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Friday 144: Hurry Up and Wait edition (pg. 2)
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| Jon_Snow |
| quote: | Originally posted by Lira
I'm posting here just to say I'm hoping for the best! :)
Oh, and that vegetarians are plain annoying. I went fishing with a friend and a nephew. My friend got a small fish. My 6-year-old nephew got a huge carp. Me? Being the hippie that I am, I got the hook tangled in a freaking tree :mad: :p |
If you’re a vegetarian it makes sense you caught a tree otherwise god is sending you a msg. |
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| Lira |
| I am, indeed, a vegetarian :( |
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| Zoso |
| Still no word on the results of the biopsy, so we call the doctor today. To say I'm nervous is a gross understatement. |
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| Lira |
Hopefully it is looking good, and they just want to make sure it really is all good before saying so, in order to avoid sending home someone who really needed a treatment.
*fingers crossed* |
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| Zoso |
| Just got the call: Needle biopsy was "inconclusive". She has to have a lymph node surgically removed ASAP. |
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| ziptnf |
| Hmm, so after the surgery what is the next step? Hoping that you guys both make it through this unscathed. |
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| Zoso |
| quote: | Originally posted by ziptnf
Hmm, so after the surgery what is the next step? Hoping that you guys both make it through this unscathed. |
She has an office visit this afternoon to look over the MRI with the doctor, then he will schedule a procedure to remove the largest lymph node. Apparently the insurance will only pay for all this if a needle biopsy is done first, even though they can prove to be inconclusive. :rolleyes: |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| ing hell, it's things like this that make me infinitely glad to live in a country with nationalised healthcare. It's ing barbaric that you have to pay for life-saving procedures. Hang tough mate. |
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| Zoso |
| quote: | Originally posted by SYSTEM-J
ing hell, it's things like this that make me infinitely glad to live in a country with nationalised healthcare. It's ing barbaric that you have to pay for life-saving procedures. Hang tough mate. |
Thank you, sir. We shall. I mean, I get the concept of paying for a cheaper solution if it yields results, but from the way he explained this, needle biopsies are often inconclusive in this scenario, yet the ins. companies require it first, just in case... |
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| Lira |
Think of how weird it is to have both systems going on at the same time, Jack. Here in Brazil we do have nationalised healthcare, and Zoso's wife might well be able to have this surgery for free here - but the queue is so long we just end up paying a private insurance company for emergencies :sadgreen:
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
Just got the call: Needle biopsy was "inconclusive". She has to have a lymph node surgically removed ASAP. |
Sorry to hear that, hopefully all will end well soon :( |
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| SYSTEM-J |
| It's getting like that here, thanks to the Tories extensively bleeding the NHS dry of funding. I'm still waiting to get into the hospital with my eye problem - it'll be a four month wait in total. |
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| Trance-M |
| quote: | Originally posted by Zoso
Just got the call: Needle biopsy was "inconclusive". She has to have a lymph node surgically removed ASAP. |
Unfortunately needle biopsies are very often inconclusive. Waiting sucks, but keep hoping for the best and hang in there. |
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