tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post5161232374246274591..comments2024-01-24T01:27:11.111-05:00Comments on Café Muscato: Big Boy BopMuscatohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04657061324487851341noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-38762439410658254092013-01-29T12:09:37.482-05:002013-01-29T12:09:37.482-05:00All the doctors in the USA are in the back pocket ...All the doctors in the USA are in the back pocket of pharmaceutical companies. They want everyone to be on some medication for the rest of their lives and once they get you into the system, it's pretty much just that. You have to take this one to combat that one etc. and the highly engineered genetically modified food manufacturers are in cahoots with the medical industries. It's a vicious circle.<br /><br />BTW my relatively healthy slightly overweight 50 year old brother had a heart attack several days ago while exercising. Two more heart attacks in the ambulance followed by defibrillation and he was diagnosed with 100 % blockage on both sides. He's recovering after stents but now he will be on medications for the rest of his life. He blames Sonic not Big Boy.ayeM8yhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07258615853099164514noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-21605626801439401342013-01-29T00:38:25.200-05:002013-01-29T00:38:25.200-05:00I'm a thin guy who had a likely indigestion dr...I'm a thin guy who had a likely indigestion driven episode about 7 yrs ago. Emergency room. No heart attack, but "we want to keep you in for a stress test". It was Friday night. They kept me until the test on Monday morning. After I passed that with flying colors, they wanted to do a nuclear stress test, and then a few other tests. And then a TEE - the very worst - like drowning on dry land. And then cardiac catheterization. Electrodes everywhere. I had so many shaved spots on my hairy chest that I looked like a family of moths had spent a few months feeding. 6 days and tens of thousands of dollars later, everything looks fine and we're not sure what it was. But come back in a week for a Holter Monitor for a 48 hr EKG. And then come back to the cardiologist every 3 months where we will take your vitals, tell you all looks good, and come back in 3 months. I quit after my second return to the cardio guy. Oh, and some meds, and take a baby aspirin everyday for eternity. Throughout, I mentioned a stressful period (mgmt change at work, moving, friend having a breakdown) and drinking an after dinner beer too quickly...indigestion. No one listened. Now, when I try to get life insurance, I have this big heart episode that wasn't all over my records that puts my rate through the roof.<br /><br />Seven years later, I shovel snow, move furniture, unload trucks, etc just like always. And I still get suspicious looks at the annual physical though I am the picture of health.<br /><br />Like you, Muscato, the paternal Curtis/Egel and maternal Walsh/Woods stock is generally long lived. The only thing that gets anyone early is cancer, and I already beat my go round about 13 yrs ago.<br /><br />My take on American medicine is its all applesauce. If I find the rare reasonable, sensible, hands off doctor, I stick with him. At this point, I get the bet medical advice from my buddy the vet.Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01851297819829806798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-28778907355969715362013-01-28T22:42:38.529-05:002013-01-28T22:42:38.529-05:00How very maddening. Also, odd. All of our doctor...How very maddening. Also, odd. All of our doctors appear to be firmly in the pocket of the evil Prevacid mafia; it seems to come up in every examination by any specialist.mrpeeneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13361948301941861890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-24377265377959339382013-01-28T21:11:13.466-05:002013-01-28T21:11:13.466-05:00You hit the nail right on the head with this one, ...You hit the nail right on the head with this one, sweetie! Medics as a whole (whether insurance-led as in the US, or national as here in the NHS) appear to have devloped a paranoid agenda driven by years of political manoueverings. You're gay? Can't give blood because you're all diseased. Fat? Can't adopt, can't be who you are 'cause you offend the rest of us and cost us money with your supposed heart attacks. Smoker? You have no right to exist at all, and are confined to a list of "desirables" next to "Iranian" or "Gary Glitter". Bollocks to all of them, I say. Live your life - and thank heavens for a sensible Sandlands opinion (for a change). JxJonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15501010362663971583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7218985326921858943.post-47594723159469233482013-01-28T20:50:53.732-05:002013-01-28T20:50:53.732-05:00Is it your gall bladder? Seriously. Have them ch...Is it your gall bladder? Seriously. Have them check your gall bladder.The Cool Cookiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04162345087029159056noreply@blogger.com