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26 Jan 2009
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2009 10:05 pm
hi both.. just jumping into your conversation as my husband and I are at a similar stage of PGD. We're trying to not have a child with severe haemophilia A as it seems very prevalent in our family (i.e. all boys) and I'm defo a carrier. Anyway, fyi we live in Derbyshire but have been referred to Guys. Told Alison Lashwood we wanted to go for it mid September and by January our PCT have granted funding for 1 cycle. Sounds strange that your PCT hasn't heard anything yet Catherine as my experience of Alison is that she's very efficient. My guess is that it's your PCT that probably have the problem.
anyway.. fingers crossed for us all! Alison was good in that she's been collecting bloods from our families whilst waiting to hear back from the PCT. Now they have 8-10 weeks to work up a test before we can progress from there. Takes bloomin' ages though, and all my friends are having babies left right and centre!
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:27 pm
Hi Cathy, it was Alison Lashwood I spoke to last week, she was the one who said it would take ages to get to the point of starting the cycle. She did sound very nice and terribly efficient though, I hope your DH gets through to her soon (I didn't know she was about to go on holiday last week when I spoke to her).
Mexico sounds fab, I'd love to go there, did you get anything booked up?
Hi Louisa, welcome to our PGD chat! I'm glad things are progressing nicely for you at Guy's. Have you been up to the ACU yet? It has amazing views and really lovely artwork on the walls. I think all PCT's are different in the way they work out funding (and the speed at which they work) so maybe that's why yours came through relatively quickly unlike Cathy's. I have no desire to wait for my PCT in London to make a decison (not that Guy's can even submit it until my PGD consultation on 17th Feb) so will probably just fork out for it all...ouch...
I really hope that PGD works for you, I guess you know which chromosomes have translocated for haemophilia? I find this stuff just fascinating. Does that mean they are going to look for a balanced translocation/ normal embryo for you, or a girl embryo so there are no concerns at all? I hope you don't mind me asking, it is just amazing that they can do this these days. If you need any advice or someone to listen on the IVF part of your cycle I'm happy to help out! Please keep in touch and let us know how you get on x
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2009 9:45 pm
Cathy - I just wanted to come on and sympathise with you about your PCT/Guy's frustration . . . .
I have to tell you that exactly the same thing happened to us. We went for a first consultation with Alison in mid June. One month later (!) we had a letter to thank us for coming for our consultation and to let us know that they would be applying for funding for us now. Ok - I thought, perhaps they've been busy.
Then another month later (late August) I rang the PCT to check on the progress of the application. I was told that they had not received an application from Guys for us. I emailed Guys (Sam Ladhani is the PGD administrator in charge of the paperwork) and they confirmed that they had not even begun on my funding application. In fact, my file was sitting on Alison's desk and she had gone on holiday without passing it to Sam to deal with.
I was really angry with them. Given that PGD patients go through so much more waiting than regular IVF patients and have more complications to consider, I felt that making us wait due to administrative inefficiency was really not on. Then I imagined that the funding form was some really lengthy document - in fact the one for my PCT was 2 pages of A4 and not rocket science.
So, I investigated with CARE, found their attitude totally different and transferred to them immediately. my emails and telephone calls are answered promptly and I feel supported.
Then my GP took ages to complete the funding application on our behalf, but we had our CARE consultation in November, and our PGD probe is mid-development now. We have about 4 weeks left to wait till it's finished and then can begin on the cycle in March.
Just my experiences, but I feel I have been treated so much better by CARE than by Guys.
(sorry for the essay!)
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
26 Jan 2009
Posted: Wed Jan 28, 2009 9:57 pm
hi all
I think what the problem with Guys is the typical NHS problem across the country in that they are trying to cut back on admin staff and bizarrely that's what can be to blame. I know someone who works in a different hospital and she always complains that their admin staff have pretty much been obliterated. When I've dealt directly with Alison i.e. via email and phone it's been very efficient. But yes, when I've been waiting for a paper letter it's taken ages. Overall I'm pretty happy with things so far but treatment has yet to start so we'll see.!
Ros - the way it will work is by pgh I think in that they'll do "markers" checks?? they've taken blood from pretty much everyone they can in my family and my husband's too.. and are using all that blood to set up the tests. the good news is that healthy boy embryos can also be identified.. until recently you're right in that they would discard all boy embryos. i think they will also tell us if the embryos are girl carriers like me... that will be a difficult choice too as if that choice had been made 30+ years ago (!) I would not exist today. Difficult!
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 12:56 pm
Thanks for the very interesting info WelshFrank, I agree that it it did take Guys 3 weeks to send me out the paperwork I had to fill in before they could get me a date for my consultation. Like you, I had visions of it being really complicated and taking ages for them to work out, then when it arrived it was just a basic form asking name, address, hight, weight, details about previous IVF and miscarriages...and the most amazing thing of all is that Guy's ACU have all this information on me so it was sitting in the same building as them all the time. I really need to have done my PGD cycle before September (my first PGD consultation is Feb 17th) what do you think the chances of this happening is? (I won't be waiting for funding as we will just fork out for it rather than wait, we'd be paying for another ICSI cycle right now anyway).
Louisa, glad they can work out the embryos for you hun, it is magic stuff they can do. I know there are all sorts of eithical things to consider but we are not asking for designer babies, we're just asking to become Mum's and that's the most natural thing of all.
I'm so pleased there are a few of us on the PGD pages now so we can check up on each other
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:00 pm
Hi Ros
It's hard to say whether you'll get your first PGD cycle in before September. As I say, I had my consultation with Guys on June 17th 2008, and we were told by Alison not to expect to get started on our cycle before the early part of 2009. This was because she said it takes 3 months to secure the funding, and around 3 months to develop the PGD probe, and she also said that there would be a delay while they moved into a new building.
But with CARE, I had my first consultation on 5th November, and meanwhile we applied for the funding through my GP from September to December. We are expecting to start downregging in March, all being well. So from the consultation with CARE the time lapsed until start of treatment will be around 16-18 weeks.
