Okay, my mother insists that I go to her regular doctor for a checkup. I have been resisting this with visions of hundreds of dollars flying out the window for nothing, as well as getting the bad news that I have a condition demanding surgery. Then what? So. I end up going. The doctor is rather nice, and checks me out, reassuring me that it is nothing too serious, gives me some anti-inflammatory drugs (plenty of free samples), a sheet of exercises to do for the lower back, a bill for only $35.00, and sends me on my way much relieved that, indeed, I am not about to die or become cripple for life. He says about the pain: Live with it. Okay, I can handle that. And treat it with some stretching exercises, careful choices of what furniture to move, and what chairs to sit in when doing computer work. I find it funny that I can be so reassured by a simple visit to a doctor. Especially when, in the US, I don’t have so much expectations or even high regard for the general profession. Of course, I don’t condemn all doctors, as they are certainly victims in the whole health care system as much as patients. It really is a mess, the system, between the malpractice suits, the insurance companies, and the uninsured 30% of the population. Wow. When visiting with a doctor in the US, I am always bring up the fact that I have been living in Scandinavia for some years and try to get a response from the doctor regarding socialized medicine, but here I get little response. Sadly, I think doctors in the US are often pawns in a ‘market’ system that is run by insurance companies and lawyers. Anyway. I feel much better today, and even go into work this afternoon to talk with Mickey and Hope about a business plan and some technical details on the server architecture. I guess by now I am the Webmaster for LANKaster Online — and, although I readily admit I am a crummy designer, I do have a good sense of organization, and that will be beneficial for their business as they edge their way out of hardware support and into software and internet- and Web-related services. I come home and spend the evening typing on a whole series of things, letters, email correspondance, papers, this web space, the LANkaster web site, seems like life really revolves around this little machine! Can’t get away! Now to make a little money with it…
Relafen (nabumetone) is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) that exhibits anti-inflammatory properties in pharmacologic studies. As with other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents, its mode of action is not known. However, the ability to inhibit prostaglandin synthesis may be involved in the anti-inflammatory effect. The parent compound is a prodrug, which undergoes hepatic biotransformation to the active component 6-methyl-2-naphthylacetic acid (6MNA), that is a potent inhibitor of prostaglandin synthesis.
And so it goes.