[Leica] My wife - thanks!

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

Thanks to everybody for their help and best wishes. Hopefully there will be 
positive outcomes for both my wife and Gerry's.

When everything is clear, I'm going to buy myself the numberless M

Douglas
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Douglas Barry
Bray, Co. Wicklow
Republic of Ireland

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "scleroplex" <scleroplex at gmail.com>
To: <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2012 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] My wife - thanks!


> 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!
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> 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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