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, remov