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I got the

same B.S. email response and was like "Huh?".

L Krasner wrote:

I emailed a letter Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner

<Sensen09@...>. He then sent me the email (below)

telling me

that he cannot send me an email because of "security purposes".

Am I

missing something, or is there something wrong with this picture?

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Dear Friend:

> Thank you for contacting my office through e-mail. I appreciate

you

> taking the time to inform me of your views.

>

> However, for security purposes, it is the policy of my office,

as with

> many other offices in the House, to not use e-mail to respond

to

messages

> sent from constituents.

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Lynda ~

I am so happy to hear your oncologist is so

compassionate. That is awesome ! It sounds

like you have had some really good docs.

I have had some good ones in the past myself.

Just none this last 3 years. Not one !

My internal med doc I had in the 90's was the

most thurough and compassionate person I have

ever met. My neurologist was too. He was friends

of Bernard Patton. Both are no longer in practice.

The PS that did my last six chest surgeries no longer

is doing surgery. So.......guess at one time I was

spoiled. When I was seeing all of them it was at the

beginning of the end of private insurance and the beginning

of the HMO/PPO era....and the start of having different

specialists to see for every symptom.

I had a hyst in 95, and havent seen an ob/gyn since 99.

I hope to find some good docs, just havent yet......

I kept trying a couple years ago, and it was so costly and

I just kept running into docs that would tell me, you are such

a complicated case.......then refer me to other specialists,

and no one ever treated me.....it got very expensive and

frustrating.

With me having nodules in both lungs now, I need to find

someone good. It has been 6 months since that CT so it

is time to check them again.......

I think I will see a different oncologist, this last one charged me

$ 427.00 only to tell me to wait 6 months and then come back.....

I think he spent an entire 3 minutes with me.....LOLOLOL.......

Life is strange at times.......

YOu are in my thoughts and prayers ~

Dede

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I just talked today to a friend of mine who has had implants for a number of years. She had a tumor in her abdomen that was over 5 lbs that was discovered. It was benign, thankfully. She is still recovering from her recent surgery.

She told me that the total cost of her surgery is going to be around $50,000!!!!

Now tell me.....how can it cost a mere tenth of that to undergo a surgery with just as much risk, getting breast implants?

Dare I suggest that with an elective surgery they keep their costs low enough to encourage as many takers as possible....and they STILL make tons of money?

And yet with a surgery that is necessary for very life, they scalp us to death and justify every penny. How can it be? It's quite clear that they can do surgery for a fraction of the cost that they are charging. I realize that there is a difference between a clinical setting and a hospital...but still......this is just screwed up.

We need reform in health care costs, badly!

Patty

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>

> I just talked today to a friend of mine who has had implants for a

number of years. She had a tumor in her abdomen that was over 5 lbs--

that is 5 pounds, the size of a small watermelon!  It was benign,

thankfully.  She is still recovering from her recent surgery.

>  

> She told me that the total cost of her surgery is going to be

around $50,000!!!!

>  

> Now tell me.....how can it cost a mere tenth of that to undergo a

surgery with just as much risk, getting breast implants?

>  

> Dare I suggest that with an elective surgery they keep their costs

low enough to encourage as many takers as possible....and they STILL

make tons of money?

>  

> And yet with a surgery that is necessary for very life, they scalp

us to death and justify every penny.  How can it be?  It's quite

clear that they can do surgery for a fraction of the cost that they

are charging.  I realize that there is a difference between a

clinical setting and a hospital...but still......this is just screwed

up.

>  

> We need reform in health care costs, badly!

> Patty

>  

>  

>

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My oncologist is on top of how I feel about things. He has asked the

social worker to call me a couple of times when I was really stressed

and depressed. He really cares. He was sad to see me back in his

office for treatment after 18 years. He is really a great guy. A

cut above the average, by far.

My OB/Gyn is the same.

My GP now, there is another story. I can count on him to refill

prescriptions, anyway. I need to get thyroid med refills and

occasionally something else. He took a cancer off my face. He is

ok, but not the best, by far. I tend to look for really good docs.

I had a pediatrician who was the best, and, when I lived in Grand

Junction, I had a great G.P. Had a great one in Boulder also but she

transferred to Atlanta when her hubby got his PhD in Boulder and got

a job in Atlanta. I miss her.

Some docs are great. Some are sub-par. Guess that is true with the

entire public also. So, guess we should not be surprised.

Lynda

At 09:04 PM 9/17/2008, you wrote:

>Pure Greed.......

>All aspects of healthcare are totally outta control.....

>they are too busy trying to be in control of money

>to even think of providing real healthcare anymore.

>I liked it better when you stuck to one doctor for

>everything unless you had a very, very unusual health problem

>that absolutely required a specialists care. Otherwise

>your regular doc handled everything and knew you inside

>out...literally ! as well as knew your emotional and spiritual self

>which are a huge part of your health. I have been seeing my

>cardiologist for 3 years now, and I bet that he doesnt even know my

>name ! not without my chart right in front of him.....and he knows

>nothing at all about me, how I think, or feel, or even if I am

>stressed in life. Healthcare is run like an assembly line with

>lots of paperwork all related to money one way or another, and very

>little medical care, no nutrician, and very little compassion........

>

>God Bless ~

>Dede

>

>

>**************

>Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog, plus

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>