Sicko: A Video Response From A Bypass And Cancer Survivor
Sicko: A Video Response From A Bypass And Cancer Survivor about how women are treated in the health care indusy and how cancer patients are treated in the health care industry.
Channel: People
Uploaded: June 19, 2007 at 8:31 pm
Author: GoldenMetalRaven
Length: 00:05:36
Rating: 4.71
Views: 3842
Tags: michael cancer bypass moore karen sicko
Video Comments:
storsve123 (November 23, 2007 at 11:11 am)
It's scary to hear all these stories about the bad health care in the US! I live in Norway, and the conditions here are way better. We have free health care, free dentist to the age of 18, and if you get disabled or are born disabled the government will buy you a high tech car so you can get around! In addition to all the other equipment you'll get. And cancer patients are treated VERY seriously! And of course you don't have to pay for any examinations/treatment! :)
wtfomfg27 (July 26, 2007 at 8:15 pm)
She was a habitual visitor drug addict. Read the rest of the story. She killed herself by constantly being on drugs. Could the dr's have done something? Maybe. But crying wolf every time you OD on street drugs doesn't make a dr too happy.
jeywolf (July 4, 2007 at 11:18 am)
When I was a woman, I was told that I should take zoloft for premenstrual asthma attacks.
sbrownn7 (June 30, 2007 at 4:45 pm)
i am very sorry for your illness experiences. my wife has metestatic breast cancer, took zometa for over 4 years and now she has dead jaw. solid food for her, is now a delight of the past. thank god for ensure and ice cream. i do not know how much time she has left but constant pain is her hourly companion. our healthcare experience has been a nightmare.
12tamoxi (June 26, 2007 at 3:27 pm)
I don't expect surgeons to administer chemo--any more than I expect my cardiac surgeon to handle follow-up preventive cardiology visits. BUT I do expect doctors who refer other doctors to have a reason for doing so and a plan for the patient's care, not simply refer because "we send everyone for ___" or for treatment that is contra-indicated.
12tamoxi (June 26, 2007 at 3:21 pm)
Then you get two visits after chemo, one of which could be solved with a take home Neulasta shot and another which you wouldn't need if your doctor was there for your infusion. Add to all of this the fact that some of the drugs cause long-term damage and it begins to appear to cancer patients like me that since they don't know what causes cancer, the treatment is smoke and mirrors.
12tamoxi (June 26, 2007 at 3:16 pm)
My description about "doctor upon doctor" has to do with the visits to several that are not necessary and the problem with treating all breast cancer patients the same. It is like the oncologists are plugging in a formula--you get mastectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and oral agent even if you are node negative and have a heart condition.
sabbathrage (June 25, 2007 at 11:06 pm)
Of course it won't fix ALL the problems, but Jesus Christ, man, you want this shit to get worse? Something's gotta be done. OMG!!! I'm so outraged by the hospital in LA that let the woman die in the emergency room. WTF? Those doctors should get the death penalty for killing her, which they did by doing nothing
Julietjeske (June 25, 2007 at 9:43 pm)
There are always exceptions, after my experiences I insist on women. As long as they are respectful then they are a good doctor regardless of gender.
MKFaizi (June 25, 2007 at 7:46 pm)
Just so you will know that I am well acquainted with the medical system, I will tell you that my first husband nearly died from Lupus. My second husband died from Lymphoma. My nineteen year old daughter has severe Crohn's disease. I only wish that her father had seen specialist upon specialist. Might still be alive. He only saw one internal medicine dude who told me that his lymphoma was not aggressive. He died a year later.
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