To: Jeffrey Epstein[[email protected]] From: John Brockman Sent: Sun 9/18/2011 8:04:00 PM Subject: update Eastover Farm 203-266-5930 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 shoulder xrays. Very good news is that he now says I can skip the second cervical spine surgery. (Remember I actually went to the hospital to do it in April but it was aborted at the last minute.) He said thatl'm getting stronger and if it stays this way, I'm ok. As to my sore right shoulder, he doesn't think it's related to the cervical spine, but he didn't look at the MRI saying he doesn't have the expertise and that I had to deal with the shoulder doctor. Btw, I had dropped off a set of these xrays to the the surgeon - O'Leary but received no response. I am told that no news from his office is good news. On Friday, I got a call from Karen Schneider, the orthopedist, who I had seen two weeks ago about about my painful right shoulder. She had taken the x-rays of my neck and both shoulders. During the visit she said she didn't think surgery for the shoulder was in the cards, said it looked like arthritis, not a ruptured rotator cuff. She sent me for MRI's of both shoulders which I did this past week. Btw, she's the younger dr. in Bart 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 out with weights since); there is moderate to severe arthritis, but it's not bone on bone; there are moderate tears to the rotator cuff but it's not completely ruptured. Then she told me (a) I could get a shoulder replacement (which I've never heard of). I told her no way and no thanks; (b) arthroscopic shoulder surgery, which is a real operation under general anesthesia, with same recovery time as regular surgery. She would go