Even if you're self funding, I think you need to factor in at least a 3-4 month wait from consultation to drugs starting for the probe development, paperwork and other tests. But this does not take account of the extra time you may have to wait in a queue or while they sort out paperwork at Guys!
Hope this helps. My advice would be to try to plan lots of milestones to get you through the long PGD wait. I have gone slightly mad some days, but it always helped me to have something to focus on and to count down towards. Now I have a holiday for one week coming up and when we get back we have our injection consultation on 27th Feb. After that we'll be on the home stretch to waiting for AF and starting with the needles! xxx
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Thu Jan 29, 2009 5:26 pm
Thanks for the info WelshFrank, I might askwell book a holiday then. All these years I've been too scared to book holidays incase it fell over treatment times, or if I might be pregnant....
Not long for you then, wow, once you get your AF you'll be so excited. As I've sid to the other girls, if you have any IVF queries or worries you know where I am. I'm happy to be able to help anyone through this stressful time. Saying that though the key is to be as chilled out as possible I've found, so work on that bit! Let us know when you know what day you'll be starting DR and your drug regime, I'm always interested in that! x
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Sun Feb 01, 2009 10:56 am
Hi everyone and welcome to Lousia,
Had a couple of days of not thinking about IVF. Currently sitting with an evil hangover (due to my 29th birthday party last night!). Trying to muster up the enthusiasm to take the dogs out for a walk.
My hubby finally did get through to Alison, apparently the problem has been with my consultant at Good Hope Hospital (or NO Hope as we have nicknamed it due to the crap service we keep getting there). Alison said that she has written (twice) called and faxed the consultant's secretary to get a copy of all my notes and previous test and she still hasn't managed to get them. I think a trip down to the hospital to have an almightly strop is in order!
Didn't book Mexico but have booked a cottage in Cornwall- we thought we would try to have a 'safe' holiday as the past few holidays abroad have been disasters (April- problem with dog passport in France; Summer- hubby had heart problem in Spain; Dec- 2x dislocated shoulders whilst skiing).
Sent paperwork off to CARE and within 2 days have had email to arrange 1st appointment. Alison (at Guy's) is still chasing my hopsital for notes so we are going to run with both and see what comes up first.
Finally stopped bleeding and hormone back to normal from m/carriage this month so feeling more positive and determined now!
Glad there's a few of us on here now and would love to hear how you are all getting on so keep in touch! Good luck to us all XXXXX
Enjoy your hol Welsh Frank
Love and best wishes
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Mon Feb 02, 2009 2:05 pm
Hi all
Thought I was lucky to have been sent home from work for a 'Snow Day' until my washing machine has exploded and completed soaked my kitchen and two dogs!!!!!
PS- hope you are enjoying the snow
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:41 am
Yep, the snow has been an exciting start to the week. I struggled into work on Monday but was allowed to go home at 1pm which was a treat, hardly anyone came into the office (I'm in London) there are so many people who just didn't try to come in!
I agree about the Cornwall holiday, that's what we have booked for July as want a 'safe' one then, plus my sister is due her first baby at the end of July (she didn't tell me until she was 12 weeks and she would have known at Christmas when I found out about my chromo problem, we are assuming that she doesn't have my translocation issues then as I would have miscarried in the first tri and she is 15 weeks). However we have been daring and booked a 10 day holiday in the Maldives at the beginning of March as there is no way they will be ready to start tx by then as my first PGD appointment isn't until 17th Feb (less than 2 weeks away now!). Rather excited about having a few days out to chill and do nothing.
Brilliant news about getting somewhere with Alison and also getting a Care appointment too, that is good news hun. I wonder which one will get there first for you! How annoying your hospital have been, I'd be having words with them if I were you. I'm loving your PMA at the moment Cathy
You're right, we will get there!
Hope everyone else has been keeping warm this week x
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Wed Feb 04, 2009 9:21 pm
Hi Ros,
Oh the Maldives.....
That sounds wonderful!!!!!! My friend went there for her honeymoon last year and the photos were out of this world. It must be really hard for you watching your sister's pregnancy progress- a kind of weird feeling I would imagine as you must be really pleased for her but also really envious. I have watched a number of my close (and not so close) friends have babies (even two some of them) and although I am so happy for them it still upsets me when I visit them.
Yes I am feeling positive at the moment (think we have to be) and I am commencing the Guy's Vs Care race! (Have a feeling the expensive one will win). Have first appointment at CARE on Thursday 19th Feb (just for chat and gathering information and then on the 2nd March with the consultant. I must say I have been incredibly impressed with CARE's efficiency so far. Hubby isn't too happy about having to produce a 'sample' there and then as in the past he has been able to do 'it' at home and take it in. However the first sample was a bit of a disaster as he did it hours and hours before (without telling me) and put it in the airing cupboard to keep it warm!!! And as expected the results came back dodgy. However his next one was fine!
Have parents' evening next week at school and have so much work to do so I better get back to it! Glad to hear about your amazing holiday- you deserve it! Good luck for 17th if I dont speak to you before.
Keep your fingers crossed for another snow day tomorrow!
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:43 pm
Hi Cathy, I am definitely hoping for more snow, my parents in the midlands have it - lucky things!
Glad you have dates from CARE, let's see who will win the race
Re the sperm sample - my DH manages to do it at any hospital or clinic, I think that once they chill out it's not so bad, and it is good to get a freally frsh sample. When I went for my last egg collection the husband of the lady in the cublicle next to me had real trouble 'doing it' and they made him go out and walk around the block to relax, when he came back he managed it. phew! I'm sure your DH will be fine - better than dodgy old samples from the airing cupboard anyway!
