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Mark Your Calendar—Glioblastoma Awareness Day—July 21, 2021

July 15, 2021 By Sandra Bornstein

Sandy and Ira Skiing Vail's Back Bowls March 2021

Even though I was aware that John McCain, Beau Biden, and Ted Kennedy were victims of brain cancer, a year ago I would not have been able to identify the terms— glioblastoma, glio, or GBM. These medical words had no meaning. It was not until Ira’s diagnosis last July that I … [Read more...]

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Should a Middle-Aged Person Have Medial Meniscus Surgery?

August 6, 2017 By Sandra Bornstein 2 Comments

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A little more than a year after undergoing elective shoulder surgery, I was faced with another surgical decision. This time around, I was trying to eliminate throbbing knee pain and limitations in my lateral movement. I learned a lesson from my subacromial decompression … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health & Fitness, Lifestyle Tagged With: Christie Sachwanden, deciding to have surgery, Dr Thomas Noonan, Gary Sakyrd, meniscus knee surgery, meniscus tear, middle age surgery, Mike Allen physical therapist, physical therapy for knee, physical therapy vs. surgery, post of recovery from medial meniscus surgery, Seth Godin, Sham Surgery, Steadman Hawkins Denver, Steadman Hawkins Sports Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation—Denver, Surgery Is One Hell of A Placebo, University of Colorado Hospital

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