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Hip Replacement Recovery: What to Expect, Timelines, Outcomes

Hip operations are routine and the techniques are well tested. Hip replacement recovery can be very speedy indeed, although factors like age, pre-operation fitness and the willingness to follow medical advise all have an impact...

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What They Don't Tell You About Lumbar Spine Back Surgery With Titanium Rod's & Screw's

I was thirty eight years old when I hurt my back and as a result two years later became disabled.Who ever thinks at that age it can happen to you .I was working on a dairy farm, it was time to feed the calves.I mixed up the milk replacer and carried...

18 comments    lower back back surgery tens
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Obesity: Risk for Surgery and Anesthesia

Obesity presents unique challenges and risks when undergoing surgery and anesthesia. With proper care by qualified professionals, these risks can be minimized, but not eliminated.

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Epidural Steroid Injection (ESI): A Patient's Perspective

If you are a patient experiencing back pain, and have tried numerous treatment methods, only to find that they help just a little, or not as much as you would like, then maybe your next step is an epidural steroid injection (ESI). I've been dealing...

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Epidural Anesthesia For Painless Way of Giving Birth

Epidural Anesthesia For Painless Way of Giving Birth. Mostly women can endure the pain of giving birth, but when time comes that a woman is having prolonged labor and the baby is not yet coming out, doctors...

26 comments    60 day challenge 60dc anesthesia
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Enough with the Mommy Wars Already

In the past decade, the competition between mothers of young children seems to be intensifying to see who is the better mother. Can we agree that there is more than one way to show love to our child?

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How to Prepare for Natural Childbirth: I did it and so can you!

As I planned this hub, I had to make a decision: I could either make this personal and express my feelings throughout the hub in a subjective manner, or I could be entirely objective and pass on information that I have read in books or heard from...

13 comments    family children baby
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Pain Relief during Labour

Labor is a painful procedure but now there are many different pain relief available. No matter what you choose natural childbirth or caesarian section it is good to know your options before the labor. In this article i explain the difference between epidural,anesthetics, pudendal block, cervical block,narcotic analgesic and general pain relief.

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Teenage mom

Being a mother for the first time can be a very overwhelming feeling. It can start out as being exciting but scary at the same time. Woman all have different ways of dealing with the pregnancy and so do their...

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Being a single Mother

As you may know, I am a single mother of two. Being a single mother is the toughest but most rewarding jobs anyone could possibly have. I do admit, at times, I have felt like giving up. Like when the baby wont stop crying no matter what I do. Or...

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