tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post1644903602142260193..comments2024-03-14T11:09:32.759-05:00Comments on Falkenblog: Missed DiagnosisEric Falkensteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07243687157322033496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-46844258797090718852008-05-19T10:32:00.000-05:002008-05-19T10:32:00.000-05:00My sister and family recently moved to the Rep. of...My sister and family recently moved to the Rep. of Ireland from the US and my 7 year old nephew caught a throat infection. The local doctor said it was serious enough to need to see a specialist so he scheduled an appointment for...(drum roll), next September! <BR/><BR/>Poor kid called my daughter the other day to sing her happy birthday. He could barely do it.<BR/><BR/>May I compliment you on your measured tone in what seems like a living nightmare. I frequent this blog regularly. Thanks for your great posts.FrankNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09835489382866504504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-35611595272003209142008-05-14T11:52:00.000-05:002008-05-14T11:52:00.000-05:00I don't think that's an obscure injury. We spend ...I don't think that's an obscure injury. We spend something like 14% of GDP on healthcare, much more than any other country. How come stuff like this goes on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-9649454904421772232008-05-12T20:36:00.000-05:002008-05-12T20:36:00.000-05:00Move to Canada, so ye can be free!Move to Canada, so ye can be free!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7905515.post-78223221418208080402008-05-12T20:31:00.000-05:002008-05-12T20:31:00.000-05:00(1) It is shocking how often you hear stories like...(1) It is shocking how often you hear stories like this: longstanding medical problem that no doctor can figure out, went to X doctors over a period of Y years, finally a doc figured it out, and it's quite straightfoward to treat. I can think of like 10 examples off the top of my head: my grandmother's Lyme disease, my friend's (baseball sized) nasal tumor, my friend's gluten allergy, etc. Medicine has a long way to go.<BR/><BR/>(2) Scientists don't go to chiropractors! (Although maybe no one is claiming that finance is a science...) At least you had the good sense enough not to get sucked in.<BR/><BR/>(3) Be careful with your liver. Daily 400 mg ibuprofen will do more damage than one daily beer.\Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com