For Americans, terrorism proves a pain in the neck

The Pioneer
Tuesday, October 2, 2001

Washington (Agencies) - Tens of thousands of Americans
whose chronic physical pain is usually kept in check have
suffered setbacks since the terrorist attacks on New York
and Washington, according to a published report.

The report in The Washington Post quoted medical experts
across America as saying that since September 11 they
have been inundated with complaints of worsening pain
from patients who suffer from cancer, back problems,
arthritis, diabetic neuropathy, chronic headaches and
other ailments.

At Washington Hospital Centre, pain management
specialists said complaints about flare-ups have been
five times greater than usual. In Houston, specialists
reported that pain complaints from cancer patients are up
33 per cent, and in Buffalo, they have doubled. The
widespread reaction, they said, was clearly triggered by
stress over the attacks, fear of more terrorism and
concern for what the future will bring their children.

"A lot have been stable for years on their medication,
but after (the attacks), we are getting flooded with
phone calls saying that their pain has gotten quite out
of control," said Lee Ann Rhodes, the medical director of
pain management at Washington Hospital Centre. "Patients
who normally are happy that their pain is under control
are coming in tears."

The Post said the phenomenon was evident in the first
week after the attacks. At George Washington University
Hospital, physicians said complaints about pain and other
symptoms of chronic ailments climbed abruptly. "The
medicine department was swamped with patients with
rheumatoid arthritis, pain, asthma," said James L
Griffith, associate chairman of the psychiatry
department. All kinds of chronic medical disorders were
aggravated, he said.

Physicians said stress levels across America have
increased as Americans fret over the risks of
bioterrorism, the ailing economy, grief for those who
died and anger at the attackers. Moreover, they said, the
suffering has been amplified by insomnia, as millions of
Americans stay glued to televisions into the wee hours or
simply lose sleep to worry. They go through their days on
less rest, and doctors said sleep deprivation intensifies
the perception of pain.

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Poor Jay Stevens must be suffering from major envy -

Does the poor troll aspire to the credentials of others?

He is a certified Senior Engineer, CIRL, after all.

For sure it beats the made up credentials you use Jay....Or are you
prepared to actually give the source of your fictitious titles?

You are citing his harvard.edu addy - You could of course also cite his
mit.edu one - It's actually after the one you found...

Yup, Harvard, MIT, pretty good institutions - unlike your history...

You know, university servers , just like all the ones you got bounced
from over the years! Too funny!

As always, thanks for the laughs!

Paul

"Dr. Jai Maharaj" wrote:

Dr. Jai Maharaj wrote:

Heh. No, wrong number and wrong company. My name wound up on some
projects I worked on for them, though. Congratulations, you've figured
out something Micky Martin never figured out in 10 years of making
things up....

And so the troll bothers to reply! Jay Stevens is an endless source of
humor and mirth!

Yeah Jay - thanks for the laughs

Say, Jay - whatever happened to supply the source of your fictitious
title?

Paul

On Wed, 25 Jun 2003 22:07:38 GMT, "Paul T. Holland"
<pholland@bellatlantic.net> wrote:


Jay for posting in the first place, or you for constantly replying to
his postings!!!!!

just my opinion, but I think Jay is worse.
Paul is defusing a nasty situation and I believe he is protecting the
innocent bystanders and newbies,'donnah



"Brad Clarke" <bgclarke16@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:jvikfvg74cac3n8n7a6h2qvkc9h6441crp@4ax.com...

Hi Brad,

Sorry if my sense of humor is an irritant to you. Jay is just a troll,
and I find them humorous.

But, actually, I reply to only a few of his posts in actual count -
about 10 here on a.s.a. with about 12 to other groups - out of his total
+292 here recently in a.s.a, and more than a 1000 elsewhere...Mostly I
have left it/him alone.

When he first started (this go round), I posted some of the factual info
on him, others did also. Did that just a couple of times - more would
have been overkill. Since then I've just found his persistance to be
droll. But only occasionly have I replied to one with a laugh.

Please don't put me in a group that literally 'constantly' replies to
him. Again - sorry that this has been an irratant.

Be Well

Paul

Brad Clarke wrote:

"Paul T. Holland" <pholland@bellatlantic.net> wrote in message
news:3EFB47D4.F186F7A5@bellatlantic.net...

Paul, I've got Dr. J blocked and don't receive any of his posts anymore and
since most folks quit replying to him, I don't have to deal with that
anymore. I also don't filter all caps, because several folks posts
particular subjects that way and I hate to miss those. Please remove
alt.support.arthritis from the newsgroup list before you post, or better
yet, just quit writing these. When I see a bwahaha subject, I'm looking for
a funny joke or story. It is getting increasingly frustrating opening these
with your name on them, just to see put downs on J. I don't think anyone
here appreciates them. I'd really hate to add you to the blocked senders
list, but this is really getting old.
Mag