tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post5705088981521407850..comments2024-02-12T05:30:13.488-05:00Comments on Fanatic Cook: Too Many Medical TestsBixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-57906952449179005752011-09-19T13:30:20.669-04:002011-09-19T13:30:20.669-04:00Aw, nice of you, Melinda. But my shoulders are ok...Aw, nice of you, Melinda. But my shoulders are okay. It was just an example.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-20143396922575481892011-09-19T13:02:15.712-04:002011-09-19T13:02:15.712-04:00Sorry to hear about your shoulder! Hope it feels ...Sorry to hear about your shoulder! Hope it feels better.Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-86014970061371157632011-09-18T15:11:53.047-04:002011-09-18T15:11:53.047-04:00I thought about your father.
The thing is, of cou...I thought about your father.<br /><br />The thing is, of course older people are going to have things go wrong. But what is normal and what is a problem? I'm resistant to making any complaint lest it end up with lab work and x-rays. And I may just have pulled my shoulder!<br /><br />There's a really great list of clinical practice errors I saw recently by the old editor of JAMA, Dr. Lundberg. I'll post it if I can find it. He addresses just this point.Bixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06263963508785739508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-73162658673520563312011-09-18T14:40:07.305-04:002011-09-18T14:40:07.305-04:00Not to keep beating the same drum, but too many me...Not to keep beating the same drum, but too many medical tests (done b/c the patient, my Dad, had good federal Blue Cross insurance) killed him--my Dad, that is. And they kept him hospitalized for a month (guess what, he got C-diff). I kept trying to spring him outta there, but they kept saying "one more test." He died the day before he was scheduled for release. It broke his heart, literally, and it broke my emotionally. I have NO PATIENCE w/ most docs and most hospitals.Angela and Melindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01595787896658046091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8472697.post-30088408743506175282011-09-14T14:34:41.326-04:002011-09-14T14:34:41.326-04:00I am 76 and in excellent health. I just refused t...I am 76 and in excellent health. I just refused to schedule a colonoscopy because the one I had 5 years ago found nothing. I had a mammogram a couple of weeks ago (last one in 2007) negative - all my mammograms over the past 30+ years have been negative. My last pap exam was 4 years ago -negative - every one in the past has been negative.<br />I do not plan to have any of the above tests again unless some physical symptom appears. Given the longevity in my family - I could live another 15-25 years. I might develop something - but I will let the symptoms appear rather than submit to expensive screening exams.<br />We spend entirely too much money screening older people for diseases for which they have no symptoms. When symptoms appear - then look for the cause - and stop looking for needles in a haystack.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com