Re: OT: What's Going On.
- From: Benj <bjacoby@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:17:19 -0700 (PDT)
On Aug 19, 6:36 pm, Julian Templeman <julian@invalid_email> wrote:
Bill Chandler wrote:
If you proceed further, well, you've been warned.
I was warned, I read it...
Me too.
1. Shit happens. People get sick and people die. Happens to everyone
including you and me. Nobody escapes. Key is how you deal with LIFE
not how you deal with death.
2. Beer is never a solution unless all your problems are already
solved.
3. Trust NO doctors.
4. Always seek SEVERAL medical opinions before making any major
decisions
5. Make it clear to ALL concerned that it will be THE PATIENT making
decisions as to what gets done or not done.
6. Demand copies of ALL medical records and keep them organized in a
file. That includes CDs of MRIs and other images as well as the
readings and reports.
7. Try to minimize obscene charges made for no reason (unnecessary
tests for example) that are simply used to grab some of the
"free" [insurance] money.
8. Make sure a treatment is really necessary and always demand to know
what the risks and consequences of it are.
9. Listen not only to the glowing promises of what happens if the
treatment goes well, but also ask what would be the results if the
treatment fails. They may leave the patient FAR worse than if you'd
done nothing!
10 The internet is your friend. Try to understand all proposed
explanations and treatments. If the patient is making the decisions
then the patient needs to totally understand the risks and options.
11. Beware and look for "iatrogenic" [doctor caused] disease. These
include all drug "side effects" and other problems with treatments or
procedures. Often these are treated as "new" diseases rather than the
result of something already done.
11. The old days of the kindly dedicated family doctor working for
peanuts and for the good of mankind are LONG gone. Double check
everything! It makes no difference that the doctor won't "like" you
if you don't obey his every command.
12. Beer is never a solution unless all your problems are already
solved.
How things turn out may depend to a great degree on how hard you are
willing to work to keep the "medical professionals" on the straight
and narrow. Your wife as a nurse already knows this and you should
understand it too. Sometimes things happen and no matter what you do,
it can't be fixed. You can't beat yourself over that. But what you
don't want is to discover later that the disaster was actually
preventable had you known then what you learned later. THAT is when
you really beat yourself up. So don't let that happen.
So good luck, but often as not "luck" has more to do with your own
efforts than anything else.
.
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