[Leica] My wife - thanks!

[photo at frozenlight.eu (Nathan Wajsman)]

As a father of two children currently living in the UK, I can only say that 
our family's experience with the NHS has been uniformly positive. And if you 
think the US "free market" system does not ration care, you live in a dream 
world.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman
Alicante, Spain
http://www.frozenlight.eu
http://www.greatpix.eu
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Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/


YNWA




On Nov 18, 2012, at 4:25 PM, jon.streeter wrote:

> Don't get me started on socialized medicine.  Britain stopped treating 
> macular-degeneration patients a couple of years ago on the grounds that, 
> well, it's incurable.  So let's forget about trying?  What's next?  Stop 
> treating the elderly because they're going to die pretty soon anyway?  
> Your hospital fired you:  was it something you said? 
> 
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
> 
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "scleroplex" <scleroplex at gmail.com>
> To: <lug at leica-users.org>
> Subject: [Leica] My wife - thanks!
> Date: Sun, Nov 18, 2012 5:35 am
> 
> 
> Dear Douglas,
> My best wishes to your wife and you.
> 
> I am always sad to hear of missed diagnoses because imaging was not
> resorted to early on.
> It is an enduring fight with both insurance companies and socialists within
> medicine for whom
> the total cost to society outweighs any benefit to the individual.
> 
> The socialists running the hospital which fired me 2 years ago has
> published numerous papers
> aiming to scare people away from imaging as well as defaming the intentions
> of doctors who order MRI scans.
> My takedown of their latest fraud is here -
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/scleroplex/6811713204/
> 
> It is very sad that the two of you have been put into this spin cycle in
> the first place.
> Never ever ever give up and do remain aggressive.
> 
> There are many breast cancer trials presently -
> http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/results?term=breast+cancer&recr=Open&rslt=&type=&cond=&intr=&outc=&spons=&lead=&id=&state1=&cntry1=&state2=&cntry2=&state3=&cntry3=&locn=&gndr=&rcv_s=&rcv_e=&lup_s=&lup_e=
> One can search by country as well.
> 
> Enjoy every single day.
> Bharani
> 
> Bharani Padmanabhan MD PhD
> Boston
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Message: 28
> Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 01:18:37 -0000
> From: "Douglas Barry" <imra at iol.ie>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] My wife - thanks!
> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
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> 
> A very rough period for both of you, Gerry, I hope all goes well.
> 
> My wife and I are spinning through the same rinse cycle in that particular
> hellish washing machine right now. G was diagnosed in the latter part of
> August - primary breast cancer with lots of secondary tumours in her bones.
> Missed by two doctors when she went to them about her bad back. Took a 
> third
> visit and a demand for an MRI to determine the real problem. Specialist 
> team
> are great though. However, no promise of cure either, but they're hoping it
> can be controlled. I could fill several pages on the various operations and
> hospital stays, but...
> 
> Anyway she was released home yesterday three inches shorter than she used 
> to
> be, but hopefully things will pick up from now on.
> 
> Personally, photography has gone out the window in a blizzard of domestic
> duties. It's certainly an altered life.
> 
> Douglas
> 
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