damn...talk bout a air quality alert....Smoky end to a hot day yesterday. It was 1am before I could open the house. Quite smoky this morning.
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damn....GOES satellite, south west:
https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/GOES/sector_band.php?sat=G17§or=psw&band=GEOCOLOR&length=12
"height of hubris" lol your choice of words are always awesome. I've also read about the problems they've had silicone breast implants from the 70's and 80's and weird looking bum implants that are being done today. Even if I could afford it I wouldn't go to the extreme of having my bones cut. I had ten microdermabrasion sessions done to remove some acne marks from when I was a teen. It helped my confidence, so I'm not against cosmetic surgery if it's done to make you feel better about yourself.They are using an intramedullary nail that's why there's no caging. Here you go:
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I can understand use of this for limb length issues related to hip surgery, knee surgery, other congenital and traumatic type of anomalies but I think it's the height of hubris to use this for cosmetics (height is cosmetic), before we have 20 years of data on it's efficacy.
They are now suing and removing the 'new' hip and knee implants my generation put in that are failed prematurely. So I'd wait those 20 years. However if you need an intramedullary nail it looks like a good candidate for consideration. Also I'd love to see their spinal fixators. Caging is unpleasant. I'd be curious their frequency of non-union and if they have any long term marrow issues in patients who get bilateral tibial/femoral lengthening.
Thanks for the information, it was interesting.
I've done a lot of plastics and made a pot of money from it. I love it. I have nothing against plastics when done responsibly. I think bilateral femoral and tibial medullary nails that ream out and replace much of the long bone marrow space might be an issue we need 20 years of history on before declaring safe, that's all."height of hubris" lol your choice of words are always awesome. I've also read about the problems they've had silicone breast implants from the 70's and 80's and weird looking bum implants that are being done today. Even if I could afford it I wouldn't go to the extreme of having my bones cut. I had ten microdermabrasion sessions done to remove some acne marks from when I was a teen. It helped my confidence, so I'm not against cosmetic surgery if it's done to make you feel better about yourself.
I was wondering what your situation was. Have your go bag packed, hoping for the best for you and family.Emergency alert was sent out this morning... evacuations in my town. Fortunately for me, I'm on the other side of town. There are fires on the other side of us in Santa Cruz. If the fire comes south west, my sister will have to evacuate. I'm a mile or so from her but probably wouldn't have to evacuate.
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I've been sending him updates from Cal Fire on the situation. That fire has not taken off on a run at least, it's only up to 710 acres last I saw. They have the benefit of being about 5 minutes flight time from the air tanker base near Nevada City also. They hit it hard for a couple days.Nothing from @doublejj since Monday - hope he's doing OK.
Mine comes up with please and probably LOL auto learning spell chickenI just found out if you swipe up on the letter P it autotypes "poop"! Haha love it!!!![]()
I hope his trimmers don't get stiffed again.Nothing from @doublejj since Monday - hope he's doing OK.
Are you evacuatingThis is the smoke situation, taken about 5 min ago. That ridgeline is about 1/2 mi away. I feel like I've smoked 3 packs of ciggies
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