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6618. wonkers2 - 1/28/2006 7:14:58 AM For profit health care is just what it sounds like! And most of U.S. health care is of the for profit variety--for the profit of the drug companies, the medical equipment makers, the insurance companies and the doctors. Why it's so expensive is no mystery. Recent articles show that the money spent on our lawmakers at the federal and state levels is peanuts compared to what the drug and medical equipment makers shower on doctors in order to get them to prescribe or use their products. 6619. judithathome - 1/28/2006 8:09:20 AM compared to what the drug and medical equipment makers shower on doctors in order to get them to prescribe or use their products.
And every single drug rep I've seen is a leggy bleached blond with very expensive clothes and veneered teeth and they all seem to show up when it's time for my appointment with the doc. 6620. arkymalarky - 1/28/2006 7:43:08 PM Right Wonk. I try to explain that to people who want to privatize public schools. The first motive is profit, not educating kids, and it's actually more expensive with less benefit for teachers, even in private schools where the first priority is education rather than profit.
I think states should pass laws that drug reps aren't allowed to visit doctor's office during appointment hours. 6621. wonkers2 - 2/8/2006 5:24:25 PM Now they tell us!Here. 6622. thoughtful - 2/8/2006 9:29:19 PM Yup, just as I had learned from schwarzbein. The low-fat diet thing is a myth. The first study that put them onto it was a poorly designed study that included having people quit smoking in addition to following a low-fat diet. Results for whatever reason created this false paradigm that it was the diet that did it when in fact it was the smoking.
Latest thinking is that transfats are the bad fats and having a balance of fats in the diet is best including the omega-3s and 6s and 9s.
Also that the syndrome x including diabetes, high bp and abdominal fat is a result of excess carbs in the diet and the insulin rush that that requires.
So do the schwarzbein for best health: every meal consists of protein, carb, fat and nonstarchy vegetable. Drink lots of water. Moderate exercise. Sleep well and lower stress. Eat sufficient protein for your body (6-8 oz per day for women 8-12 oz per day for men) don't worry about fat as your body won't let you overeat it, and control the intake of carbs to control your weight. Opt for healthy carbs (from starchy vegetables, whole grains) over empty carbs (cakes and pies). Eat real food with minimal processing and without chemicals. Avoid alcohol and artificial sweeteners.
All pretty basic, sound advice. 6623. Ulgine Barrows - 3/3/2006 1:26:18 PM Moderation! 6624. anomie - 3/4/2006 11:56:37 AM IV sedation works well for dental work. I had been stressing about "going under" and getting a wisdom tooth and moler removed for about a month now. I had the fight or flight, or approach/avoidance turmoil going on right up to when they started the IV yesterday. But then I woke up and it was over. I had no awareness at all of what was going on or even of time passing. Residual pain is very mild and I can look forward to fewer head and ear aches. Best of all I can finally stop obsessing about the procedure. 6625. arkymalarky - 3/4/2006 6:47:21 PM I had an epidural for my hysterectomy last spring. I just couldn't get beyond being stressed about "going under" either. I wasn't even worried about the surgery, even though they had to do a cesarian-type incision. I hadn't been under anesthesia since I had my tonsils out when I was 8. 6626. wonkers2 - 3/4/2006 7:29:08 PM "The Health Care Crisis and How to Fix It" by Paul Krugman and Robin Wells in "The New York Review of Books," March 23, 2006 Here. 6627. anomie - 3/4/2006 8:25:48 PM Arky,
Most of my anxiety was caused by thinking about what they would actually be doing while I was out, amd worse, what if I woke up in the middle of it. 6628. wonkers2 - 3/4/2006 8:29:36 PM One of my best friends had a quintuple bypass yesterday. During the several days when he was in the hospital before the surgery they put him on Xanax to reduce his anxiety. 6629. anomie - 3/4/2006 8:32:40 PM We'd better fix the health care system before the economy makes the choices for us.
Some people piss me off. I met a guy while traveling once - right wing, etc - who boasted about how he payed his own way for health care and everything else and didn't need ANY help from the government. I asked him how much he paid to prevent himself from getting polio and smallpox, and how much for his doctor's education. I don't think he got the point. 6630. arkymalarky - 3/4/2006 11:02:40 PM Wonk, I do that for mammograms every year. I've had several abnormal ones, and though all have been fine, I get increasingly stressed about them from one year to the next.
6631. arkymalarky - 3/4/2006 11:04:16 PM I did for the week or two before my surgery last spring too, come to think of it. 6632. wonkers2 - 3/4/2006 11:37:52 PM Cap'n Dirty sez, "I can't handle more'n two abnormal ones!" 6633. anomie - 3/5/2006 12:16:22 AM I've used Valium for other dentist visits, but this guy said he wanted my system clean for the IV. Just as well too as long as you can get yourself to the office and in the chair. 6634. judithathome - 3/5/2006 3:13:26 AM Well, I know exactly what that stress is like, Arky...I read the MRI report yesterday when I picked it up to take to the specialist next Thursday.
Now, I know doctors and those who read MRIs and X-rays have to cover their asses these days...I know that intellectually but emotionally, that all goes out the window when you see words like "malignant" and "metastasis" and "cannot be ruled out at this time". It's one thing to know they have to put that in there to avoid liability but it's a whole 'nother thing to be hurting like bloody hell for almost 4 weeks and taking vicodan like it was candy and reading those words. 6635. arkymalarky - 3/5/2006 4:17:39 AM I really hope Thursday comes quickly for you and you get a good report, Judith. 6636. SnowOwl - 3/5/2006 5:10:32 AM Shit,Judith. I don't know what to say excpet good luck for Thursday. 6637. woden - 3/5/2006 5:15:56 AM Judith, I'm hoping for the best for you.
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