Re: Ganglion Cysts - Sue in NC

[Guest guest]

I sure do have a link, Sue. Pathologist Ed " Path Guy " Friedlander is

very smart and funny. He's joking here and simply saying that surgery on

ganglion cysts doesn't always work:

" Ganglion cyst: a blob on wrist or fingers, formed by myxoid

degeneration of connective tissue. It is neither a " ganglion " nor a

" cyst " , and it does not communicate with the joint. The home remedy --

smash it with a holy book -- is about as successful as surgery. "

http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/joints.htm

(about 9/10 down the page)

His site is full of interesting stuff.. Many of the pages are written in

nearly stream of consciousness form, and, if you are patient enough to

wade through it, you can learn a lot.

Re: [ ] Ganglion Cysts

> on 10/2/02 6:08 PM, at Matsumura_Clan@... wrote:

>

> > Yes, Kathy, you're MIL is right. Ganglion cysts are also referred to

as

> > " Bible cysts " since smashing them with a Bible or another large book

was

> > an old-time remedy. I don't recommend it! One pathologist on the Web

> > that I secretly have a crush on said that Bible therapy is just

about as

> > effective as surgery for ganglion cysts though, LOL!

>

> Do you have the link for this?

> >

> > I may have one on the top of my wrist, but I'm not sure. You can't

> > really notice it unless I drop my hand down. I had one doctor say,

" Wow!

> > That just pops right out there! " That's about as scientific as he

got.

>

> Since my ganglion cyst and rheumatoid nodules on my elbows appeared

about

> the same time, I tend to think that my nodules probably came from the

RA and

> not from mtx.

>

> I say they appeared about the same time. At least I noticed them at

about

> the same time. I wonder how long they'd been there before I actually

became

> aware of them. Later, I got the bumps on top of my hands, which I tend

to

> think are nodules, but may be yet a third kind of knotbumplump.

>

> Sue in NC

[Guest guest]

,

I had a feeling Ed was the one you admired. I love his site and always find

what I¹m looking for.

I love his humor too.

a

> I sure do have a link, Sue. Pathologist Ed " Path Guy " Friedlander is

> very smart and funny. He's joking here and simply saying that surgery on

> ganglion cysts doesn't always work:

>

> " Ganglion cyst: a blob on wrist or fingers, formed by myxoid

> degeneration of connective tissue. It is neither a " ganglion " nor a

> " cyst " , and it does not communicate with the joint. The home remedy --

> smash it with a holy book -- is about as successful as surgery. "

>

> http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/joints.htm

> (about 9/10 down the page)

>

> His site is full of interesting stuff.. Many of the pages are written in

> nearly stream of consciousness form, and, if you are patient enough to

> wade through it, you can learn a lot.

>

>

[Guest guest]

Ha! Yes, a, Ed is the one - such a beautiful mind!

who has read way too many medical sites

Re: [ ] Ganglion Cysts - Sue in NC

,

I had a feeling Ed was the one you admired. I love his site and always

find

what I¹m looking for.

I love his humor too.

a

> I sure do have a link, Sue. Pathologist Ed " Path Guy " Friedlander is

> very smart and funny. He's joking here and simply saying that surgery

on

> ganglion cysts doesn't always work:

>

> " Ganglion cyst: a blob on wrist or fingers, formed by myxoid

> degeneration of connective tissue. It is neither a " ganglion " nor a

> " cyst " , and it does not communicate with the joint. The home remedy --

> smash it with a holy book -- is about as successful as surgery. "

>

> http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/joints.htm

> (about 9/10 down the page)

>

> His site is full of interesting stuff.. Many of the pages are written

in

> nearly stream of consciousness form, and, if you are patient enough to

> wade through it, you can learn a lot.

>

>

[Guest guest]

You should become a rheumatologist. You¹d make a darned good one!!!

Have you ever considered it?

a

> Ha! Yes, a, Ed is the one - such a beautiful mind!

>

> who has read way too many medical sites

>

>

> Re: [ ] Ganglion Cysts - Sue in NC

>

>

> ,

> I had a feeling Ed was the one you admired. I love his site and always

> find

> what I¹m looking for.

> I love his humor too.

> a

>

>