Accountability
I am a strong believer in accountability. I also often think that big pharma is not held accountable for the costs of their medications to patients and only to their stockholders. I have been following two cases on-going in the media. The first is the idiot Shkreli who raised prices on medications and smirked at Congress when asked about it.The second case is the one of the CEOs of New England Compounding Center who is on trial for 25 counts of second degree murder as a result of thenational outbreak of fungal meningitis in 2012 which killed 64 people." In 2014, federal prosecutors charged 14 former owners, pharmacists and...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 9, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: accountability crime pharmaceutical manufacturers Source Type: blogs
Cost of Exertion
I read an article over atRheumatoid Arthritis.Net on thecost of exertion. What is the cost of exertion you ask? Basically, if you run a marathon, you might be a little tired the next day if you are a normal healthy person. Or, if you are me, you go to the gym and the grocery store in the same day, and you need a nap.If you have a chronic illness (or ten) you have a greatly limited ability to do much of anything. Learning to accept your limitations is an important part of coping with your ailments.Yesterday I met a friend for lunch and then we went shopping for just over an hour (because it started snowing like hell and we ...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 8, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: ailments energy exertion fatigue Source Type: blogs
Sensitivity and Expertise
A few days ago, I blogged about theapology from an oncology nurse after she was diagnosed with cancer herself. I do feel strongly about this issue. This morning I received a comment from someone (anonymously) on this post:" I totally disagree with the premise that people must actually have a disease to understand or help those with the disease. Sensitivity is a wonderful characteristic and we hope that our care givers have it. But expertise, with or without sensitivity, is invaluable,and may spell the difference between survival or not. "I disagree with this statement and wanted to clarify my position on this point. T...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 7, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: being a patient quality of care Source Type: blogs
Finding People Like You
What is the point of a support group? Finding people like you to talk about your issues - whether its widows, cancer people, parents of autistic children. Sometimes it helps to talk to people with similar issues - everyone has cancer for example. But sometimes you need to find people with the same cancer as you.Its pretty easy to find women with breast cancer because there are support groups for them everywhere. Its other types of cancer that can be hard to find.But then there comes the question: How do you find people like you? There aren ' t little registries for people with a specific kind of cancer to sign up. So how d...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 6, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: cancer support emotional toll support group Source Type: blogs
The Wrong Doctor
Synopsis ofa very sad story: A man with horrible pain issues was cut off of pain meds by his doctor and as a result took his own life.The details: The man ' s pain issues were treated by his PCP who was concerned about potential opioid abuse and cut him off of medication. His PCP was concerned about losing his own license as a result of tightening laws regarding opioid medications due to the current abuse epidemic. His pain, when untreated was so bad, caused him to commit suicide.I think my big problem is that the man was not treated by a specialist who would have a better understanding of options for treating his pain. Th...
Source: Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog - January 5, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: chronic conditions pain management uncertainty with doctors Source Type: blogs