Yes it is wierd knowing my sister is pregnant now. They have been trying for 18 months and were about to go for fertility tx. I have been trying to help her all along and giving advice and telling her about IVF so if she ever had to do that then it wouldn't be so scary. I am thrilled to be an aunty this summer and that her dreams have come true ... but still really hurts that she didn't tell me anything at all until 12 weeks, despite me telling her about chromosome issues and everything about my IVF and m/c's. She even came to my house on new years day and said nothing. She is 15 weeks tomorrow, I haven't seen her yet since she told me but will be doing so this weekend. I told my Mum I don't know how I will see her with a bump or a baby without crying. It is the wierdest thing ever. It's very hard to me to talk to her about it, and I guess she feels funny talking to me about it too.
Sorry for the waffle, yes I am excited about the Maldives
Hope your parents evening goes ok. Let me know how the clinic race goes! I'll let you know what happens at my Guy's PGD consultation on the 17th.
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Thu Feb 05, 2009 10:06 pm
Hi Ros,
Another snow day-yeah! Have so much to do for parents evening but everything I need is at school! So for once had a pure skive day-hurrah! It must be so hard for you regarding your sister. From an outsider looking in she was probably really, really nervous about telling you straight away for a number of reasons: you having your chromosome news; m/c's; Christmas time being the hardest for people like you and me; not wanting to upset you; not tempting fate by telling people and also if it went wrong- having to share the news with everyone. I know we are always dubious about telling people (especially DH's mother) who seems to cry, get upset and talk about it even more than us. I'm sure you will be absolutely great with your sister and my previous experience is that once people have actutally had the baby it tends to be much easier for me.
Alison Lashwood (from Guy's) called me today to say that she has finally received all of my medical notes from up here at last. She said she has completed everything that she can and now it goes to someone else in her departement to finalise (3 weeks) then off to my PCT. She said they always give the PCT 3 months before they start chasing but the average time is 4 months so really we are talking 5 months before we begin at Guy's (and that is reliant on us getting funding-which my GP was very unsure about). So I am almost certain that CARE will win the race but we are going to continue with both as the way we see it if we do manage to get funding from our PCT and also begin to cycle with care then sods law will be that we have success with CARE (and pay for it) and then get granted funding from PCT but to be honest I wouldn't care about the money if we got our dream instead!
Good luck for the weekend and stay strong (and have a few vodkas cos we still can!) and even more luck for the 17th! I'll be thinking of you. Keep smiling and stay positive.
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 12:54 pm
Hi Cathy, that is good news that Alison is on the case. I still don't understand why it takes so long to get the funding sorted out though. Have you considered that if you did one PGD cycle at Care then you could use the funding to get another one free at Guy's ... that is, IF you needed a second cycle, hoepfully you won't
Hope your parents evening work is going ok. I'm doing appraisals at work at the moment but seeing as I can't concentrate on anything these days it's proving quite difficult! x
26 Jan 2009
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 9:39 pm
HI Ros, Catherine
Getting a bit fed up of the snow here! Was pleased to see rain earlier but now it's turned into nasty slushy snow. Want some sunshine now!
As you're chatting about hols I was wondering if you knew much about when you can drink or not drink. I'm assuming that we'll be able to cycle in a few months.. but we are arranging a group holiday in July so were thinking of delaying the cycle until end July/August so can enjoy holidays (walking holidays too) without worrying. Do you know when it's best to cut out the alcholol altogether? Or is it just when you start the "down regging(?)" drugs?
Re: Care/Guys we're very influenced by the cost. I estimate it works out at least £6k/£7k including drugs.. though perhaps the second cycle would be cheaper as they'll have done the prep work. Not fair is it though!
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Mon Feb 09, 2009 10:17 pm
Hi Ros and Louisa,
You're thinking like me Ros, hopefully (knowing my luck) if we fund CARE it will work and we wont need Guy's funding but it is a back up plan so I think that is what we will do!
Louisa- I have no idea when you have to stop drinking (I'm assuming that it is just when you actutally start cycling). If I was you, I wouldn't put anything on hold as my hubby and I have cancelled 2 holidays because I got pregnant and then miscarried and wished I had had the holiday! Just book and take good travel insurance and then you can always cancel last minute and get your money back if you get any luck!
I'm starting to get fed up of snow too- kids at school are like wild beasts wanting to get outside with the headteacher insisting that they stay in- GREAT!
Parents evening tomorrow and Wednesday- then its almost half term-hurrah! I know Ros has an appointment at Guy's soon when is you next appointment Louisa?
I like to have things to look forward to. Good luck to you both and speak soon
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Tue Feb 10, 2009 10:07 pm
Hi ladies
Good to read all of your updates and glad that things are moving along bit by bit. You will get there in the end.
Well, just got back from the Maldives yesterday. It was a wonderful, chilled out holiday - just what we needed. When we got home we found out that we had been refunded everything we've already paid out to CARE so far for our PGD, as the NHS money has come through. Good news.
Good news number 2 was that we were emailed from Genesis Genetics in the US, to let us know that our PGD test has been completed! Yay!
Good news number 3 came when we phoned CARE to let them know that we are ready to start. As I am CD12 I expected them to say that we need to wait until the next cycle in March. However, it turned out that CARE can fit us in for this month. So we start downregging next Thursday 19th!!!!!!
We have to go for our injection lesson at CARE on 19th. Catherine - maybe I'll bump into you!!!
I feel so weird. Really excited but terrified too!
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
26 Dec 2008
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 1:24 pm
Hello Ladies, it's getting quite busy on here so that must be a good thing for us all!
Louisa, most people give up drinking once they start on the tx drugs. However, it is a good idea to slow down on the booze for a while before your cycle. I know I hardly drink anything these days as I want my body to be as healthy as possible before starting again. It really is up to you hun.
Cathy, hope you're ok and not working too hard.
WelshFrank, glad you had a lovely holiday. I'm off to the Maldives on 1st March! What island did you go to? Brilliant news about the refund and starting so soon - wow - how come your test is being set-up in the US? Do they not do it at Care? I'm confused ...
