. Jake was also very determined to have the surgery scheduled for March 2nd. On that day, he had a vocal concert at school scheduled that he did NOT want to be a part of - he hates the songs, and hates the actions going along with the songs even more!

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scary

So right around the time i was born my mom's doctor's discovered an AVM in her brain (a knot of blood vessels).

I was a high risk pregnancy because of the AVM & my mom could have very well died during delivery. This is also the reason I'm an only child.

Luckily enough, my mom lived through my birth & was also able to undergo a cutting edge radiology treatment for her AVM.

The only catch? apparently about 20 years after receiving the treatment, most of the patients are experiencing random seizures. The doctors don't know if they should attribute it to scar tissue or just a long-term effect of the radiology.

I didn't find any of this information out until a few months after my mom's first seizure which was in July 08.

It was weird finding out that my mom's case wasn't just an isolated incident & that in fact quite a few people were experiencing just what she was.

My mom couldn't drive for quite a while & she was put on an anti-seizure medication that she'll have to take for the rest of her life. Getting the dosage right was really tricky because if she took too much she would get debilitating headaches but if she took too little she was obviously at risk of seizing.

Well yesterday my mom started showing classic symptoms of seizure while at work & the nurses she works with made her lie down & called her doctor. Apparently my mom never fully entered a seizure, but she was really shaken up about it & said that she couldn't shake the feeling.

I don't know if it means that her medicine is working because she didn't actually have a seizure, or if it means that she'll have to increase her dose & deal with all these headaches. But needless to say, this situation has gotten me a little bit scared the past day and a half.

I guess all i can do is go home & spend time with my mom & be grateful that something terrible didn't happen.
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I have been feeling okay... the cold seems to have gone.
It is 20 deg. Far. and the snow is falling.

I have to find a way to cut $$$ out of my budget. I am running into problems. I wish I had someone better dealing with a budget. I am no good.

Okay, today I'm not going to youtube you.
There was just to much news.
I am going to CJ you however...



I think there great! go give them a look.
That's it kids... good bye for now.

Got a Few... and an bit on me.

Saturday, February 14, 2009

Although I took a nap I had a very productive day. Mical and I trimmed hooves in the morning. I'll get his tonight. The goats and Prys are wormed and laundry is almost done.

Mical made me some drying racks for my fleeces. In the next few days I will finish washing fleeces and pulling the prettiest curls to sell. On Thursday I'll take the rest to the mill in Granby to be processed. That will be a huge accomplishment. I might even find time to spin. I have told myself there will be no spinning or knitting until this project is complete.

Barb is coming to Steamboat for a visit. She doesn't know it yet but I'm going to keep her busy separating curls. Wendy jumped in one day and helped. She enjoyed it immensely. It's a mindless task and has an effect much like meditation. I feel the same way about spinning.

Cody continues to leave the enclosure but has been staying on our property and hasn't ventured down the driveway to the highway. Gabby hasn't followed him and for that I'm grateful. The trench will be finished by Tuesday.

Simon is in Vegas celebrating 100's weekend. I haven't gotten a call for bail so I'm assuming he's fine and having fun. He reports to a base in Pueblo in August for the first leg of his training and moves on to Vance Air Force Base in January. I think he will be there for over a year. Most of his friends will not report for their secondary level of training until March. Simon continues to fly whenever his schedule and weather permit.

There is really no new news to report on Clayton. He now has a feeding tube and gradually they are pulling out this and that so he will have more mobility. They hope to put him in a wheelchair on Tuesday. He does not talk but does move around some. It's still unclear what level of brain damage was done and if he will see. He's had a very vacant look in his eyes but does turn to sound. He is breathing on his own but has the tracheotomy as a precautionary measure. His blood on the surface level is still not clotting and tests have not been returned. They have postponed until a later date an angioplasty. They will go into his brain and choke off remaining vessels of the AVM.

Mical took tonight's picture while he was out today. I think the falcons and bald eagles that make Steamboat their home are just magnificent.
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PRAISE THE LORD: HE TALKED!

Yes, I know that all caps means I’m yelling, but that is pretty much what we were doing in the neuro ICU at Mayo Clinic at about 7:30 tonight.

To be honest, I was quite discouraged today. Not because anything bad happened, but because it was so frustrating to not even be able to communicate. When the neurosurgical resident stopped by late afternoon, Mike had said “one” and “two,” although not in a natural voice.

As my sister and brother-in-law were getting ready to leave, several of us were in the room. Mike had been trying to do things like push the boots that prevent blood clots off of his right leg with his left leg. My mom said, “If you are bored, did you ever consider watching T.V.?” Mike then said, “Not really.” It was hard to refrain from hootin’ and hollerin’ right there in ICU!

He then proceeded to say “international” as we were for some unknown reason discussing airports. When I went in to tell him goodnight, I prayed with him. At the end he held his arm up to indicate he was praising God. I said, “Yes, praise the Lord,” to which he replied, “Praise the Lord.” Enough said.

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New York surgeon gives Texas girl with a rare disorder a new lease on life

BY Julian Kesner

Sunday, February 15th 2009, 4:00 AM

Giancarli for News

Dr. Walter Molofsky (r.) checks out Morgan Lacy, 5, who suffers from a rare brain condition.

