Thread: Feel Good Christmas

Originally Posted by BULLITT

the physicians consulted are the authorities as to what is reasonable.

So, what you have in fact stated, is that the physicians found it REASONABLE for her to wait a year to get an MRI. They can't make a determination of what is wrong until after the MRI, so her living in pain for 365 days is reasonable.

Got it. Forgive me if I don't find a 12 month wait to even BEGIN diagnosis to be "reasonable". And I really don't care who tries to define a 12 month wait, in pain, as reasonable.

Also, notice that the physicians all said she needs the MRI to confirm. They didn't say jack-squat about the wait being REASONABLE, did they?

Originally Posted by BULLITT

But feel free to contact Health Canada and inform them of any magic you know of that can make better determinations, than 7-10 years (minimum) trained medical physicians.

Notice that those trained medical physicians can NOT make a determination until AFTER the MRI. Which, the point is, she can't get for 365 days. This isn't a knock on the doctors... this is a knock on the system that MAKES HER WAIT for a year before they can even start to comfirm what is wrong and provide treatment.

Originally Posted by BULLITT

Though, I'd guess if you really had viable information on that, you would likely be a Nobel Prize laureate in Medicine, a multi-billionaire with the related patents, and equally likely not wasting your valuable expertise and time, on a sports board.

Or maybe... just maybe... I actually LIVE in a country where socialized medicine is the norm and have been exposed to lengthy waits to obtain care, which is often driven more by cost than need. No... that couldn't be it. Could it?

No... you're absolutely right. The only person who should have an opinion on that, much less a "viable" opinion, are Nobel Prize Laureates and uber rich inventors with patents.

Originally Posted by BULLITT

Save the slag about a nation's social policies without knowing the details for yourself. Soundbites and misleading editorials from Rupert Murdoch media outlets, are not in fact informative.

How 'bout having lived within that type of system for 25+ years? Does THAT count for anything, or do you have any actual... you know... "viable" points?

Notice that she found relief AND treatment because of act(s) of charity, and NOT because of that countries social policies.

There's your happy, good feel, Christmas story. When the government and it's policy failed, an singular act of charity started the ball rolling.