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DIARY: November 4, 2015 01:15 PM Wednesday; Rod Welch

VA orthopedics examination right wrist injury hiking Half Dome and both knees.

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Yosemite Half-Dome Hike 9 Hours Reached Beginning Swishbacks to Top                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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210501 - Follow up ref SDS 8 0000. ref SDS 3 0000.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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210901 - Met with Doctor Kevin Chu in Orthopedics following up meeting with                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
210902 - Doctor Marco Spasic and Doctor Kim Mihara, attending in the ER on on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
210903 - 151005 0852. ref SDS 8 JS5K                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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210906 - Explained was unable to use the removeable cast fashioned in the ER.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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210909 - The right wrist has improved significantly.  Pain pressing the right                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
210910 - wrist that occurred on 151005, has completely resolved.  Now the only                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
210911 - pain is on the right side of the wrist and only when the wrist is                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
210912 - twisted counter clockwise.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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210915 - Doctor Chu showed the radiology CT study done on 151005 0852.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
210916 - ref SDS 8 OS7S                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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210919 - He pointed to a fracture across the radius wrist bone and near the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
210920 - end.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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210923 - The doctor is pleased the wrist seems to be recovering.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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210926 - He ordered another examination with follow up CT to compare with the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
210927 - test on 151005.  This will be performed in Radiology on...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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210929 -                    151216 1130                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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210932 - Explained recent issues with both knees past few weeks.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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210935 - Right knee was twisted on 150326, shown in case study on exercise,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
210936 - diet, medication, and vitals on 140101 0600. ref SDS 1 BE7G                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
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210939 - Left knee was originally injured in Vietnam.  Required surgery in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
210940 - 1973, and again in 1988.  It has withstood stress hiking 11 miles per                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
210941 - day with support from Glucosamine Chondroitin.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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210944 - Since increasing hikes from 11 to 15 miles, shown in case study on                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
210945 - 140101, reporting on 151016, ref SDS 1 BB6G, both knees are painful,                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
210946 - and continuing until yesterday on 151103. ref SDS 1 B16M                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    
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210949 - Doctor Chu will order radiology studies on both knees along with the                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
210950 - hand.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
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210953 - Will meet with Doctor Chu to review radiology on wrist and both knees                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
210954 - later in the day on...                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
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211301 - Went to Radiology and ordered CT and Xray scan files and doctor's                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 
211302 - analysis for right wrist performed on 151005 0852. ref SDS 8 OS7S                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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211305 - Can pick up the CD next Tuesday, when meeting with Doctor Stewart in                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              
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