EFTA Document EFTA01774816

From: John Brockman Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2011 8:04 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: update Eastover Farm Sent from my private email account JE Good news and not so good news. On Thursday I saw the neurologist, Dr. Smallberg, who saw my neck and =houlder xrays. Very good news is that he now says I can skip the second =ervical spine surgery. (Remember I actually went to the hospital to do =t in April but it was aborted at the last minute.) He said thatl'm =etting stronger and if it stays this way, I'm ok. As to my sore right =houlder, he doesn't think it's related to the cervical spine, but he =idn't look at the MRI saying he doesn't have the expertise and that I =ad to deal with the shoulder doctor. Btw, I had dropped off a set of these xrays to the the surgeon - O'Leary =ut received no response. I am told that no news from his office is good =ews. On Friday, I got a call from Karen Schneider, the orthopedist, who I had =een two weeks ago about about my painful right shoulder. She had taken =he x-rays of my neck and both shoulders. During the visit she said she =idn't think surgery for the shoulder was in the cards, said it looked =ike arthritis, not a ruptured rotator cuff. She sent me for MRI's of =oth shoulders which I did this past week. Btw, she's the younger dr. in =art Nissenson's office. He's one of the top athletic knee doctors. On Friday and gave me the following rundown: There is muscle atrophy =this whole thing started last November and I haven't been able to work =ut with weights since); there is moderate to severe arthritis, but it's =ot bone on bone; there are moderate tears to the rotator cuff but it's =ot completely ruptured. Then she told me (a) I could get a shoulder replacement (which I've never heard of). I =old her no way and no thanks; (b) arthroscopic shoulder surgery, which is a real operation under =eneral anesthesia, with same recovery time as regular surgery. She =ould go it and clean up the joint, remove spurs from the rotator cuff, =tc. But she couldn't promise it result in relieving the pain. I said =o. (c) I can come in and get a cortisone shot, which is what Smallberg, and =lso the physical therapist recommended. I said yes, and go in tomorrow =orning at 10am. If you think there's any reason not to get the shot, =et me know. I'm on my cell 917-744-8920. Interesting that Nick Prtizker had the same surgery as me and also has a =ainful shoulder which he can't get rid of. I think my best bet is to =ind a more appropriate sports therapy place. Right now I go one on one =ith a woman that does a little manipulation and gives me exercises for =ome. Another place I used to go to is more like a gym with weights =here you actually work out for an hour including a few minutes withthe =herapist. EFTA_R1_00088438 EFTA01774816 And some EXCELLENT news. Is it nature or nurture? On Monday THE =CONOMIST gave Max Brockman an excellent review for his new book FUTURE =CIENCE. And on Wednesday and Thursday, respoectively, THE ATLANTIC gave =abulous reviews to the first two "Best of EDGE" volumes - "THE MIND" =nd "CULTURE", but both were really about thr first 15 years of EDGE. At =he links: THE ECONOMIST - Print Edition September 11, 201 FUTURE SCIENCE, ESSAYS FROM THE CUTTING EDGE, Edited by Max Brockman, is =a fascinating and very readable summary of the latest thinking on human =ehavior". http://www.economist.com/node/21528579 THE ATLANTIC September 14, 2011 15 YEARS OF CUTTING-EDGE THINKING ON UNDERSTANDING THE MIND'..."an =picenter of bleeding-edge insight across science, technology, and =eyond, hosting conversations with some of our era's greatest thinkers" =ttp://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/15-years-of-cutting-edge-t=inking-on-understanding-the- mind/245006/ THE ATLANTIC September 15, 2011 'CULTURE': LEADING SCIENTISTS EXPLORE THE SOCIAL PURPOSE OF ART..."the =avish cerebral feast is on par with 'THE MIND' as one of this year's =ost significant time-capsules of contemporary thought. =ttp://www.theatlantic.com/life/archive/2011/09/culture-leading-scientists=explore-the-socialpurpose-of-art/245082/ 18 Mobile 1-917-744-8920 <?xml version=.0" encoding=TF-8"?> <IDOCTYPE plist PUBLIC "-//Apple//DTD PLIST 1.0//EN" "http://www.apple.com/DTDs/Propertylist-1.0.dtd"> <plist version=.0"> <dict> <key>date-last-viewed</key> <integer>0</integer> <key>date-received</key> <integer>1316376241</integer> <key>flags</key> <integer>8590195713</integer> <key>gmail-label-ids</key> <array> <integer>22</integer> <integer>2</integer> </array> <key>remote-id</key> <string>180721</string> </dict> </plist> 2 EFTA_R1_00088439 EFTA01774817