Hubbard going on the IL

[RunOverByHubbard]

To my fellow Raiders fans:

As you know, I have been a Raiders fan for a long, long time (since the 1969 season) and been through all the crap the last decades. I have been on a Forum since, I think, the late 1990's. Been here for a while now. And, I see how we all drop the differences when we need to as we have this one thing in common -- the Raiders. But, I know we have more in common than just a football team we like, love, and get frustrated about. We rally around each other no matter our politics, backgrounds, religions, or anything else. I come to you knowing how much you all can give. I need a bit now.

I got the double whammy going. On Feb 7th, I tore my Achilles tendon skiing at Mammoth Mountain with my daughter. I am an advance/expert skier and rarely fall. But, I did fall that day and did a somersault when I hit a big 'ol mogul straight on without my binding releasing. I felt my left heel tear. I had surgery on Feb 17th and it went well. The first surgeon advised against surgery "due to my age" -- I am 74. But, I got a second opinion (push your medical providers you all) and she was great and said "we will get you back on skis if that is what you want to do." I am on the 9-12 month path of rehabbing it but in the early stages. It is slow work (as I listened to Kevin Durant and Jason Tatum describe online). My goal is: Walk the dogs (two big retrievers) by July; hike by August; golf by October; and ski by January.

Meanwhile, tomorrow, Thursday March 26th, I go in for brain surgery. Long story short, I have a connection between arteries and veins on the side of my brain that should not be there. If you want to look it up, the shorthand is called AVF. I won't describe the surgery but it is delicate and takes 2-3 hours. It is a rare condition -- one in one million people get this -- WTF is up with that?!?. I am very lucky in that my Kaiser neurosurgeon is very talented and experienced at this kind of surgery, even though she does not do it frequently. Kaiser send patients to her from around the northern California. It probably has been there for years and finally manifested itself the last few months. I get out of surgery tomorrow afternoon sometime and stay in the ICU overnight. If things go well, I get home Friday afternoon. I won't be posting for a few days as even I have the ability to restrain myself if need be. So, silence from me for a few days after the surgery is to be expected.

I have been incredibly lucky health-wise for a long, long time so 2026 is the time when I suddenly get to feel my age and then some. I know I can count on you to send me vibes, prayers, thoughts, well wishes, and the like. Thanks in advance for that and I'll let you know how it went when I can.

RunOverByHubbard
(Bill in Sacramento CA)

[Attyla]

I hear you both and get it. I just hear a lot of stories these days of people waiting weeks to get onto an overbooked MRI machine. Getting an MRI likely helped save my life the way things were building up in my brain circulation. Although, in my case it was narrow minded MDs who hung me up for a few months. I have had a number of good conversations about the state of our medical system of late especially in light of the fact that I had to actively self advocate for both surgeries and how apparently overworked the primary care physicians are.

This is a nationwide issue, there are more primary care doctors on the verge of retiring than one's in the pipeline. Tuition issues and the amount of years to commit to education and residency are just way too much for the average student. You cannot lower the standards so you end up trying to make it more appealing, but most people see that as added money. Me personally, I think if you qualify to be in med school you should be able to study for free. There are a couple schools that have tried that with great success.

[Xramfan]

I hear you both and get it. I just hear a lot of stories these days of people waiting weeks to get onto an overbooked MRI machine. Getting an MRI likely helped save my life the way things were building up in my brain circulation. Although, in my case it was narrow minded MDs who hung me up for a few months. I have had a number of good conversations about the state of our medical system of late especially in light of the fact that I had to actively self advocate for both surgeries and how apparently overworked the primary care physicians are.

When I was getting surgery at UCSF in 2016 and getting CT scans and MRIs, my doctor told me how lucky I was because the Bay Area alone had more MRI and CT machines than all of Canada combined. I was able to get CTs done same day of request numerous times. We are fortunate here for sure

[Xramfan]

This is a nationwide issue, there are more primary care doctors on the verge of retiring than one's in the pipeline. Tuition issues and the amount of years to commit to education and residency are just way too much for the average student. You cannot lower the standards so you end up trying to make it more appealing, but most people see that as added money. Me personally, I think if you qualify to be in med school you should be able to study for free. There are a couple schools that have tried that with great success.

Nothing is ever “free” as you know but I do appreciate that idea. I do like the idea of the best of the best being able to enter med school with the cost not being a factor.

[Attyla]

Nothing is ever “free” as you know but I do appreciate that idea. I do like the idea of the best of the best being able to enter med school with the cost not being a factor.

No, you are correct. There is a cost associated but that cost was funded by an endowment and maintained by other donors including doctors that graduated from that medical school. So the student focuses on getting their degree and are not saddled with ungodly loans to pay off so they have the luxury of being able to assist in funding the next class. Not a bad system. The notable one was Grossman School of Medicine. They received 100M in funding from the Home Depot co-founder. The idea was to fund primary care physicians, who tend to make less after graduating than their peers who go into specialized medicine. Ultimately, the experiment failed as the percentages did not increase into primary care. But the model has made it easier for schools (Grossman is not the only one in this model) to keep students in school and has reduced the drop out rate. The Albert Einstein College of Medicine received an endowment of 1B from a wealthy widow making the school tuition free for the foreseeable future.

[Arsenal Raider]

If you had to be readmitted, at least it was a good weekend for it. You didnt miss much Giants offense.

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This is a layout of the 16- bed hospital ward that Hubbard was admitted to. You can see Hubbard there in Room1 and the ward exit from Room 16. After he was discharged Hubbard wanted to say goodbye to the other 15 wusses who couldnt tough it out at home. There's one catch. As a noted efficiency expert, Hubbard didnt want to see any patient more than once on his way out. What path did Hubbard take to leave the ward and see the other 15 patients, without seeing any patient more than once?

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Hubbard stops by Room 5 (indicated by the blue line,) then backtracks to his room to grab his watch. Fed up with the smell of bleach and cabbage, he proceeds to follow the gold line path through the rest of the rooms, having seen each patient only once. On the way out, he winks while flipping the receptionist a quarter, telling her not to spend it all in one place...

[Cruisin with Tooz]

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Hubbard stops by Room 5 (indicated by the blue line,) then backtracks to his room to grab his watch. Fed up with the smell of bleach and cabbage, he proceeds to follow the gold line path through the rest of the rooms, having seen each patient only once. On the way out, he winks while flipping the receptionist a quarter, telling her not to spend it all in one place...

Very good. Backtracking to room1 is allowed because that was Hubbard's room, so he didnt see a patient there. I originally thought his path was 1-2-3-4-8-7-6-5-9-13-14-10-11-15-16-12-16--->exit. He winds up seeing the patient in 16 twice, but because he has Alzheimers, I figured that Hubbard forgot about the first time he saw that patient.

But here's what Im getting at: Inflammation affecting the auditory nerves is going to cause severe symptoms, like dizziness, vertigo, lack of balance, discoordination and tinnitus. Under these circumstances, how could Hubbard have navigated a complex egress like this? I think he must have been gold-bricking the whole time. Probably nothing wrong with him at all and he just wanted to be able to pinch a nurse's fanny.

And no way Hubbard flipped the receptionist a quarter. He wouldn't even pay a penny to see a piss ant eat a bale of hay.

[ALLRAIDERWORLD21]

Hopefully it is a short term IL. See you soon

[RunOverByHubbard]

Hopefully it is a short term IL. See you soon

They are releasing me from the IL soon. On the up and up.

[Cruisin with Tooz]

They are releasing me from the IL soon. On the up and up.

All the best!!!!