Posted on 12/29/2010 1:06:41 PM PST by Tarantulas
A Swedish man was forced to have his penis amputated after waiting more than a year to learn he had cancer.
The man, who is in his sixties, first visited a local clinic in Blekinge in southern Sweden in September 2009 for treatment of a urinary tract infection, the local Blekinge Läns Tidning (BLT) reported.
When he returned in March 2010 complaining of foreskin irritation, the doctor on duty at the time diagnosed the problem as a simple case of inflammation.
After three weeks passed without the prescribed treatment alleviating the man’s condition, he was instructed to seek further treatment at Blekinge Hospital.
But it took five months before he was able to schedule an appointment at the hospital.
When he finally met with doctors at the hospital, the man was informed he had cancer and his penis would have to be removed.
It remains unclear if the man would have been able to keep his penis had the cancer been detected sooner.
The matter has now been reported to the National Board of Health and Welfare (Socialstyrelsen) under Sweden’s Lex Maria laws, the informal name used to refer to regulations governing the reporting of injuries or incidents in the Swedish health care system.
The American people just can’t figure it out. What can the righteous do?
The doctors said it was cancer and his penis had to go
Swen said kill me that is too great a blow
my penis is missing and it's time for me to go
I can't live without it that is all you need to know.
Healthcare, free that is, long waits - amputates.
Is this what they mean when they promise Medicare “cuts”
Hmmm...Cancer of the penis is rare in the circumcized....
Will his insurance cover an adadictomy?
“Was his last name “Johnson”??”
His first name was Les.
Swedish health “insurance” looks horrifying from this type of veterinary type care. Actually, you would never treat an animal the way this poor man was treated.
But hey, its free!
(Actually this nightmarish treatment is far from “free.” The idiot slaves are too brainwashed and programmed to accept anything else.)
I seem to be left off the mangled genitals ping list.
Say it ain’t so!
yes it's true....this man has NO DICK.
this would require a death panel.
The man, who is in his sixties
He probably wasn’t using it that much anyway.
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Hey! You sixty year old and plus guys, wanna weigh in on this comment??
He probably wasn’t using it for anything anyway.
Detachable Penis - King Missile
I woke up this morning with a bad hangover
And my penis was missing again.
This happens all the time.
It’s detachable.
[background singing begins: “detachable penis” over and over]
This comes in handy a lot of the time.
I can leave it home, when I think it’s gonna get me in trouble,
or I can rent it out, when I don’t need it.
But now and then I go to a party, get drunk,
and the next morning I can’t for the life of me
remember what I did with it.
First I looked around my apartment, and I couldn’t find it.
So I called up the place where the party was,
they hadn’t seen it either.
I asked them to check the medicine cabinet
‘cause for some reason I leave it there sometimes
But not this time.
So I told them if it pops up to let me know.
I called a few people who were at the party,
but they were no help either.
I was starting to get desperate.
I really don’t like being without my penis for too long.
It makes me feel like less of a man,
and I really hate having to sit down every time I take a leak.
After a few hours of searching the house,
and calling everyone I could think of,
I was starting to get very depressed,
so I went to the Kiev, and ate breakfast.
Then, as I walked down Second Avenue towards St. Mark’s Place,
where all those people sell used books and other junk on the street,
I saw my penis lying on a blanket
next to a broken toaster oven.
Some guy was selling it.
I had to buy it off him.
He wanted twenty-two bucks, but I talked him down to seventeen.
I took it home, washed it off,
and put it back on. I was happy again. Complete.
People sometimes tell me I should get it permanently attached,
but I don’t know.
Even though sometimes it’s a pain in the ass,
I like having a detachable penis.
The man, who is in his sixties
He probably wasn’t using it that much anyway.
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Hey! You sixty year old and plus guys, wanna weigh in on this comment??
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Obviously written by some youngster. Wasn’t really worth responding to. That’s as kind as I’ll be.
Worth posting too:
17:51 December 29, 2010 by freepressEveryone knows insurance companies are thieves. But in the US, this man would have had the FREEDOM to go to a doctor himself ASAP. He would have had the chance to pay for care himself, or put it on a credit card, beg relatives, friends, or a church for money to help, make private payment arrangements with a doctor, etc. Not ideal but still a possibility, a chance to save yourself, a chance to preserve your quality of life.
In Sweden, you are locked into an authoritarian medical state which decides if and when you will receive help. Doctors are not well educated, and they routinely refuse to help people, and unless you leave the country or perhaps are able to meet with a doctor at a private hospital like Sophiahemmet, then in Sweden, you are left to die or you will be permantly maimed for life. Read the Swedish news. Horror stories like this one are a dime a dozen.
In Sweden, there is NO FREEDOM. There is no chance. In the US, there is a chance. As they are now, both systems hurt people. But in the US, you still have a chance of helping yourself. You still have some chance of control over your own life. In Sweden, there is NO FREEDOM. NO CHANCE. Big Bror owns you. Never forget, never doubt, you are owned. You will live how the state decides you will live.
My heart goes out to this poor man. WHO will take responsibility for this crime?
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