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7086. clydefo - 5/14/2007 9:26:00 PM If we stop little boys from playing with guns and other pretended violent games, where will we get the conditioned pool of teenagers to use as cannon fodder when we need them? 7087. robertjayb - 5/14/2007 10:56:27 PM Canadian Ian Welsh offers simple, but hard, solutions to U.S. problems: Hard and complicated aren't synonyms...(firedoglake)
...it's not complicated to fix US healthcare – just go to single payor, probably modeled after France or Germany (who do as well or better on practically every metric), and voila – no more uninsured, much fewer bankruptcies, improved competitiveness and 650 billion dollars in profit and administrative costs that could actually be used for productive enterprise. Hard, because a lot of people make a lot of money from the status quo. But not complicated.
7088. wonkers2 - 5/14/2007 11:58:04 PM He's right. And we already have a quite good single payer universal (for 65 and older)single payer plan that works very well for the most part. (Except for the prescription drug portion.)This plan could be extended incrementally in steps to other groups such as all children, all pregnant women, all unemployed, and so forth until everbody was covered. 7089. arkymalarky - 5/15/2007 3:31:43 AM And he's right that it would save money over the current system. Exchange students are always appalled at our health care system here, especially in light of the fact that we have such excellent resources. 7090. arkymalarky - 5/15/2007 10:39:14 PM Well, got my results back and she doubled my dosage of thyroid medicine. 7091. judithathome - 5/16/2007 7:57:05 PM So today I got my eyes examined and though my prescription changed very little, I mentioned to the doctor that I have a weird little light flashing "parenthesis" on the left side of my right eye. Not constant but enough to scare me when it happens.
So he said I might have a slight separation or tearing of my retina...he referred me to a retinolgist...anyone ever had any dealings with one of those? 7092. judithathome - 5/16/2007 7:57:47 PM On the diet front, I've lost 5 pounds thus far. 7093. wonkers2 - 5/16/2007 10:19:43 PM Judith, here's a poem about retinal tears. I suspect the author could tell you about his experience. Eyeballs 7094. judithathome - 5/16/2007 10:40:41 PM Arrrgh. 7095. robertjayb - 5/16/2007 10:45:05 PM I am intrigued by this article in the Houston Chronicle sports section. Had I read it in the health or lifestyle pages I would have dismissed it as hype. It seems authentic. As a geezer with gait, balance, and back pain problems, I am wondering if Dr. Patterson accepts civilian patients as well as athletes. Wizard therapist and "Synergy Release"
Anyone heard of such healers?
7096. arkymalarky - 5/16/2007 11:25:27 PM I've heard of that type of thing, but I don't remember where. It does sound like at least it couldn't hurt (though I imagine it costs plenty). 7097. arkymalarky - 5/16/2007 11:29:34 PM Judith, I have similar visual incidents occur before migraines. I also had one eye dilate once, which can indicate a retina issue and I was sent to an opthamologist and a neurologist. An opthamologist should be able to tell you if you have a retina problem. 7098. judithathome - 5/16/2007 11:58:16 PM The guys he recommended are opthamologists that specialize in retinal problems. I'm going to talk to my regular doc tomorrow (he has to give me the referral) and see what he says.
Tis is different from the migrane flares. It's a constant, lasting for days with no head pain at all. 7099. wonkers2 - 5/17/2007 12:11:07 AM Judith, the poem was written by my brother who had a detached retina which was successfully re-attached, as I recall, with laser surgery. A modern medical miracle. 7100. arkymalarky - 5/17/2007 1:10:39 AM My neighbor at work (the math teacher next door) had two detached retinae that he's had surgeries for, but he still has a lot of eye problems. He's not very healthy in general, though. 7101. arkymalarky - 5/17/2007 1:43:37 AM In the Cafe, and maybe here, a while back, we were talking about doctors' names. This was on MSNBC's site:
The herpes family of viruses can have a surprising upside — it can protect against the bubonic plague and other bacterial contagions, at least in mice.
Research into whether a similar mechanism applies to humans and other mammalian hosts should be conducted, said viral immunologist Skip Virgin at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. "There may be symbiotic advantages to chronic infections with these viruses." 7102. judithathome - 5/17/2007 4:25:47 AM Wonkers, the poem was great and good on your bother for coming out fine...it just scared me a bit. 7103. wonkers2 - 5/17/2007 12:40:29 PM Scary topic. He said he'd be happy to talk to you about his experience if you have any questions after seeing the specialists. 860-651-3054 (Tom) 7104. thoughtful - 5/17/2007 1:39:46 PM I never complain about posts, but I strongly suggest the phone number be removed. Better sent in a private e-mail to judithah, or if she's already got it, the post should be removed...just not a safe practice, even in our corner of the internet. 7105. thoughtful - 5/17/2007 3:00:15 PM Judithah, detached retinas ain't fun. I hope it's not serious and that the doc can fix you up.
Hubby had a different retinal issue...fluid built up behind it making the surface 'wrinkled'. There was nothing to be done and fortunately it went away by itself.
I hope yours is as benign an issue as his was.
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