So excited you start DR soon, I guess 19th is day 21 for you, that's the normal day to start DR. Hope you enjoy your injecting lesson, let me know if you have any queries as I've done two cycles now (without the PGD bit but that doesn't make a difference to the drug taking). Good luck! x
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:18 pm
Hi All,
Got a really positive vibe about our board! At last things seem to be moving! I've just completed Parents' Evening day 2-hurrah! And I had no arsey parents for the first time ever-hurrah!
What time are you at Care on the 19th Welsh Frank? We are supposed to be there for 2pm. We have never been before so we are starting out early. I've never cycled before or known anyone who has so I'm not so up to date on the terms 'down regging' and CD12 but I guess that means you are starting soon. We have our first ever meeting to gather info and stuff from CARE- do you mind me asking how long it has taken from your first consultation until you get to actually start? We have been told that it will be at least 4 months before we hear anything from Guy's so we are looking into self-funding at CARE instead now.
I'm so jealous about the Maldives you lucky ladies (you deserve it though!)
I'm absolutely rubbish with needles so when I get to that stage and I will need lots of pushing I reckon however I'm so excited about actually starting the process that I guess I'll just get on with it.
Anyway great to hear good news rolling in now.
Speak soon and keep in touch
Good luck all
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Wed Feb 11, 2009 9:19 pm
Just realised how many Hurrahs and exclamation marks I used- not a good example I am setting...
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 1:29 pm
Hi all
Well, I've had my drugs protocol though now, so I know what I'll be taking. It's 0.5ml Buserelin sub-cutaneously once a day from next Thursday to down-reg (Cathy, that just means shutting down your ovaries so that they're inactive ready for the clinic to take control over them in the cycle and 'CD12' means Cycle Day 12 of your menstrual cycle). Then I'll be on 300iu of Menopur every day, again in the form of an injection. Does this sound like a typical dosage, ladies in the know?
Ros - the reason why our PGD test was developed in the US is because this is the lab that CARE links with. Only the probe is developed there - the rest of the embryo testing and lab work is done at CARE itself.
We went to Kuredu Island by the way.
Cathy - Our 1st appointment at CARE was on 3rd November, and we will be starting treatment on 19th February, so that's about 15 weeks.
We'll be at CARE for a 3pm appointment on the 19th. It takes about 50 mins to get there from Tamworth.
I'm writing a blog all about my experiences with PGD, if anyone is interested.
Love to all. xx
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Thu Feb 12, 2009 8:40 pm
Hi Welsh Frank,
Just read your blog- what an amazing read! It is amazing as you have put into words everything that we too have felt in the past 2 years. I am so so pleased for you that things are getting moving. You must be soooo excited.
Thanks for filling me in on the technical terms. I think we are looking at self-funding at CARE now as the wait for Guy's is driving us nuts! We are still unsure whether we would qualify anyway as we've been told that no baby has ever been born with my translocation (so unlikey to ever be) and I have been pregnant 5 times in the last 18 months and everyone we see tells us to just keep trying but I just dont think I could face another BFP followed by disappointment again. Was it Gail that applied for your funding?
I wonder if we will bump into each other next week, would be lovely to put a face to the name. Good luck with everything and I will sincerely cross everything for a positive result for you and your hubby.
Thanks for filling me in on the techincal terms, I feel like a pro now with references to translocation but still a novice with IVF.
Love to all the ladies (and their men) on here.
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 1:40 pm
Hi Cathy,
Thanks for reading the blog. It is actually really helping me to get some of the turmoil out of my system - therapeutic really.
Yes, it was Gayle who applied for our funding. Well, she did all the hard work, but the form actually had to be signed off by our GP. The GP was horribly unfriendly and unhelpful so Gayle kindly offered to do the form for him, and then liaised with him to get him to sign it off. That's the drawback about going private, the clinic won't do your funding form for you. If you're thinking about going to CARE you might want to speak with your GP now so that he or she is prepared to do the application for you.
Yes, I wonder if we will cross paths in the clinic next week? I will be the girl with long blonde hair and my H has dark spikey hair, in case you spot us!
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
28 Jun 2008
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 6:16 pm
Sorry to rub it in but- HOORAY HALF TERM
Now I'm confused! Just recieved two bottles from Guy's in the post to have two blood tests done for FISH analysis? Wasn't expecting that? Does that mean we are beginning to get things moving there? I have no idea. Think will still go to CARE to see what they say. Do you think it is wise to get GP to start the forms as well? I just dont know! I feel like which ever option I choose will be the wrong one!
Hopefully catch up with you at the clinic. I too have long(ish) blond hair but my H has an egg for a head (I'm being mean he is a little bald- but proud!)
Have a great weekend ladies.
Love Cathy (9 lie ins for me-hooray!)
Once you choose hope, anything's possible.
07 Sep 2008
Posted: Fri Feb 13, 2009 10:58 pm
Hi Cathy
I guess that Guy's need to check your FSH levels (a hormone that is an indicator of your ovarian reserve) to see if you're within treatable parameters for IVF. Unless FISH means something else?? Is one test for you and one for your H? If so, maybe then this is the blood that they will use to create a PGD probe for you. But I would have thought that they would want either some money up front before they work on this test, or at least an assurance from your PCT that they will fund you. I'm confused now!! Did the bottles not come with a letter of explanation?
I think you're going to have to make a choice soon between clinics. Theoretically, you could pull out of Guy's if you have NHS funding, even after they have begun work on your PGD probe, but I guess it's not really ethical to have them begin work on it and then have that work wasted.
I think you really need to find out exactly what stage Guy's are at with your case before you make a decision. Also, have you thought about which clinic you feel most comfortable in? What about the travelling distance? Will you mind travelling to London during your IVF cycle (this could be up to 3/4 times a week at some points)?
All I can tell you is that with CARE, if you went for it from now, got the swabs done, you'd be looking at starting in about 4 months time. They let you make the payment yourself to get the ball rolling, and in the meantime you can apply for NHS funding. If you get the funding, CARE reimburse you the money you have paid to them.
