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Old February 17th 15, 11:08 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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Default i got allocated a Macmillan nurse

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCan...rMtA od-lcAxQ

so I guess it might be bad news eh?

If you get a Macmillan nurse, it's probably serious.


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Old February 18th 15, 02:52 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCan...rMtA od-lcAxQ

so I guess it might be bad news eh?

If you get a Macmillan nurse, it's probably serious.

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Perhaps it is just good care because you also have physical problems
stemming from your fall. At least, that is what I hope it is. If it were
me, I think I would ask my doctor. Otherwise, I would worry about it.

MaryL


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Old February 19th 15, 07:57 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
Christina Websell
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"Judith Latham" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:
http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCan...rMtA od-lcAxQ


so I guess it might be bad news eh?


If you get a Macmillan nurse, it's probably serious.


I've checked online and these nurses are increasingly supporting people
who have non-cancer ailments. Who has told you you've been allocated one?


My respiratory consultant. I had something found on my lung when I had CT
scans a year ago when I fell down the stairs and got to see him.

However, I think you need to ask your Doctor why you've been allocated a
macmillan nurse. As no one up until now has mentioned even a vague
possibility of cancer this would be a very nasty way to tell you, now
wouldn't it?


I know why. I had ovarian ca in 2005 and 10 years later is about the time
it might pop up again somewhere else.
He says not to worry too much as it's likely to be benign and even if it
isn't I'm likely to outlive it.
Don't trust them too much, as I was told I would die in 2005, I made
arrangements for my cat..


Have you contacted your doctor today? If not, try to do it tomorrow.

No.


Purrs and prayers that you're jumping to the wrong conclusion.


Unlikely.

You don't get a Macmillan nurse unless it's quite serious. They are cancer
nurses who allow you to die in a good way.
No intention of dying yet.





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Old February 19th 15, 10:51 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 2/17/2015 8:52 PM, MaryL wrote:


"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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http://www.macmillan.org.uk/HowWeCan...rMtA od-lcAxQ


so I guess it might be bad news eh?

