ISTOÉ Dinheiro - article mention
Sunday, April 30, 2006 • Posted by jcb
The website I started just last fall has a mention this weekend in a respected Brazilian magazine focused on the economy - ISTOÉ Dinheiro (think the ECONOMIST Brazil style). Granted the majority of the article discusses Craigslist, it is pretty favorable that the journalist writing the article thought enough of us to include our site as the local competition in the article. She called us last week for an interview and seemed fairly impressed with our site and our plans for the future.
Belezas Do Brasil
Sunday, April 30, 2006 • Posted by jcb
Anyone with powerpoint should take a look at this quick slideshow of beautiful Brazilian imagery. Most are shots of the Brazilian Coast in the north and north east. These are some crazy off the map locations and hidden gems. If you want to get lost, this is where you want to head.
Cool Power Point Slide Show of Brasil!
Walk Like An Egyptian
Sunday, April 23, 2006 • Posted by jcb
I am under your spell.
That is some old graffiti!
apartment hunting in NYC
Hangin’ with Big D.
don’t forget your booties ‘cause it’s cooooold out there today
Everything In Its Right Place
Sunday, April 23, 2006 • Posted by jcb
So what have I been up to for two months…
- Behind door number one. A Microdiscectomy spine surgery procedure.
- The microdiscectomy spine surgery is performed through a small (1 inch to 1 1/2 inch) incision in the midline of the low back.
First, the back muscles (erector spinae) are lifted off the bony arch (lamina) of the spine. Since these back muscles run vertically, they can be moved out of the way rather than cut.
The surgeon is then able to enter the spine by removing a membrane over the nerve roots (ligamentum flavum), and uses either operating glasses (loupes) or an operating microscope to visualize the nerve root.
Often, a small portion of the inside facet joint is removed both to facilitate access to the nerve root and to relieve pressure over the nerve. The nerve root is then gently moved to the side and the disc material is removed from under the nerve root.
And also at the same time, a lumbar laminectomy:
Lumbar laminectomy is a surgical procedure that is performed to alleviate pain caused by neural impingement. The laminectomy surgery is designed to remove a small portion of the bone over the nerve root and/or disc material from under the nerve root to give the nerve root more space and a better healing environment.
****1 to 3% of the time a cerebrospinal fluid leak may be encountered if the dural sac is breached. This does not change the outcome of the surgery, and generally a patient just needs to lie down for about 24 hours to allow the leak to seal. EXCEPT IF YOU END UP BEING EXTREMELY UNLUCKY … LIKE ME. Where upon they send you, posthaste to the emergency operating suite to patch the breach!!!
So I’ve been poked, stuck, cut, stiched, cathedered, spinal-tapped, X-rayed, MRIed, taped, prodded, wheeled, pushed, RINSE - REPEAT- Thanks to Dr. Shahid, Dr. Sanderson, Dr. Batson, Nurse Niles and the rest of the staff at Norwalk Hospital, also Dr. Mauro Monteiro of Daya Terapias Integrada and Dr. Carlos Eduardo at the Clinica Sao Vicente in Rio de Janeiro. Special thanks to the MRI operator at Multi IMAGEM in Rio de Janeiro for double freaking me out by refering to my disk hernia as the “most enormous” hernia she had ever seen. That really put me on ice for a week. Tremendous thanks to the home team in Connecticut, my mother, my sister, brother-in-law and nephew, who played nurse maids and also to Carolina for making the trip up from Brasil for moral support. Sorry for all the grill guys, but it was a nice to be home for awhile either way.
Dr. Shahid and I reminisce about the good times..
Seriously, Dr. S. had an extremely sharp knife pressed up against my spinal cord on two separate occasions. You could say we got cosy. Crap, I don’t even want to imagine what his insurance runs.
Under the knife for the last time.
Grovvy close up
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