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I'm back... today is a rough one... so I'll save you from my bad typing.
Sorry about last night... I was having a bad one there too.
Alright time to go... see no youtube either...
R

Let's see what is going on...

In Wallyworld...

Promote Your Shitty Videos With YouTube Sponsored Videos

Sponsored or CostPerClick Videos have come to YouTube/Google. Had to happen didn't it? Now they have a program where you can bid on your keywords/video title under a CPC program like Google Adwords.

Easy-to-use automated tools allow content owners to decide where they'd like their videos to appear, place bids in an automated online auction, and set daily spending budgets. Then, when people search for videos, YouTube will display relevant videos alongside the search results. These videos are clearly labeled as "sponsored videos" and are priced on a cost-per-click basis.

This program is currently only available in the U.S. There is a truly cheesy promotional video of it here on the Google Blog

I dunno about this. Doesn't this just mean you can buy your way to the top of the Google Search results? At least for video. Here's what Techcrunch has to say about it -

This should generate substantial new revenues for Google...(and) a lot more spam results. Google likes to pretend that paid search ads can be just as relevant as organic search results. And in the text world that is sometimes true. But when it comes to video, the sex factor gets magnified, and what you end up with half the time are sex videos no matter what the search term happens to be.

Bang on. We've already seen YouTube manipulated by putting a sexy picture as the thumbnail (easy to do - just put your cheesecake still shot at the halfway point of your video).

For my money I'd rather buy the Traffic Geyser and make sure I get not just one result on Google's Top Ten but several. Watch the vid below and there's more on it here on another post of mine...

From Wallieworld....

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and Vids...

Enough.... Okar I am going to say Goodnite...
Sweet Dreams....

Got Two for you,,,, AVM's

i stumbled upon a website and read many narratives of people with AVM. i really count my blessings that im 98% to normal now. all the narratives i read took months or even years to slowly progress and went thru a crankier emotional roller coaster than i did. their life really went on hold for very long and had even over a hundred hospital days. some even had 2-3 operations. one even had 5 small AVMs in brain. a 17 year old needed 4 years to regain his movements and cognitive abilities and its still not to normal. i read of one who loved gymnastics and hockey but was told that she couldnt do them anymore cos the AVM affected her agility and balance which was very much required in the sports. permanent disabilities and recurrent AVMs haunt me. but at least i can go on with my life now. (=

i read about AVM. so blood hasnt been flowing into the capillary bed in my cerebellum. does that explain why i always trip over my own shoe since young? haha. most of them had no symptoms prior to the AVM bleed. maybe headaches or numbness that most ignore if it didnt bleed. i had none. im trying to think if i shown any signs but i cant think of any. hhaa. maybe the tripping. d=

if anyone is interested in the website: http://stu.westga.edu/~wmaples/avm.html
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Arteriovenous malformation

Arteriovenous malformation or AVM in the majority of cases is a congenital disorder consisting of a connection between veins and arteries, this pathology is universally known because of its occurrence in the central nervous system, but can appear in any location.

The genetic transmission patterns of AVM, if any, are unknown. AVM is not generally thought to be an inherited disorder, unless in the context of a specific hereditary syndrome.

(Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation)

Signs and symptoms

Symptoms of AVM vary according to the location of the malformation. Roughly (88% -needs citation) AVM are asymptomatic; often the malformation is discovered as part of an autopsy or during treatment of an unrelated disorder (called in medicine an incidental finding), rarely its expansion or a micro-bleed from it, could cause epilepsy, deficit or elicit pain.

The most general symptoms include headache and epilepsy, with more specific symptoms occurring that normally depend on the location of the malformation and the individual. Other possible symptoms include:

• Difficulties with movement or coordination, including muscle weakness and evenparalysis;
• vertigo (dizziness);
• Difficulties of speech (dysarthria) and communication, such as alogia;
• Difficulties with everyday activities, such as apraxia;
• Abnormal sensations (numbness, tingling, or spontaneous pain);
• Memory and thought-related problems, such as confusion, dementia or hallucinations.

Pathophysiology

Arteries and veins are part of the human cardiovascular system. Normally, the arteries in the vascular system carry oxygen-rich blood. Structurally, arteries divide and sub-divide repeatedly, eventually forming a sponge-like capillary bed. Blood moves through the capillaries, giving up oxygen and taking up waste products from the surrounding cells (CO2). Capillaries successively join together, one upon the other, to form veins that carry blood away. The heart acts to pump blood through arteries and uptake the venous blood.

If the capillary bed is thought of as a sponge, then an AVM is the rough equivalent of jamming a tangle of flexible soda straws from artery to vein through that sponge. On arteriogram films AVM formation often resemble a tangle of spaghetti noodles. This tangle of blood vessels forms a relatively direct connection between high pressure arteries and low pressure veins.

The result is a collection of blood vessels with abnormal connections and no capillaries. This collection, often called a nidus, can be extremely fragile and prone to bleeding....

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I worked again today... NO CUSTOMERS! Ahh well... what do I want in this economy.
Got me out of the house!
WWOOO HOOOO!
Okay now I am going to go... buy some stuff.... please.