added as a blog for Nancy L -- big is a disease - the trouble getting medical care these days..
A big part of this is the conglomerate take over of the hospitals and clinics --- all docs have to do walk in duty so they have to see patients they don't even know - and we have chosen a "primary" to manage our care - BUT can never - ever get to see them - because of the constant rotating and juggling the docs are forced to do because of the huge take overs going on. So the docs who want to take care of " their " patients" can't because it has all gotten to big … my example was ( not stroke related) but 1.5 weeks ago i had my hemoglobin checked - it was 7.3 - i had it done at a public health center since they are not as busy or as expensive -- so i had the level faxed to my primary… the next day i had chest pains from both Dan ( the guy with the stroke had a seizure ) and i adrenalined so much i actually had a retain to it -- chest pains -- in part because my hemoglobin is so low , giving me little "stress" threshold … oK so i am waiting - monday, tuesday for my primary to call me - nothing - i finally call weds. and it was lost in a shuffle all my labs from the public health center and the hospital -- they track them down and a nurse calls me back and the first appt. i can be seen by my primary is tomorrow tuesday ( but this was a week ago the conversation that took place)- so a 6 day wait … now my primary is a awesome caring lady who has a good grasp of me, my life ( with dan) and my chronic anemia - no way by choice is she dropping the ball so to speak the place has just gotten so big the left and right hand have NO idea what is going on with each other…. my condition is chronic but also acute -- and treatment for it should not be 2 weeks after the fact and it was not like this pre takeover days … And they make it so she HAS to SEE me ( more money for the appt that the lab obviously tells them what is going on - but protocol requires she physically see me)-- I know i sound like a conspiracy theory person ( i don't' like creepers like that) but i believe it has all gotten just to plain out big and no case management of any type for any patient is being done appropriately … it can't, it is way to big and growing way to fast…. so now take my issue and management-- in someone who is in a acute health care crisis - can't think, can't remember ( to give proper history or accurate description of symptoms) due to the illness-( like a stroke) itself … and what you got ? doc's passing a patients along with no management what so ever .. we will see this more and more - maybe this is why we appear to be seeing more strokes ? and bad ones since they are not being caught, in time to get any proactive treatment - since protocol has become -- pass the buck ( in this case the patient) ….. my 2 cents worth - not much but i believe it is a accurate description of the decline of our healthcare in america all the while the conglomerates are charging more than ever for their services --- sting has can attach a link from the NY times ref the increase and takeovers in her areas ( NY) … charge more but give less care… now,- if that is not a corporate takeover - i don't know what is --- and the " common business tactic - give johnny public a trinket ( obama care ) to make us believe our health care matters -- LOL-- who can afford a 4800 deductible??…. in any big take over - a small trojan gift horse is offered - during a massive take over - and that is my take on what has happened to us america , Big is a disease …. whether it be a car, your weight, a company ( look at walmart), a animal , a house , a restaurant , a farm- think GMO's and what happens if to much hamburger gets ground together from separate animals - disease, ( we have all seen the hamburger recalls) or government ( imagine if our elected officials had obama care ?) - but THEY don't -" just us chickens" out here roosting ( lol) -- if anything becomes to big it becomes diseased with the sickness of GREED…
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