Re: One Temporary Disadvantage (for me) of CR

[Guest guest]

Tony and I have often posted about the dangers of extreme thinness w/regard to illness. If one is very lean, they don’t have much in the way of reserves to draw on during times when they do fall ill or are the victim of, say, a serious car accident.

From: Bruce Long <bruce@...>

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Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 18:38:45 -0700

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Subject: [ ] One Temporary Disadvantage (for me) of CR

For some medical procedures, having a low BMI may require a more

invasive procedure. I had to have an operation for cubital tunnel

syndrome (damage to the " funny bone " ), which required transposition

of the ulnar nerve. There are alternate ways the procedure can be

done. The nerve can be moved to an area below subcutaneous fat; or

the nerve can be moved to an area below muscle (in which case, a

muscle must be cut, the nerve moved, and the muscle repaired), which

takes much longer recovery time. The " submuscular transposition " was

done in my case. On a follow-up visit to the surgeon, he said that

because I was lean, he had to " go in deep " during the operation. I

had a cast for a week, and I'll be wearing a splint for another 5

weeks.

Bruce

[Guest guest]

I had a similar problem when I had a double mastectomy. Because I was

so lean, I did not have enough body fat for the doc to consider a

" tram flap " procedure, which is more natural and not subject to scar

tissue and rejection like the implants. It might have saved me 4

subsequent surgeries.

Diane

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> For some medical procedures, having a low BMI may require a more

> invasive procedure. I had to have an operation for cubital tunnel

> syndrome (damage to the " funny bone " ), which required transposition

> of the ulnar nerve. There are alternate ways the procedure can be

> done. The nerve can be moved to an area below subcutaneous fat; or

> the nerve can be moved to an area below muscle (in which case, a

> muscle must be cut, the nerve moved, and the muscle repaired), which

> takes much longer recovery time. The " submuscular transposition " was

> done in my case. On a follow-up visit to the surgeon, he said that

> because I was lean, he had to " go in deep " during the operation. I

> had a cast for a week, and I'll be wearing a splint for another 5

> weeks.

>

> Bruce

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