[Leica] My wife - thanks!

[sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)]

My only experiences with socialized medicine is at the U-S Veterans
system.   In my father's last years, and now with my father in law, the
care is excellent, and staff and volunteers were better than family.



On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 11:20 AM, FRANK DERNIE
<frank.dernie at btinternet.com>wrote:

> I am in the UK. I have travelled the world for work for 35 years. I have,
> thankfully, almost never needed medical care but in both France and the UK
> it has been satisfactory when needed.
> My mother needs medical help quite often and I always accompany her, since
> her memory is going. She is always kindly and patiently treated.
> My sixth grandchild was born last week in the John Radcliffe Infirmary in
> Oxford. I can't imagine anywhere has better care or more delightful
> midwives.
> The NHS is pretty good in my experience.
>
> I must say I have always been concerned to need medical care in the US. I
> don't doubt the quality of the care (should I?) but since it is a very
> profitable "industry" in the US the potential charges scare me sh*tless.
>
> Anyway, my present to me when I retired was a promise to never go to an
> airport again, so a moot point...
>
> FD
>
>
>
> >________________________________
> > From: Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
> >To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> >Sent: Sunday, 18 November 2012, 16:26
> >Subject: Re: [Leica] My wife - thanks!
> >
> >As a father of two children currently living in the UK, I can only say
> that our family's experience with the NHS has been uniformly positive. And
> if you think the US "free market" system does not ration care, you live in
> a dream world.
> >
> >Cheers,
> >Nathan
> >
> >Nathan Wajsman
> >Alicante, Spain
> >http://www.frozenlight.eu
> >http://www.greatpix.eu
> >PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> >Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/
> >
> >
> >YNWA
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >On Nov 18, 2012, at 4:25 PM, jon.streeter wrote:
> >
> >> Don't get me started on socialized medicine.  Britain stopped treating
> macular-degeneration patients a couple of years ago on the grounds that,
> well, it's incurable.  So let's forget about trying?  What's next?  Stop
> treating the elderly because they're going to die pretty soon anyway?
> >> Your hospital fired you:  was it something you said?
> >>
> >> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> >>
> >> ----- Reply message -----
> >> From: "scleroplex" <scleroplex at gmail.com>
> >> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Subject: [Leica] My wife - thanks!
> >> Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2012 5:35 am
> >>
> >>
> >> Dear Douglas,
> >> My best wishes to your wife and you.
> >>
> >> I am always sad to hear of missed diagnoses because imaging was not
> >> resorted to early on.
> >> It is an enduring fight with both insurance companies and socialists
> within
> >> medicine for whom
> >> the total cost to society outweighs any benefit to the individual.
> >>
> >> The socialists running the hospital which fired me 2 years ago has
> >> published numerous papers
> >> aiming to scare people away from imaging as well as defaming the
> intentions
> >> of doctors who order MRI scans.
> >> My takedown of their latest fraud is here -
> >> http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/6811713204/
> >>
> >> It is very sad that the two of you have been put into this spin cycle in
> >> the first place.
> >> Never ever ever give up and do remain aggressive.
> >>
> >> There are many breast cancer trials presently -
> >>
> http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=breast+cancer&recr=Open&rslt=&type=&cond=&intr=&outc=&spons=&lead=&id=&state1=&cntry1=&state2=&cntry2=&state3=&cntry3=&locn=&gndr=&rcv_s=&rcv_e=&lup_s=&lup_e=
> >> One can search by country as well.
> >>
> >> Enjoy every single day.
> >> Bharani
> >>
> >> Bharani Padmanabhan MD PhD
> >> Boston
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Message: 28
> >> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:18:37 -0000
> >> From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
> >> Subject: Re: [Leica] My wife - thanks!
> >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
> >> Message-ID: <A5AEAF67FE8B412A9E7E91A5FAB923BF at Family>
> >> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";
> >>        reply-type=original
> >>
> >> A very rough period for both of you, Gerry, I hope all goes well.
> >>
> >> My wife and I are spinning through the same rinse cycle in that
> particular
> >> hellish washing machine right now. G was diagnosed in the latter part of
> >> August - primary breast cancer with lots of secondary tumours in her
> bones.
> >> Missed by two doctors when she went to them about her bad back. Took a
> third
> >> visit and a demand for an MRI to determine the real problem. Specialist
> team
> >> are great though. However, no promise of cure either, but they're
> hoping it
> >> can be controlled. I could fill several pages on the various operations
> and
> >> hospital stays, but...
> >>
> >> Anyway she was released home yesterday three inches shorter than she
> used to
> >> be, but hopefully things will pick up from now on.
> >>
> >> Personally, photography has gone out the window in a blizzard of
> domestic
> >> duties. It's certainly an altered life.
> >>
> >> Douglas
> >>
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Sonny
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