Lots to think about, eh?
Have a nice weekend
TTC # 1 Aug 07
MF and carriers of Cystic Fibrosis
1st PGD/ICSI Mar 09 - BFN
2nd PGD/ICSI Jul 09 BFP M/c 7 weeks
3rd FET Jan 10 - BFN
Level 1 tests show PAI-1 blood clotting issue
4th PGD/ICSI with Clexane - Apr 10 . . .
Just been diagnosed with a balanced reciprocal translocation
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A pivotal moment came one day when Charles called his son with a request: "Hey, can you preach for me this Sunday?"
Twelve years after he left the church as his father's enemy, Andy returned as his son. His sermon title: "The Cost of Following Christ."
Afterward, Charles invited his son into In Touch's television studio to talk about the sermon. His face lit up with joy as he bragged about his son's church. He told Andy on camera that he didn't have a father growing up so he didn't know how to be a father at times.
He leaned forward in his chair and looked at Andy with a huge smile before saying, "I'm absolutely delighted to have Andy with me again."
Andy sat upright in his chair with his hands folded in his lap. His smile was tight and strained.
"It's great to be back," he said.
Asked today whether he would have ever cut off his son, Charles quickly shakes his head.
"It was the wise thing to do. I loved him and I knew he had great potential for God. I wouldn't have cut off communication under any circumstances."
The same was not true for Andy.
A sobering realization
Critics accuse Andy of being too accommodating. He won't draw theological lines in the sand. His sermons are too self-help, too Christian-lite.
He is an introvert who struggles at times even to make conversation off-stage with members of his church. But he will still invite listeners who disagree with his sermons to contact him afterward. People who have written him scathing letters are sometimes shocked to hear his voice on the other end of their phone line. He was criticized recently for preaching a sermon that mentioned gay people but no explicit condemnation of homosexuality.
"I'm always trying to look for ways to affirm everything, maybe to a fault," Andy says.
Yet there is a toughness about him that's reminiscent of his father.
He has called members of his church to demand that they stop attending when people complained that they were harassing other members. He preaches that people who divorce and remarry are committing adultery even though many in the contemporary church reject that teaching.
He wouldn't allow CNN to photograph him preaching at North Point -- too distracting -- or just hanging out with his staff on an ordinary day. ("It singles me out as being of greater significance.")
That toughness hardened into self-righteousness as he tried to reconcile with his father.

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I used this light TWICE! And tonight, after it fully charged, took it out for a night mountain bike ride and it didn't even turn on! I checked and double checked everything was connected correctly but no use. Thankfully a friend had an extra light, although a weak Beamer 3, but it was better than nothing. I am very disappointed that I only got 2 uses out of it.
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Loved that the charger worked with my other NiteRider. I had misplaced the charger. Although the batteries are not interchangeable the charger is. Yay!
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I bought this light with high hopes for the 24 hours of Moab race. I took it out on 2 night rides before the race and I was excited because it seems to work really well. I fully charged the battery and was ready for my night lap at Moab. 40 minutes into my night lap at 24 hours of Moab, about the furthest place from camp at 1AM... the light just goes black. Oh NO! I forgot a back up light. Here I was stopped dead, nobody around and it is pitch black. Getting back to camp was very difficult and I am happy to be alive. I am very disappointed with the quality. This light will be returned tomorrow. (I heard from several other riders very similar stories.. all of them had Night Rider). Light & Motion will be where I go for my new setup.
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As others have said, this light failed on the first and second rides. The first ride: It worked fine for about 30 minutes. Then I stopped, turned it off for a few minutes. When I tried to turn it back on, it wouldn't fire up. Luckily I use a helmet light as well.
Thought it was a fluke so I decided to give it another shot, but it wasn't a fluke. On the second ride I started riding near dusk and as the sun went down, I went to turn on the light and got nothing. Helmet light saved the day again.
Both times, the light was fully charged as indicated by the charge time and the indicator light being green. I notced during trail troubleshooting that shaking the battery module caused the indicator light to blink red. So, clearly some quality issues with this product at this stage. Also, it is worth mentioning that the connector is overly engineered and is difficult to align correctly to the battery. I think this alignment issue makes it easy to damage the delicate pins and this may be what is wrong with the light, but I honestly can't tell what's wrong and don't care, I just want one that works in the operating environment it was intended for: mtb trail riding. I have no faith in this connector they've built. I'm going to consider geting a replacement 750 but not sure and might just switch up to a different brand. If I have other issues, I'm switching brands permanently.
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I bought this light a few months ago... in March. First time battery charge was super quick; about 30 minutes... the first few times I used the light it was great although the high beam did not appear to last long at all and was used very sparingly. Then came my trouble... I plugged the battery into the charger after a ride and discovered the charging indicator lights were not illuminating at all. Another ride, and no problem ... but then the next ride I'm twenty minutes into it, on low beam (climbing), and the battery indicator goes red after a full night's charge. Ride had to be cut short. Test charging revealed that the battery was not holding a charge. This could be very dangerous where I live and ride (Bend OR, trail riding). I'd hate to have to walk 15 miles back to my car in a pitch black forest filled with bears, cougars, coyotes, monkeys and honey badgers! Okay, there are no wild monkeys or honey badgers in OR but I'd be scared SILLY! Exchanged the system and got the NR Pro 1500 LED Race light instead banking on the history I have with NR lights. I use their commuting light systems and have an old Classic Dual beam system from the late 90's that worked really well for about 5 years. Crossing my fingers on the purchase of the new system, which has yet to arrive...
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Purchased 2 of these for me and a friend. These lights are perfect for our fast paced night rides. We put in on "walk mode" for climbing and medium or high for going down. Replaced a Minewt 350 and the difference in amazing. Have never had these lights die on the trail. Very weather proof. We ride in the Pacific Northwest, this winter we've had quite a few wet rides and the rain and mud havent been an issue.
