tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432213301937325034.post3263752766491994490..comments2023-04-08T02:16:52.207-07:00Comments on .......Life Is Curious: Why didn't the doctors help?????Alyce IsCurioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16868791588301673525noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432213301937325034.post-78292458751872234662012-02-01T23:04:29.879-08:002012-02-01T23:04:29.879-08:00All great questions, Harrison is such a smart litt...All great questions, Harrison is such a smart little boy. It is amazing that in the richest country in the world they still haven't figured out a cure for cancer. I agree with Michael that they don't care, politicians in general don't care, the all mighty dollar is all that matters, the bottom line, profits! It sucks, I personally know several people with cancer, some cancers I have never even heard of like blood cancer....who would have ever thought, blood cancer??? But I work with someone that has it, and another that has pancreatic cancer, and yet another that has skin cancer, and a close acquaintance that has cervical cancer....it's like there’s something in the air, one in 3 people that I talk to either has cancer or knows someone with cancer. It’s just crazy how so many people are affected by this horrible illness and how many families are torn apart by cancer, not only emotionally but also financially. Most people are not diagnosed until it’s too late to do anything about it, not because they were negligent with their own health but because the doctors they entrust with their health are “practicing medicine”, and then there are those that are diagnosed early enough and don’t have a cure so they are left to wait for a cure all the while depleting their savings and losing their homes or worst - die. I so wish that things could have been different for your family, that the trials had worked for Eric, so that you wouldn’t have to raise the kids by yourself and you didn’t have to answer questions like “Why didn't the doctors help?????”.Tatianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11003578900854679146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2432213301937325034.post-48866779226107127432012-01-31T13:32:23.535-08:002012-01-31T13:32:23.535-08:00Yeah....I'm rowing in the same boat. The syste...Yeah....I'm rowing in the same boat. The system has failed,hasn't it? My wife's doctor spent two months passing her along from doctor to doctor...until she landed in the hospital with a 103 degree fever. Instead of looking at the most serious illnesses,they decided the cure was to remove her gall bladder after 3 days.<br /> Then we waited for another 6 weeks for her to heal up enough in order to get back on the merry=go-round. It wasn't until she developed yet another fever that we found a doctor who did a D&C and spotted her cancer. <br /> What normally was a cancer with a 87% long term survival rate has turned into a Twilight Zone of unknowns...of 6,000.00 PET scans that her insurance didn't want to pay and that we couldn't afford not to have...<br />Here we are,out of our first cycle of chemo/radiation and who knows whats coming next.<br /> And yet the fucking teapublicans are raging against any kind of healthcare reform,of trying to lower medical costs on tests and medicines. People like Newt and Romney could give a rat's ass about us,Alyce. They don't CARE that Eric died or my wife could be next. They are only trying to protect their bank accounts. And the doctors,I have my serious doubts as well...for every ONE miracle worker there are 49 money hungry assholes who look to drive up their profits and buy those country club memberships...<br />Its enough to break your heart,isn't it?<br />But don't let it....please,don't let this break your spirit. You are not alone in raging against the machine.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07693363377165104814noreply@blogger.com