Smoker?
Try a V.A. hospital sometime.
I hope you have a full and speedy recovery.
I woke up at 3:30 last night and COULDN'T SLEEP. Got up at 7:30. Every minute alive is a minute alive, would be my philosophy.
But cars, computers and airplane flights are complex, too...
I wouldn’t want to have to start reading up on which cancer drug I should take if, God forbid, I had it.
Buy a lousy PC, you can return it or get mad you wasted some money.
Pick the wrong med, well...
I hope so...
Three friends in the last 12 years died from either throat or lung cancer...
Horrible, horrible way to die...
Yes, all three were smokers...
Great Article. Stossel needs to go to Mayo Clinic in Rochester,Mn for amazing patient care. Astounding system. One of the best in the world.
Prayers
Unflappable guy
I admire that
I hope all goes well for Stossel. He annoys me sometimes, but I know he’s one of the good guys. Prayers up!
Considering what he’s going through, physically and mentally, this is a very cogent and well written assessment.
Prayers to Mr. Stossel.
Oh boo-hoo!
You mean doctors don't interrupt their time with other patents to stroke your little ego?
Honestly John you sound a bit whinny.
And I say that as someone who just was in the ER on Monday.
No doctor there gave me his e-mail address or sent me little emoji's. They were rather busy trying to figure out if I was dying or just injured.
Just injured it turned out and I thanked the ER staff profusely as I left in a bit less pain then I arrived.
I get X-rays, EKG tests, echocardiograms, blood tests. Are all needed? I doubt it.
Then you are dumber then advertised.
Market structure more the insurance. Hospital consolidations, mergers and the lack of local competition are the biggest factor in driving up the price of private costs and probably in quality of service as well.
I am so sorry for your dx. Please read up A LOT on the evils of the cancer industry. They have a lot of tricks and horrible stuff going that are,me hen looked at properly, scams. They prey on your emotions and even more on the emotions of your loved ones.
I agree fully with you on medical care. It needs to go back to fee for service, with insurance only being for absolute calamities.
Research information INDEPENDENTLY of modern oncology on every choice they give you. Be fully informed. Know that they will NEVER push a wait and see or a natural alternative to their cogs. Know that 50% of immune-busting chemo given to breast cancer patients is not only unnecessary but actually harmful.
Don’t let them use your spouse and loved ones as a trick. That is where the docs spell out choices and always use the same theme as Hillary, “fighting.” And your loved ones will sob and say “We want to do EVERYTHING to save Kaslin!” It’s a trap.
Prayers up for you.
That’s one of my medical gripes as well—the engineered disconnect from the patients who would maybe contact their doctors, etc, without following the hierarchy, they cannot do so directly. My eye doc, however, gave me all his phone numbers and told me to call him anytime for whatever reason concerning my eyeball. Nice touch.
Really sorry to read this. I have always liked Stossel, even though we disagree on lots of things. Prayers for a complete recovery.
John, you should have found a way to go to the University of Virginia Medical Center.
First class from top to bottom.
My wife was in the ER, then ICU.
In the ER she was attended by three doctors and a horde of nurses.
As her problem was with her lungs she was attended by a pulmonary therapist every minute she was in the ER.
When she was sent to ICU she was seen by a team of three doctors, a pulmonary therapist and more nurses.
The nurses at ICU had no more than four patients to each two nurse team.
A nurse was checking on her personally every thirty minutes.
One of her doctors was with her enough that she was seen by one of the team five times each day.
Every single one of the doctors and nurses who tended her were heavily invested in her health because they CARED.
It wasn’t a job for them, it was a calling.
My son recently spent a few days at Johns Hopkins Hospital. I was floored by how responsive everyone was. Customer service was excellent.
Billing is a different story. We’ve found thousands of dollars in mistakes.
Stossel lives in Manhattan and that is like smoking a pack a day. Plus the whole place is saturated with pesticides - fighting cockroaches for decades leaves a lot of contamination
I was unconscious and on a ventilator for half of the first week. I spent the rest of the time trying to learn the names of the half dozen doctors working on my case.
I experienced just one unreasonable nurse during my stay. Everybody else was superb. I literally owe these people my life.