Did have some issues with the O-rings snapping in cold weather but a quick call to NiteRider resolved the issue. They have fanatastic customer service.
The O-rings snapped when we were mounting the light to a small diameter hadnlebar, so if you keep it mounted you shouldnt have an issue.
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I previously used the NiteRider Digital Evolution - a halogen light that's around 9 years old (and around 150 lumens).
I've only used this as a headlamp.
This light is quite bright. I can ride climbs and some flats with the low beam. The high beam provides an excellent and bright light with the only downside being the focus of the beam is tight, so you need to point the beam toward the direction you want to see rather than having some lower level light allowing you to look with your eyes only.
I've ridden on the road over 40 mph and don't outride it.
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I read reviews that this light may fail on me in the first use, so I charged and discharged the battery twice before taking it on a night-time mountain bike ride. I was confident it would be bright and functional but when I got to the trail head and tested the light, I just got a flashing red and green indication and no light output at all. Luckily, I had a back-up light, the 110 lumen by NR, which was OK as it was a full moon too. I will be returning to REI to get this replaced because I was really impressed with the brightness of the light and will swap for a new one which I hope will work for me. My bottom line is to be prepared for failure. Luckily REI has superior customer service so I'm going to give this light another shot.
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I use this light as my primary for riding in the dark hours where street lamps are rare. On the lowest setting, it allows me about 6 hours of light that is enough to make out pebbles and glass on the road at 25'. Larger objects are visible out a bit further, easily far enough to avoid them at my normal 17-18 mph pace.
On the highest setting, battery life drops off to about an hour and a half, but the road is lit up to 50 feet of usable illumination. This is great for bombing hills and even at 25-30 mph hill bombs, I am not out-riding it.
The whole package is fairly light weight. The lamp itself is smaller than my backup Cateye OptiCube. The battery is small and mounts easily on the frame, but the cord from the lamp is very short. I find that I have to use the supplied extension which then makes the whole thing way too long.
The lamp mounts to the bike with an o-ring. I was not too fond of this when I first started using the system, but now that I have a few miles on it with no problems...I do not see any reason not to trust it. The helmet mount is a different story. It is robust and locks positively. So far, my helmet has only been graced once by the lamp, though it worked perfectly. For trail riding, helmet mounting seems the way to go.
Great lamp, light battery with decent life. The only issue I have found is the short primary cord, but that is not a deal breaker by any means.
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I agree with some of the negative/marginal comments - the color online is misleading., These are MUCH lighter / more pastel color than the images appear. Shoe color is pretty immaterial to me, though. I mostly go for the features/quality at a given price point.
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Aussie music's night of nights saw our fave A-listers hit the 2013 ARIA awards…and ready to party of course!
We can think of a few artist's that had every reason to celebrate, with electronic artist Flume and rockers Tame Impala sweeping the awards.
On his Best Male win, Flume aka Harley Streten said: "The coolest thing is I'm a producer, I don't even sing." He's just that good!
Guy Sebastian fans had a reason to cheer, with the former X-Factor judge picking up Best Pop Release and Best Live Act. This comes off the back of 17 nominations and only two wins prior to last night's ceremony.
Jess Mauboy enjoyed a double shot of happiness, winning Best Female and having the award presented to her by hero Alicia Keys.
But was she more excited for the award or for Alicia? She said in her speech: "Shut the gate, I'm going to say it. This is so deadly. You're incredible I can't stop looking at you. Oh man, oh my goodness, Alicia Keys."
Although overwhelmed by the win, she later spoke about her disappointment at the lack of female nominees at this year's awards: "It was a little bit interesting because we have so (many) strong women in this industry and it would have been good to see more of them nominated."
Check out the full list of winners below:
ALBUM OF THE YEAR: Tame Impala – Lonerism
BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST: Flume – Flume
BEST MALE ARTIST: Flume – Flume
BEST FEMALE ARTIST: Jessica Mauboy – To The End Of The Earth
BEST GROUP: Tame Impala – Lonerism
BEST INDEPENDENT RELEASE: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
BEST ADULT CONTEMPORARY ALBUM: Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Push The Sky Away
BEST COUNTRY ALBUM: Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson – Wreck and Ruin
BEST DANCE RELEASE: Flume – Flume
BEST POP RELEASE: Guy Sebastian – Armageddon
BEST ROCK ALBUM: Tame Impala – Lonerism
2013 ARIA AWARD PUBLIC VOTED NOMINEE SONG OF THE YEAR: Matt Corby – Resolution
BEST INTERNATIONAL ARTIST: One Direction – Take Me Home
BEST AUSTRALIAN LIVE ACT: Guy Sebastian – Get Along Tour
BEST VIDEO: Samantha Jade – Firestarter
Check out who the celebs on the red carpet wanted to win below:
View slideshow: The 27th Annual ARIA Awards
So we've had a bit of time to get over the so-bad-it's-good music video for Kanye West's 'Bound 2', in which Kanye's fiancée Kim Kardashian throbs over him topless on a motorbike.
While the "arty" clip backfired and became instant fodder for internet parody (see below), Kim is reportedly licking her wounds from the backlash.
"Kim's in awe of Kanye's talent and trusted him that the scenes would look tasteful and artistic. But she was mortified at people's reactions she felt so exposed," a close friend told British magazine Closer. "However, Kanye says he expected the video to cause controversy and insists there's no such thing as bad press."
Mind you, Kim's not exactly publicity-shy either, however positive or negative (two words: SEX. TAPE). Kim's sisters Khloe and Kourtney were also taken aback by Kim's topless appearance in the clip.
"They couldn't believe Kim would agree to do something so steamy," the source added. "The girls know how much embarrassment Kim's sex tape caused her. After becoming a mum, they thought she'd have more sense than to do something like this. They asked Kim how she'd feel if [five-month-old daughter] North saw the video when she's older. Kim was so upset and told them she felt so stupid for doing it."