If you get a Macmillan nurse, it's probably serious.

~~~~~~~
Perhaps it is just good care because you also have physical problems
stemming from your fall. At least, that is what I hope it is. If it
were me, I think I would ask my doctor. Otherwise, I would worry about it.

MaryL


She has me killfiled so she won't see this. I would certainly ask why
I'd been assigned such a nurse. If I don't understand something I
question the doctor. So many people seem to be afraid to question
doctors. I have no idea why.

Jill
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Old February 20th 15, 09:36 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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jmcquown wrote:



She has me killfiled so she won't see this. I would certainly ask why
I'd been assigned such a nurse. If I don't understand something I
question the doctor. So many people seem to be afraid to question
doctors. I have no idea why.

Jill


I not only question, but ARGUE with him/her when I don't agree! It's MY
body, and MY life, so I won't take any medication unless I know what it
is supposed to do, what the side-effects can be, and what will happen if
I DON'T take it. Americans have become a nation of pill-takers as it is
- one of the more frightening effects being teen-age "pharm parties"
with the sometimes fatal results. (When I was a teen-ager, the family
medicine cabinet would only have yielded aspirin, Exlax, Milk of
Magnesia, Pepto Bismol, and maybe cod liver oil - nothing half-way
tempting, and we KNEW the effects of all of them.)
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Old February 20th 15, 10:23 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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On 2/20/2015 3:36 PM, EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote:


jmcquown wrote:



She has me killfiled so she won't see this. I would certainly ask why
I'd been assigned such a nurse. If I don't understand something I
question the doctor. So many people seem to be afraid to question
doctors. I have no idea why.

Jill


I not only question, but ARGUE with him/her when I don't agree! It's MY
body, and MY life, so I won't take any medication unless I know what it
is supposed to do, what the side-effects can be, and what will happen if
I DON'T take it. Americans have become a nation of pill-takers as it is
- one of the more frightening effects being teen-age "pharm parties"
with the sometimes fatal results. (When I was a teen-ager, the family
medicine cabinet would only have yielded aspirin, Exlax, Milk of
Magnesia, Pepto Bismol, and maybe cod liver oil - nothing half-way
tempting, and we KNEW the effects of all of them.)


I'm reminded of when I was hospitalized for diverticulitis in 2008. In
post discharge follow up visits the gastric surgeon kept pushing me,
telling me I'd wind up with an ostomy bag within three years if I didn't
let him cut out half my colon. Major surgery. On about the third visit
I said to him, "You *do* realize I don't have health insurance, right?"

That's when he abruptly switched gears and handed me pamphlets about
modifying my diet. My hospital discharge papers had already recommend
those changes. I figured out pretty quickly if I'd had some insurance
company for him to bilk he's have cut me open for no good reason. It's
2015 and guess what? No ostomy bag in sight.

The doctor I have seen most recently (January) doesn't think I actually
had diverticulitis. I had an infection, yes. But I've recently been
diagnosed with Crohn's Disease. When I sat down and talked with this
guy he explained exactly what part of the illeum (in the lower
intestine) is affected. He prescribed appropriate medication. He
answered my questions, and believe me, I had tons of them.

I always had a problem with my mom's doctors constantly shoving pills
and prescriptions at her without ever actually offering a specific
diagnosis. At one point she was taking over 20 prescriptions. Several
times a day.

Mom was of that generation who thought if someone had a medical degree
meant they were somehow superior beings. Hey, as with any profession,
there are good doctors and bad ones.

I don't know much about the medical system in the UK, obviously, but I
know I wouldn't just let them assign me a nurse or whatever without
bothering to ask why.

Jill
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Old February 20th 15, 11:47 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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wrote:
jmcquown wrote:


She has me killfiled so she won't see this. I would certainly ask why
I'd been assigned such a nurse. If I don't understand something I
question the doctor. So many people seem to be afraid to question
doctors. I have no idea why.

Jill

I not only question, but ARGUE with him/her when I don't agree! It's MY
body, and MY life, so I won't take any medication unless I know what it
is supposed to do, what the side-effects can be, and what will happen if
I DON'T take it. Americans have become a nation of pill-takers as it is
- one of the more frightening effects being teen-age "pharm parties"
with the sometimes fatal results. (When I was a teen-ager, the family
medicine cabinet would only have yielded aspirin, Exlax, Milk of
Magnesia, Pepto Bismol, and maybe cod liver oil - nothing half-way
tempting, and we KNEW the effects of all of them.)


One pill makes you larger
And one pill makes you small
And the ones that mother gives you
Don't do anything at all
Go ask Alice, when she's ten feet tall.

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Don't let the Zombies get you!!!!

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Old February 21st 15, 12:29 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Default i got allocated a Macmillan nurse

I don't know much about the medical system in the UK, obviously,
but I know I wouldn't just let them assign me a nurse or whatever
without bothering to ask why.


Macmillan is a charity and far as I know they're somewhat independent
of the NHS. A doctor can't just order up a Macmillan nurse without
the charity agreeing to it, or at least checking that the nurse is
being used for a task that meets their remit.

They are skilled people, specializing in terminal care, usually for
cancer. There isn't any comparable organization in the US, as far
as I know.

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx

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Old February 21st 15, 03:09 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"Jack Campin" wrote in message
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I don't know much about the medical system in the UK, obviously,
but I know I wouldn't just let them assign me a nurse or whatever
without bothering to ask why.


Macmillan is a charity and far as I know they're somewhat independent
of the NHS. A doctor can't just order up a Macmillan nurse without
the charity agreeing to it, or at least checking that the nurse is
being used for a task that meets their remit.

They are skilled people, specializing in terminal care, usually for
cancer. There isn't any comparable organization in the US, as far
as I know.

http://www.macmillan.org.uk/Home.aspx

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e m a i l : j a c k @ c a m p i n . m e . u
k
Jack Campin, 11 Third Street, Newtongrange, Midlothian EH22 4PU,
Scotland
mobile 07800 739 557 http://www.campin.me.uk Twitter:
JackCampin

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Hospice is the closest I can think of in the U.S. that fits your
description. They are skilled nurses and are intended for palliative care.
There are numerous hospice homes, but they will also go into private homes
and even nursing homes. They were originally intended for people where
death was expected within 6 months, but that does not seem to be a criteria
now. They try to make life more comfortable for terminally ill patients (or
incurably ill) and their families. My sister-in-law suggested that I get
hospice care for my mother when she was near the end of her life, but her
doctor told me that she would not benefit because she was already in a
nursing home and was getting round-the-clock nursing care. In addition, I
could control her care, and she could benefit from hospitalization when
needed with medication that went beyond palliative care. There is
considerable controversy about that last statement.

My description of hospice care would not fit Christina's situation at all,
but it is the closest thing in the U.S. that I can think of that sounds
somewhat like your description of Macmillan. We do have home health care,
of course, but that is not only for terminal care.

MaryL

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Old February 21st 15, 07:33 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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"EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque)" wrote in message
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jmcquown wrote:



She has me killfiled so she won't see this. I would certainly ask why
I'd been assigned such a nurse. If I don't understand something I
question the doctor. So many people seem to be afraid to question
doctors. I have no idea why.

Jill


I not only question, but ARGUE with him/her when I don't agree! It's MY
body, and MY life, so I won't take any medication unless I know what it is
supposed to do, what the side-effects can be, and what will happen if I
DON'T take it. Americans have become a nation of pill-takers as it is -
one of the more frightening effects being teen-age "pharm parties" with
the sometimes fatal results. (When I was a teen-ager, the family medicine
cabinet would only have yielded aspirin, Exlax, Milk of Magnesia, Pepto
Bismol, and maybe cod liver oil - nothing half-way tempting, and we KNEW
the effects of all of them.)


I'm not talking about medication that may unnecessary in my case, Evelyn.
It was "your neck is fractured and partially dislocated and if you don't
want to risk your C6/C7 fracture slipping (and be in a Christopher Reeve
situation) sign this consent form now"
It was a no-brainer. It's a pity he didn't have time to warn me about it
though. I've never totally forgiven him for that and I have told him so.
He didn't like it one bit.
I was almost in hysterics when the nurses came to take my blood "for your
operation in the morning" I felt sure they had me mixed up with someone
else, and I was going to get someone's else's operation.


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