By ELLEN ABBOTT • AUG 12, 2019 Dr. Jeffrey Albright. ELLEN ABBOTT / WRVO PUBLIC MEDIA Surgeons from 18 upstate hospitals and health agencies hope changing the way they prescribe medication can impact the opioid crisis. Dr. Jeffrey Albright, a surgeon at Upstate University Hospital, remembered when he was going through medical school almost 20 years ago. “It was still…
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Cleared by doctors
Just about 17 months ago I had to have surgery on a valve in the blood vein in my leg. This is the second time a valve has failed in the same leg. The surgery site became infected with eight different bacteria and since then I have had to clean the site 1-2 times a…
This is where we’re at…
I just heard these words from my wound doctor who is also a vascular surgeon, “This is where we’re at… A year ago this month I had to have vascular surgery on my lower left leg due to a failed blood vessel valve. Since that time I have been going into the wound therapy clinic…
Finally, Only 37 Weeks Later
WARNING NOT FOR THE QUEASY Back in 1993 I was rear ended by an impaired (VERY) driver, since that time on top of the chronic back pain, other issues have occurred which I am being told by my general practitioner (GP) and my pain specialist that they are all related to the accident and the damage…
ASKME!, Five Steps to Safer Health Care, 122414
This past Monday me and mom were at her cardiologists office for a follow up on moms recent hospital admission, where we meet with Dr. McGregor, 7-8 times over the course of three days. In that time we were able to explain that I was moms caregiver, the various online sites we’re involved…
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