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From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:28 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Now > a good TTY operator can "remember" what wasn't done and catch > up after the mess is dealt with. You really ought to get away from the idea of TTYs you know. Terminals have moved on somewhat. Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:31 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> <lucasea(a)sbcglobal.net> wrote: > >> > >> >Question for BAH--what amount of time passed between when you went to the > >> >store and when you caught "what they've put in this year's flu cocktail"? > >> > >> This one seems to have a 2-day incubation period and lasts 5-6 days; > >> I won't know the latter until I'm over it. I'm assuming a week. > >> That means the course is 9 days; multiply it by 8 which gives 72 days. > >> That means that I won't be over this one until February. Great. > > > >Why do you need to multiply it by 8 ? > > If I'm afflicted with a virus, I have the illness 8 times, AFAICT. > It may be more but the symptoms become part of the background noise > of the usual symptoms I have every day. Is your immune system compromised ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:33 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> > > >> >> It's Dad who needs the luck. The idiot doctor just prescibed > >> >> a drug that almost killed him last summer; the same drug > >> >> had severe side effects when Mom took it. > >> > > >> >What drug was this ? > >> > >> I don't remember the name. Some new heart drug. > > > >I wondered if it might be a *new* drug ! > > > >The American healthcare system scores an own goal again. See previous > >discussionabout the merits of producing new drugs to replace those that > > have come off-patent. > > Changing the drug had more to do with efficacy. If you're on some > drugs for decades, they reach a toxic level. Changing the drug > is a good thing. > > You should learn more about real medicine before leaping into > your conclusion box. So did he end up back on the old drug or a different new drug ? Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:35 jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> Eeyore <rabbitsfriendsandrelations(a)hotmail.com> wrote: > >> >jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > >> >> "T Wake" <usenet.es7at(a)gishpuppy.com> wrote: > >> >> > >> >> >How many referrals do you think the person should be allowed? > >> >> > >> >> At the moment, I'd like to limit the number of referrals a _doctor_ > >> >> can make. Dad's on his 6th or 7th referral. And the basic stuff > >> >> hasn't been done yet. They're playing the Medicare system to its > >> >> max. > >> > > >> >You need an 'NHS'. > >> > >> He is on the US' NHS called Medicare. Diagnosis of an ill old > >> person now takes lots of referrals and tests and stuff. > > > >Medicare isn't as good as an NHS it seems. > > It is an indication of what the US Congress would implement as > an NHS. Right. I can see that they would be tempted to do something like that. > It will not work. *All* medical care would go underground. If you think that something like our NHS would be better and I'm entirely sure it would be, the answer would be to lobby for something like it, not just to give up and accept what 'they' impose on you. That's what real democracy is all about ! Graham
From: Eeyore on 18 Nov 2006 14:36
jmfbahciv(a)aol.com wrote: > Don Bowey <dbowey(a)comcast.net> wrote: > > >So what in the hell is your real problem with what's going on with your dad, > >and what's with your pathetic attitude? > > > >By the way, some illnesses aren't fixable. > > Exactly. He is dying. Yet he is getting tested and chunks > taken out even though he has no intention of being "treated" > if they decide what he has. > > > Get used to that concept and try > >to not blame anyone if that is the case. > > He can barely walk from his chair to the bathroom now. Yet > he has to go into the doctor's office every time they "need" > to talk to him. This is stupid. They have already diagnosed > him to have lymphoma; four days later, they have diagnosed > him to not have lymphoma. The same thing happened with > a diabetes diagnosis this week. Next week he's going in to > have yet another CT scan and more blood work. So I expect > they will diangose another disease and then undiagnose it. > > This is how Medicare is sucked dry. > > Meanwhile, they haven't done any of the obvious. All Dad wants > is for them to stop and send in Hospice. But he can't get > Hospice services until one of these idiots signs the paper. You ( and your Dad ) have my sympathies fwiw. Graham |