Cooperating In Our Health Care
Funny thing pain, if you’ve never had a severe pain then the suggestion of taking simple analgesia and resting the affected area all seems quite reasonable. I was reminded of this when I read recently of a doctor’s advice to someone who was suffering from sciatica. Having personally experienced sciatica, it’s a condition I would not recommend to anyone who wishes to walk, sit, laugh, sleep, or to just simply pull up your trousers. It’s a bit like a dentist drilling your teeth without an anaesthetic, but it affects your whole leg. In other words the pain is consuming, exhausting and without respite. Clinical studies do show that in the majority of cases the pain will eventually subside and surgery may not be necessary, but in the meantime the patient has to deal with the pain or deal with the medication required to dull the pain. Remember, pain-killers are not selective to the area affected. They affect the whole of the nervous system and elsewhere so there may be significant side-effects from these medications.
Dealing with severe pain can be a complex issue, but I suggest that you have to treat this sort of pain fairly aggressively as acute severe pain is relatively easier to treat than chronic severe pain. In the early stages of an injury or insult to an area of the body, most of the pathological processes are happening at the site of the injury or insult. Throughout time the brain begins to modulate this pain and so no only do you have the injured area to deal with, but you also have complex neural pathways within the brain to deal with as well. This often means a far more complex management plan and a far more protracted recovery time. Specialists are very skilled at dealing with these issues but they do rely heavily on the stories their patients give them. That means being honest in answering their questions and not being heroic with a grin and bear it grimace! Often the use of a pain scale is helpful with zero being no pain at all and a 10 being the worse pain you have ever experienced.
Another health issue we commonly down play is influenza. Over the years I have frequently heard people say that they would not have the flu vaccine because either they never get the flu or that they had it last week for a couple of days and then it was all over! Influenza is a serious debilitating disease that will usually last from 10 days to two weeks and often leave you flat on your back exhausted. It’s not a happy 10 days either as patients do not have the energy to read a magazine or even watch a DVD. You will literally feel ancient with every movement being a real challenge and that doesn’t include the aching all over or the fevers and sleepless nights. The influenza virus is also extremely contagious and most people are unaware that if you spread it to someone who is more frail than yourself that you may actually be putting their life at risk.
With the ‘flu the big challenge is to vaccinate as many people in the community as possible, including children, those employed and unemployed, the elderly and the infirm, to reduce the chance of an epidemic occurring. Recent research has also showed that vaccinating pregnant women in the last trimester of their pregnancy will help protect their new born infants born during the ‘flu season.
Medicine has evolved over the last 40 years, but the change has been fairly slow with doctors by nature being very cautious and conservative people. But we can’t leave the doctors to take all the initiatives. As patients we need to be good listeners in our approach to health by heeding all the great health messages that keep being given to us about vaccinations, smoking, alcohol, exercise and healthy eating. We also need to be good communicators and tell our doctors how we are feeling with conditions such as pain. If the team treating you doesn’t have the best information then it may be that you will not end up getting the best treatment!
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August 18th, 2010 at 4:09 amYes I believe it is.
August 18th, 2010 at 4:32 amozzum pozzum type of awesome
August 18th, 2010 at 4:59 amb/c then things might get fixed and people will be getting alone, and they wont get paid as much!
August 18th, 2010 at 5:09 am@birinbirinbirin lulz
August 18th, 2010 at 3:09 pmOK- first take a breath.
Now, focus. If you want to change anything in a divorce decree, formally, it must go before the Court. I realize it says you have the final decision, but you must realize that that does NOT mean you have the authority to override the Court's decision (i.e. visitation days). You have the final decision in reference to anything NOT addressed by the Court, or guided by the statutes of the state in which you reside. So, to answer your question, no, you cannot. And just because he doesn't follow the Court orders, doesn't mean that you can circumvent them, too. If he isn't following the current orders, and you want him to do so, OR if you want to change the orders altogether, you are going to have to go to court to make it enforceable.
