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11/19/09
Don't make me have to go back for every appointment until she's 50. I only have the one sister, and I am lucky to have such a sweet one. She, on the other hand, is happy that I am a loud bitch when it comes to our health.
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It's not as simple as "better safe than sorry;" more medicine isn't always better. I don't have the expertise to dig into their methodology completely, but they seem to have been pretty specific in their findings about who this applies to and who it doesn't.
11/19/09
She also said that when you look at survival rates after detection and treatment, there is some evidence suggesting that the reason the number of years of survival is higher for women in their 40's is because they are in their 40's and therefore there are all those years of recovery between when it was discovered and when it would have been discovered if they didn't have a mammogram until their 50's. This is because many cancers detected when women are in their 40's grow so slow that they are still treatable 5 or more years later.
Of course, she also said there are women whose lives have been saved or extended by early detection of aggressive cancers.
To me, this is what you have to balance. It is not just money and there are health risks either way.
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Medicine is a science, but also an art - the art is taking the science and applying it to the community you serve and the individual in front of you.
11/19/09
The bottom line to me is we need more research. If there are some breast cancers that actually reverse and go away on their own, perhaps we can learn from them less harmful ways to eradicate the cancer.
11/19/09
#tips
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Also, this is going to be the nail in the coffin for health care insurance reform, from what it seems. It's only a matter of time before this gets truncated into a right wing talking point. I mean, don't we recall what they did about the "old people" killing meme?
[www.rightactionforwomen.org]
11/19/09
On NPR yesterday there was a story about how in Japan, MRIs cost about $160.00. Here? 10 times that, if not more. It's ridiculous.
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The breast cancer fuck up will be the end of the health care mess. It'll fizzle or die because the president and Congress are taking way too long and continue to make stupid, unnecessary findings like this commission. The timing of this whole mess just seems...opportune?
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Unless they're Democrats, in which case, hard proof isn't remotely enough.
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I love how it involves everyone from custodial staff to doctors.
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Basically, my understanding of her position is that she thinks that people ought to be encouraged to ideally (a) make wills, so that their estates are awarded according to their express wishes, or, failing that (b) get married or form a civil partnership, which has benefits for society. Just cohabiting with someone ought not be enough to have the estate awarded to that person, as opposed to their children, siblings or parents, absent their express wishes as set out in a will.
The lesson here is for everyone to please, please please make a will. Your assets will need to be divided no matter how small your estate is, and the legal bills will be more if you do not have a will.
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-Reliving your horrible life on earth!
-Being reminded of how pathetic you are!
-Seeing the consequences of your actions firsthand!
-Thinking about what you did!
-Ultimately realizing that your existence was a sad and pitiful one!
And that's not all! If you continue to behave in such a way, you'll get all of these wonderful accommodations for... ETERNITY!