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To: Ish who wrote (18191)	3/2/1999 5:40:00 PM
From: Gauguin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

Thanks Ish. I'm not worried at all. This isn't brain surgery. (That would be impossible.) I would enjoy it if you interviewed the guy. (urhhhp. "So Doc....) The Dr is a brainiac. Or else he accomplishes many tasks because he's no good at any. He's Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at the U of O Med School; hip-specialist surgeon at this big hospital we trust; downhill skier(!); computer nut; has an MBA and is an Executive Board Director at the Hospital. When we were scheduling the first surgery I mentioned we were going to LA to see the Van Gogh exhibit if it didn't fall at the wrong time. He says, "Oh! I'm a cyclist. I did a tour of his paintings in France. I really liked Arles. And that train station." St Lazarre. Show-off. I gave him a jealousy snoot-smirk, and he laughed. The hip prosthetic has to be perfect. It gets attacked by the body. The cells that attack it are somewhat proportional to the smoothness of the surfaces. They can't rid the body of the intrusion as they would others, so they die in quantity. These particular cells, by coincidence ("Little Buggers"), decay with a residue of acids (or some kind of freeking remnant) that happen to dissolve bone tissue. That's why the hips only last 8-15 years, and can only be replaced once. The part doesn't necessarily fail, but the biology doesn't cooperate. An amazing part is that the plans for that perfect natural bone shape are in little sperm and those cantaloupe thingies.