Having said that, off the record, and please don't take offense, your behavior in the relationship is contributing significantly to the issues with your ex and your daughter. In Court one day, on an entirely different matter, I heard a judge admonish a man who was brought to court by his ex over their child, and as he is sitting on the opposite side of the courtroom, with his arm around a woman, the judge advised him "Do not bring your present to deal with your past." And in family court, I don't think better advice has ever been given. A majority of the problems couples, or former couples, have spring from their new relationships colliding with their old relationship. What does this have to do with you? WHY would you tell your ex that your fiance will be picking the child up- when he gets a car- so, not even now- some unknown time in the future- but this is going to happen? It wasn't necessary to tell him that- it isn't like a situation wherein you were sick or something happened and your fiance was going to pick her up at that time because you were unable to do so. No- you just had to throw it out there (who knows?? by the time your fiance gets a car- he might not be your fiance anymore- no one can predict the future) now to aggravate him and exacerbate the situation. Honestly, if an ex called me and said that at some time down the road, they would be doing something that would aggravate the hell out of me, but it had no relevance at present, I would hang up on them, too.You are just as guilty as he is here.
ADD: Oh, I'm sorry- maybe if you would just calm down and read what is written, instead of getting 7 different kinds of hysterical, you would have understood that the answer is no- not if he isn't going to agree to it. And since he isn't going to agree to it, you will have to go to court to have it approved.
And, no one said you "couldn't" have your fiance pick up your daughter- but right now, considering the fact that he doesn't even have a car at this point, there was no reason to bring it up to your ex- except, as I said, to aggravate him.
Finally, I would be remiss if I didn't take notice of the fact that you seem to think that a good course of action to take at this point, considering the situation concerning your daughter, is to have another child- with some car-less individual who, down the road, will probably hang up on you, too.
August 18th, 2010 at 9:30 pmThis is a government "for the people, by the people". We enable them, if they take advantage of us, our inaction and indifference is enabling them. If we are unhappy with our government it is our responsibility to do something about it, to change it.
Yes, the government should care about its people. In the 21st century, in "the greatest country in the world" its a pretty sad state of affairs if you even have to ask that question.
"Let freedom ring with a shotgun blast" !
August 18th, 2010 at 10:54 pmhaha rocket man!
August 18th, 2010 at 10:55 pm@birinbirinbirin lulz
August 18th, 2010 at 11:18 pmAugust 18th, 2010 at 11:29 pm
August 19th, 2010 at 3:05 pm
Can I ask you what they said after the 6 weeks child development assessment?
Are you waiting for a diagnoses?
Because so far what you wrote is very similar to what we went through but our health center is brilliant.
My son was not talking at age 2 so he was seen by the speech therapist and from there we did the 6 weeks child development assessment and based on this he got the diagnoses of Autism at age 3.
Your son is not at all too young to be diagnosed! Go with your instincts and push them a bit if you are not satisfied with the level of service you are receiving! Let your voice to be heard, you are the mother you know your child best.
About the makaton, it can be very useful, ask the health center if they run any course where you can learn the signs, there are also books and videos available.
What you can also try and will probably work best for your son is the PECS which is comminicating with the help of pictures, here a link to see how it works
http://www.autism.org.uk/picturesymbols
and here is an example
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AUTISM-SENSORY-DOWNS-144-PECS-BLACK-COMMUNICATION-BOOK_W0QQitemZ120536640085QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Toys_Creative_Educational_RL?hash=item1c108b2a55
If you need anything please feel free to mail me
August 19th, 2010 at 8:28 pmShoot. Mexico's president is so against the Arizona law, maybe we should just copy his laws.
August 19th, 2010 at 9:07 pm# 37!
August 20th, 2010 at 1:31 amThe question is fine for this category but amazingly turned into a political rant which does not belong in this category. This is further evidenced by the answers it has spurned. This is hardly "Civic Participation".
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August 20th, 2010 at 7:13 am@Jazza12319
August 20th, 2010 at 12:17 pmbut the landing?
August 20th, 2010 at 7:57 pm@Xaymot i start with the top slice, i make my way to the horse-meat and or goat cheese, i finish it off in grand fashion with nothing other but the bottom slice.
August 21st, 2010 at 7:41 am