Though Kim's mum Kris Jenner doesn't think so. Despite reports she went "ballistic" about the revealing video, Kris has now told the Daily Mail she is "extremely proud" of Kimye's clip, adding that Kanye "is extremely talented and incredibly artistic".
If he's so talented and artistic, why doesn't he shed his clothes too? Double standard, much, Yeezy?
Now, do yourself a favour and re-watch Seth Rogen and James Franco re-enacting 'Bound 2' frame by frame...
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Introduction to the PIC. CPD Workshop notes available from the following link.
GMIT have announced that from September 2013 the College will be opening their laboratory doors on Wednesdays to Second Level students to engage in practical laboratory sessions.
Website created to address the shortage of Passive Design Learning Resources for pupils and teachers of Construction Studies in the Irish second level system.
External resource site for JC & LC students and teachers. Contains exam questions, notes, tutorials, sample lessons etc. on various subjects.
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Link to new I-phone & I-pad app: Design and Technology: Systems and Control app by J Plimmer.
2013 DCG Assignment
Gaeilge & English versions of the 2013 DCG student assignments from the SEC.
T4 case study
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Link to external website which may be of interest to students of construction studies
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Careers in Engineering and other career information for 2nd and 3rd Level students.
Website of Interest
Link to external website "Fundamental Drawing Constructions". May be of interest to DCG teachers.
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A technology teacher ponders the changing face of technological education in Ireland.
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For every pithy conceptualization of complex events, there are additional lenses through which to examine them. One of the several virtues of this book is precisely that it brings different perspectives to bear on the complexity, diversity, and uncertainty of recent and current events in the Arab world. The thirteen authors concentrate on the critical social forces shaping the region—demography, religion, gender, telecommunication connectivity, and economic structures—and they are painstakingly analyzed and evaluated.—from the foreword by Strobe Talbott, president of the Brookings Institution
The Arab Spring will be remembered as a period of great change for the Arab states of North Africa and the eastern Mediterranean. Facing fundamental transitions in governance, these countries are also undergoing profound social, cultural, and religious changes. The European Union and the United States, caught unprepared by the uprisings, now must address the inescapable challenges of those changes. How will the West respond to these new realities, particularly in light of international economic uncertainty, EU ambivalence toward a "cohesive foreign policy," and declining U.S. influence abroad? Arab Society in Revolt explains and interprets the societal transformations occurring in the Arab Muslim world, their ramifications for the West, and possible policy options for dealing with this new world.
Arab Society in Revolt examines areas of change particularly relevant in the southern Mediterranean: demography and migration, Islamic revival and democracy, rapidly changing roles of women in Arab society, the Internet in Arab societies, commercial and social entrepreneurship as change factors, and the economics of Arab transitions. The book then looks at those cultural and religious as well as political and economic factors that have influenced the Western response, or lack of it, to the Arab Spring as well as the policy options that remain open.
Arab Society in Revolt received a favorable review in Corriere della Sera.
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Childhood diarrhea can be a tricky public health issue. Not only is it an unpleasant subject to discuss, but eradicating it, especially in poorer nations, can often mean expensive infrastructure projects and bigger battles than many strapped governments can take on.
It still kills some 1.5 million children under the age of five every year, according to a World Health Organization report issued last month. And it likely is responsible for more indirect deaths in that age group. "It doesn't often immediately kill a child," explains Peter Winch, a professor at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "It often weakens a child and they die of something else—a lot of [these] deaths occur out[side] of hospitals—so out of sight, out of mind."
A 10-day course of zinc tablets, however, promises to not only treat children who have diarrhea, but also to help protect them from future bouts with the condition (the most common side effect of the zinc being nausea). The challenge lies in getting parents and caretakers to give the treatment to their children—and health care providers to embrace it.
A new multiyear study, published online Monday in PLoS Medicine, followed a nationwide public health campaign to increase zinc use for childhood diarrhea in Bangladesh. Through extensive surveying of households that had current cases of a child with diarrhea in urban, rural and township settings, the researchers were able to uncover how effective public health messages had been in creating awareness about—and use of—the treatment.
The authors found that in the first two years of a public health campaign that used television, radio, outdoor ads, and other communication, awareness of the treatment peaked after about 10 months. Those in the urban areas outside of slums had the highest awareness (90 percent). Levels were lower in townships (74 percent), urban slums (66 percent) and rural areas (50 percent).
"We didn't expect to see awareness go up as quickly as it did," says Charles Larson, of the Center for International Child Health at the BC Children's Hospital in Vancouver and lead author of the study.
By about 23 months into the campaign, however, some 25 percent of urban, non-slum caretakers who had children with a current case of diarrhea were using zinc (along with 20 percent of those in towns and urban slums and 10 percent in rural areas). As Larson points out, any marketing company might be happy if 20 percent of the target population used a product, but given the ease and benefit of using zinc tablets, he says he was "somewhat discouraged" by the latter adoption figures.
Zinc, a metallic element that is naturally present in many foods such as red meat and fish—more widely consumed in wealthier nations—is a co-factor in many different bodily enzymes. "We don't completely understand it," Winch says, but researchers do know that it is important for maintaining many enzymes that contribute to immune system support as well as maintaining skin and intestinal walls. Unlike iron, however, there are not many good, reliable tests for zinc levels, and people who are zinc deficient often don't look any different from those who are not, also unlike people who suffer from anemia, who can be pale and fatigued.
Zinc tablets can also satiate the perceived need for a drug-based treatment. Although widely used oral-rehydration therapies help children regain lost fluids, "people don't perceive it as a treatment," Winch says. "It's not a pill, [so] they're still on the lookout for a drug to take." Many caretakers will get antibiotics, which do not treat most types of typical diarrhea, and could contribute to antibiotic resistance, he says.
One challenge for the zinc scale-up programs is that the treatment course usually lasts longer than the illness itself. Many parents or caretakers discontinue the tablets after symptoms disappear, even though most countries recommend treatment for at least eight days. So, in order to best protect children from a relapse or future sickness, the programs must also convince those getting the medicine to see the full treatment through.
