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16 years ago @ KCRG - Cedar Rapids Bank Robb... · 5 replies · +17 points

I don't understand why the photographs of the robbery suspects are always so bad. With the state and low cost of the technology these days, we should be seeing close-up, full color, HD images. Not grainy, blurry 3rd-grade photos.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Column - Wheel Tax Squ... · 1 reply · +2 points

Yes, ctiger, I'm just being a bit facetious. I've seen these arguments so many times recently that I felt that Lou Dobbs needed a voice here.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Column - Wheel Tax Squ... · 11 replies · -1 points

What's wrong with taxing all these deadbeats from Marion, Hiawatha, etc? They're sitting around getting rich on the backs of the rest of us. They are huge drain on our city's economic resources and they attend our schools and hospitals. And while data is not yet available, it's clear that these people are committing a very high percentage of the crime in our neighborhoods. One thing that is also very clear is that these people are taking jobs away from people who live here. If these people just want to work honestly in Cedar Rapids, why don't they just go through the normal channels to achieve real citizenship and move here? I'm not prejudice, I just feel non-residents should not be getting the special treatment that they are today.

16 years ago @ KCRG - Two Tons of Wild Marij... · 0 replies · +5 points

I can't believe Floyd county official are really that stupid and ignorant -- both of marijuana and of Iowa history, but the evidence speaks for itself.

Of course it tested positive for THC. The marijuana grown here in the 40s was developed to be extremely LOW in THC, not totally devoid of THC.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - West Liberty man sente... · 0 replies · +2 points

I worked with Skylar and he always treated me very well. I was very saddened by this tragedy that has impacted so many lives.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Neighbors raise a stin... · 0 replies · +1 points

Want to educate yourself on this topic? If so, this is an excellent place to start:

http://tinyurl.com/HumanureHandbook

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Ramblin': Bug your lov... · 0 replies · +1 points

Interesting. The drug they said they were using on me was midazolam, also known as Versed. I don't know whether I received insufficient dosage or whether this drug is simply ineffective on me - since no one has ever responded to my written complaint.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Ramblin': Bug your lov... · 0 replies · +1 points

I was sedated. Or, at least they told me they gave me sedation. I just don't think I was properly sedated.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Ramblin': Bug your lov... · 5 replies · +1 points

Turns out, when a physician is unable to complete a colonoscopy, the next stop for the patient is a barium enema - a procedure performed without any sedation and whose messy details I will spare you here.

Let me be clear. There is no doubt that colonoscopy screening is clearly a very useful tool for early detection of colon cancer. There is also no doubt that colonoscopy screening save lives. But there is no need for this procedure to ever be performed without adequet sedation. Consequently, while I do intend to undergo this procedure again when it is time to do so, I will not be using the same physician nor will I use St. Luke Surgery Center.

I wrote this response because I believe people should know that not everyone has such an easy time with the colonoscopy procedure.

16 years ago @ GazetteOnline.com - Ramblin': Bug your lov... · 1 reply · +1 points

Well, I'm glad your experience was mostly a non-event. I've spoken to several people who had also been through the procedure and they also said, in essence, "no big deal". Unfortunately, my colonoscopy was one of the most painful, humiliating and excruiating experiences of my life.

My procedure was performed at the St. Lukes Surgery Center in Cedar Rapids two years ago. Though no one involved with the procedure has ever spoken to me since, I believe I was insufficiently sedated for the procedure. I was given a shot - told that it would sedate me but really never noticed any sedation effect - I never 'went to sleep' - nor did I even become tired or groggy. I did not threaten anyone with lawyers, lawsuits, or demands for compensation. I simply wanted the people involved to understand that it was an unnecessarily painful and humiliating experience. Still, I think I should have received some kind of response.

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