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Americans are treated, and overtreated, to death (shut up and die, already)
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| 06/28/2010
| MARILYNN MARCHIONE
Posted on 06/28/2010 10:25:06 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: nagdt
The whole point of this issue is to keep the choice in the hands of your brother or mother and not the gubbermint. There is no way any bureaucrat should make QOL decisions, but that is exactly what Obamacare is going to force on all of us.
This is why it is evil and must be opposed.
To: kalee
The reason they asked about being on Hospice is that when Hospice takes over a case they typically d/c all treatment orders other than palliative care, and will not pay for diagnostics like a CT scan. Sometimes people survive in spite of Hospice.
To: hinckley buzzard
I know, but it seems odd that I have never been asked this before only since Obamacare came to be.
My mother died in Jan I know all about hospice. Hospice rations care and the more people you can shift to hospice the less care you need to provide. My mother died in Jan I know all about hospice.
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kalee
(The offences we give, we write in the dust; Those we take, we engrave in marble. J Huett 1658)
To: sten
Back in my thirties I was sent for a mammogram due to a lump in the breast...The reading of the test suggested removal or biopsy...I was sent to a surgeon and told him I didn't want a biopsy as I have had lumps in my breast for years and they get larger and smaller due to the time of my cycle...he said OK but sent me for another one during a different time in the menses. The lumps were benign cysts and he accepted the no biopsy I stated...I am 70 and still have both...mammograms and readings are not always accurate.
I had a very close friend that had to have a breast removed, it wasn't found with a mammogram, but she found it herself in self examination....
Sometimes too much relying on a test is not the best way to go...like seat belts, good as they are, they also give you a false sense of security when driving and for some makes their driving a little less safe. imho
The proper name for my problem was benign cystic breast disorder. After menopause, they all disappeared...
Sorry to you guys that are not involved in this problem, but for women it may be of interest....
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