eilen
(1000+ posts)
Send PM |
Profile |
Ignore
|
Sun Jul-24-11 05:20 AM
Response to Reply #8 |
| 16. I am amazed at the overuse of statins |
|
I see so many women on them. There is no evidence that statins prevent heart attack in women. It is shocking.
|
| -The Dying Woman in the Bed With the Brand New Hip |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-24-11 01:17 AM |
#0 |
 -
Or how's about a pap smear for an 80 year old woman. |
dkf |
Jul-24-11 01:29 AM |
#1 |
 -
A pap smear is not major surgery. Was there a reason for the hip replacement? Was the hip broken, |
still_one |
Jul-24-11 01:46 AM |
#3 |
| -
The pap smear was one of 26 tests done on a dying woman in the last 2 months |
dkf |
Jul-24-11 02:03 AM |
#6 |
| -
last chance to get her medicare/supp insurance beneies in their pocket so they ramp it up |
lunasun |
Jul-24-11 11:02 AM |
#21 |
| -
Were they looking for a cause, perhaps cancer, that was killing her yet treatable? |
uppityperson |
Jul-24-11 12:04 PM |
#25 |
 -
I was on a different wave length, I thought you were referring generically not this particular case |
still_one |
Jul-24-11 06:07 PM |
#41 |
| -
Really |
Smilo |
Jul-24-11 01:05 PM |
#26 |
| -
Exactly. I and my daughter both have a medical health insurance |
jwirr |
Jul-24-11 01:47 PM |
#29 |
| -
Assisted Suicide should |
femrap |
Jul-24-11 07:54 PM |
#43 |
| -
i agree. nt |
DesertFlower |
Jul-25-11 01:36 PM |
#47 |
| -
Or was the hip severely arthritic and causin her pain? |
Warpy |
Jul-24-11 07:35 PM |
#42 |
| -
I would think well-managed pain medication would be preferable to major surgery |
NickB79 |
Jul-26-11 12:57 PM |
#49 |
| -
Well, we don't actually know from this article whether the hip was broken |
Warpy |
Jul-27-11 01:08 PM |
#51 |
| -
Actually if the 80 year old woman is still in good health then a |
Philippine expat |
Jul-27-11 12:09 AM |
#50 |
| -
Link please???? Where did you find this??? |
SoCalDemGrrl |
Jul-24-11 01:45 AM |
#2 |
| -
Or all of the good persons who think it their spiritual duty to bring candy to the Elderly. |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 01:55 AM |
#4 |
| -
I'm glad my grandma spent the last years of her life with my aunt rather than in a nursing home. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-24-11 02:22 PM |
#34 |
| -
That didn't work out for my Dad. We started getting it right for Mom, but not without |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:41 PM |
#36 |
| -
medical industrial complex. |
pansypoo53219 |
Jul-24-11 02:02 AM |
#5 |
| -
another truthful and sometimes |
handmade34 |
Jul-24-11 02:16 AM |
#7 |
| -
My Dad has dementia. Bad. |
arikara |
Jul-24-11 02:19 AM |
#8 |
| -
My sisters had to do WAR over my mother's meds for 15 years. Luckily we have nurses in the family, |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:24 AM |
#10 |
| -
I am amazed at the overuse of statins |
eilen |
Jul-24-11 05:20 AM |
#16 |
| -
I suffered along with my mother through her dementia and in the end |
jwirr |
Jul-24-11 01:58 PM |
#30 |
| -
Or how it can be assumed that a person who has just been diagnosed with Dementia, which is very |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:21 AM |
#9 |
| -
cha ching |
grovernerdquist |
Jul-24-11 02:29 AM |
#11 |
| -
Well, they ARE protecting themselves from law suits too, right? But the problem with the remedy to |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:35 AM |
#12 |
| -
P.S. Good screen-name!! & Welcome! |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:39 AM |
#13 |
| -
My daughter told me that if you do not have your living will handy |
jwirr |
Jul-24-11 02:11 PM |
#31 |
| -
Is this pro-cutting social benefits propaganda? nt |
ZombieHorde |
Jul-24-11 02:44 AM |
#14 |
| -
Depends |
Chan790 |
Jul-24-11 11:13 AM |
#22 |
| -
I don't think imaginary women are best measuring sticks we have. |
ZombieHorde |
Jul-24-11 11:24 AM |
#23 |
| -
THe op does not say |
Mojorabbit |
Jul-24-11 01:44 PM |
#28 |
| -
Medicare fucking NEEDS Reform. nt |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:22 PM |
#33 |
| -
welcome. |
grovernerdquist |
Jul-24-11 02:49 AM |
#15 |
| -
Things like this happen to those on private health ins., too. |
Ineeda |
Jul-24-11 06:28 AM |
#17 |
| -
More likely the "belief" was a convenient excuse |
arikara |
Jul-24-11 01:21 PM |
#27 |
| -
THAT's one of the weird ass things about it re the care of the Elderly!! Money does NOT necessarily |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 02:35 PM |
#35 |
| -
The Surgeon should be sued.... |
Danchi |
Jul-24-11 07:32 AM |
#18 |
| -
+1. |
bemildred |
Jul-24-11 07:58 AM |
#19 |
| -
Hey, don't diss Eastern Europe |
izquierdista |
Jul-24-11 08:11 AM |
#20 |
| -
Huge K&R |
secondwind |
Jul-24-11 11:45 AM |
#24 |
| -
Shit like this would not happen if we had a system likie Canada's. |
Odin2005 |
Jul-24-11 02:13 PM |
#32 |
| -
After passage of the ACA, Bernie Sanders, discussing the coming Medicare Reform, said |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 04:17 PM |
#37 |
| -
And the reason they're going to fight Medicare Reform tooth & nail is that a reformed, more efficien |
patrice |
Jul-24-11 04:22 PM |
#38 |
| -
In Canada, however, .... |
murphyj87 |
Jul-27-11 08:41 PM |
#52 |
| -
Just want to clarify one thing. This is NOT about Social Security cuts. It's about universal health |
McCamy Taylor |
Jul-24-11 04:40 PM |
#39 |
| -
BINGO! |
Odin2005 |
Jul-24-11 05:48 PM |
#40 |
| -
I've heard sometimes it is a pacemaker they install just to |
demigoddess |
Jul-24-11 09:39 PM |
#44 |
| -
Sorry, but does the bed have a brand new hip? |
Shanti Mama |
Jul-25-11 01:16 AM |
#45 |
| -
and we wonder why medicare is in trouble. |
DesertFlower |
Jul-25-11 01:34 PM |
#46 |
| -
Yet, If Medicare had denied the procedure, people would scream about the unfair "rationing." |
Hoyt |
Jul-25-11 03:33 PM |
#48 |
| -
There are also welfare queens who drive Cadillacs. |
trotsky |
Jul-28-11 06:24 AM |
#53 |
Printer-friendly format
Email this thread to a friend
Bookmark this thread