An important lesson from the program has been that, at least in some areas, selecting the right distribution partner can be crucial. In Bangladesh Larson and his team eventually switched from a pharmaceutical firm to a bottled water distributor—a group that didn't have a vested interest in higher profit prescription drugs and had experience with over-the-counter distribution. The project has garnered success using private companies for distribution and marketing, finding that most people purchased the 25-cent pill regimen from stores rather than obtain it from free clinics.
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Healthcare resources are primarily centralized in urban areas, creating increased competition among large institutions. At the same time, third-party payers continue to pressure hospital administrators to redouble their cost containment efforts.
Teleradiology can provide important diagnostic services to patients in outlying areas and, at the same time, increase the productivity of highly skilled professionals in urban medical centers. With teleradiology, diagnostic images are digitized and transmitted electronically from distant medical facilities that cannot afford a staff radiologist to a major medical center with staff radiologists.
Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn., offers a good example of how teleradiology benefits both the central hospital and the patients being served by outlying medical facilities.
An immense and impressive complex with nearly 1,000 physicians on staff and 759 beds, Baptist Hospital spans a 7-block area near downtown Nashville. The not-for-profit hospital's primary service area covers seven counties in middle Tennessee via Baptist's remote-site network, which consists of three different types of medical facilities:
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Approximately 20 percent of the patients who receive radiologic exams at pilot sites require immediate readings. Before the teleradiology system became operational, those patients had to be referred elsewhere.
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Finally, the time savings resulting from the teleradiology service is motivating private physicians who are not part of the Baptist network to refer their patients to Bellevue. The system eliminates the chance for films to be misrouted when they reach the hospital, which results in lost time and, sometimes, in the need to repeat the exam.
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In selecting the teleradiology system for Baptist Hospital, one factor overshadowed all others: image resolution. Unless radiologists are confident they are able to make accurate interpretations from images on the monitor, the advantages we look for from a system are lost. Image resolution is, therefore, of prime importance.
We considered four different teleradiology systems and discovered there is a direct, almost one-to-one correlation between price and image resolution and transmission times. Baptist Hospital chose the Kodak Digital ScienceTM medical imaging system, which offers a 2K ¥ 2.5K-pixel maximum resolution, coming very close to reproducing the clarity of the original film image.
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Images are then viewed on a review workstation. If necessary, the workstation controls can be used to enhance the images' contrast and density to optimize readability before transmitting them to the radiology department at Baptist Hospital. The transmission time for each image, over T1 telephone lines, is approximately one minute from Bellevue.
At the receiving end, Baptist Hospital is equipped with a high-resolution two-monitor personal display system (PDS) workstation. The monitors offer a maximum image brightness that is five times that of an ordinary computer monitor.
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Radiologists at Baptist Hospital make all interpretations from images on the workstation; however, images also can be transmitted to a networked laser printer for output on film.
Additionally, the radiology department at Baptist Hospital uses a digital dictation system which makes it possible for remote sites to access the radiologist's report via any touch-tone phone. The report also is transmitted over telephone lines to a commercial transcription service company which keys the report and transmits it to the computer system at the hospital. The radiologist signs off on the report electronically and the system automatically faxes a copy of the report to the office of the physician who requested the radiograph.
Future plans
We consider the teleradiology pilot program to be an unqualified success. We measure this success by the willingness of our radiologists to use the system; they are making primary diagnoses from images on the monitor, and everyone concerned is enthusiastic about the technology and the results.
We are anxious to try to apply digital imaging technology to the reading of MRI and CT scans. We now spend $250,000 per year for film for MRI and CT scans. This information can be archived on a DAT disk or magnetic tape. Normally, images are transmitted and interpreted, and are then output to film and placed with the report in the patient's folder. But, if we can convince doctors to read scans as well as x-ray images from monitors-selecting only the part of the image that shows what the diagnosis was based on-we can project a 50 percent savings in what we spend annually on film.
When all is said and done, patients benefit as much as medical facilities from the adoption of digital imaging. First, treatment can begin sooner because diagnoses can be obtained faster. Being able to digitally enhance film images can often result in the reduction of repeat imaging procedures. Finally, teleradiology systems permit hospitals to provide more services to more patients without increasing the number of employees. Ultimately, this helps to contain the cost of health care for everyone. AR
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The first-annual races saw 148 entrees in 21 different classes, from youngsters to adults.
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As thermometers soared to more than 100 degrees, ATV engines roared up and down the track for the race.
Bobby Heideman, Bedford, and his son Dylan came down for their first ever race. Dylan recently got a new four-wheeler and race gear.
"Well, we saw the flyer in a gas station and thought it would be fun," Heideman said. "He [Dylan] loves it, he's been excited for weeks."
Not just youngsters took part in the racing, adults with more souped-up toys took to the dirt track as well.
Cory Roberts, Hopkins, has been racing for years. Roberts is a member of Club 180, an ATV racing organization that originated in Ridgeway.
The club volunteered to help with the event, especially in the organization of classes and general race rules.
"The [Parnell] Fire Department wanted to have the races, and asked us if we wanted to help out," Roberts said. "Of course we wanted to race, it's nice to have an event so close to home."
The grounds surrounding the arena were filled with people that came out to witness the event, which Roberts said was a bigger number than he is used to seeing at races.
"This is a really good turnout, there's a lot of people here," Roberts said. "It's just something fun to do on a Saturday."
Though everyone wants to win, a large spirit of sportsmanship was abundant among the racers.
"I don't get competitive, I don't care about winning," Roberts said. "We really treat it as something fun to do. My son really likes to watch."
Following the races on Saturday, there was a dance performance by students at the Shimmy and Shake Dance Studio, a flea market, a pet show, a baby show and a chuckwagon supper. Saturday's festivities ended with a fireworks show presented by the Parnell Volunteer Fire Department.
Sunday saw a car show, church services, BBQ's and homemade ice cream.
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