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Skriven 2010-06-02 23:11:13 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 38375 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
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Hi Janis,

 JK> the > patient. She also made me follow up amonth later to see if the
 JK> > bronchitis cleared up, said to let her know if I took a turn for the

 JK> She sounds very thorough, which is great :) Patients appreciate
 JK> doctors who think like that, that's for sure.

I do appreciate her.  We had an appointment with another doctor closer
to where we live but neither Steve nor I felt comfortable with him.  We
felt like he was trying to say that he knew our bodies (after only one
visit) than we did.


 JK> > And the interesting thing is, 30 some years ago, nobody was aware of

 JK> People have known about the dangers of radon in mines since the 1800's
 JK> IIRC. Even in Germany they knew about a long time ago.  I forget where

I never heard/read much about it until the mid 70s.


 JK> > Then it popped up, almost made you think it was a gimmick issue at
 JK> the > time.

 JK> Not at all :(

 JK> Radon is an odorless invisible substance, and can be close to
 JK> impossible to detect unless you own a "radon detector."  At high

Then why did it not get a lot of publicity in the States until the 70s?

 JK> required to keep radon at a healthy level and you have to use a radon
 JK> detector to keep track of it. We've had one here since we bought the
 JK> house. It's no gimmick :(


I don't know if any place we lived has had one.  Then too, we've never
had a basement except in Germany in the military "apartment houses."


 JK> > I still wonder if it's all it's purported to be. You don't hear
 JK> about > people getting sick from exposure to radon.

 JK> Radon is the second leading cause of _lung cancer_, second only to
 JK> smoking and the leading cause of lung cancer among people who have
 JK> never smoked.  :(


Interesting; I didn't know all of that.


 JK> > It's hard now to to imagine a time when they weren't in every home.

 JK> That's true :)  I use it a lot.. warming coffee, defrosting meats,
 JK> raising bread dough, sometimes a quick(er) stew (g).

Ours get used several times a day.  We usually heat the water for our
tea in it in the morning and then various uses thru out the day.

 JK> > that was, IIRC, 1000 watts; our current one is 1200.

 JK> That's great :)  I've got an older one that's 750W, but I keep it
 JK> because you can set it to 1%-100% of the power, and others I've seen
 JK> cannot do that.  I use it at that lowest power with 2 cups of boiling

We've had a couple like that; it seems like all the new ones just go by
10 %. I'd rather have the more precise but..............  Same as all
the new ones have discontinued the probe since you can't use it with a
turntable.


 JK> > Silly, but makes sense in a backward sort of way.  If you don't have
 JK> > high blood pressure, osteoporosis, high cholesterol or any of the
 JK> other > "older age" things, you're doing well.

 JK> Nope, none of the above nor high blood sugar, nor high triglicerides,
 JK> etc. etc. When Ron and I go in for visits regarding blood tests, we
 JK> usually make our appointments at the same time so he sees the two of
 JK> us at once... he generally glances at my chart, says 'hi, looks great'
 JK> and then turns to Ron (bg).

Keep it up!


 JK> Got a call today from Aetna about the prescription... The
 JK> representative I talked to said, ok, you're set to start this
 JK> medication with a _$50.00_ copay.

 JK> I almost said to him what are you going to do, pocket $10.00?? Lol..

 JK> I told him straight out, 'NO.  The copay is only $40.00.  I spoke with
 JK> the company who makes Ampyra and that is all you can charge me.'  He
 JK> blubbered after that and said 'Ok right'.  What a trip Aetna is.. I
 JK> guess that is why the Ampyra rep. I talked to emphasized to me that
 JK> the cost would only be
 JK> $40.00, not $70 and not $50.. she really did have me write down the
 JK> amount my copay would be ... now I know why (vbg).

Good; it sounded like he was planning to pocket $10./month and you
called him out on it.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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