Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 9:54 am
ok we've gotten way off topic i'm sorry harry i don't think we will agree on health care please continue with this thread it is fasinating again harry i apologize shelley
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Out of curiosity, what were the circumstances behind that immense wait for the MRI?mom10789 wrote:well maybe things are better there i waited two years in oshawa
One of big reasons for this in your area (and pretty much all areas) is that the public has been using ER's for the most basic of medical checks because they either don't have a family GP or they don't want to go to the walk-in clinics. It's too bad people didn't use this facility for what it was intended and that is emergency medical care.our emergency rooms are a nightmare
I wish that were true all of the time but it isn't. Fortunately, because we know the system from Marg's working days, we can bypass some of the nonsense. But I do get tired of of having to prod people to do their jobs in some cases....it's a delicate balance...complain too much and they make you wait longer!harry i'm glad you can get things done quickly but things are not the same all over ontario
I think history has proved otherwise. There is Lyme disease for one, and that other condition (cant remember the name) where they found around 2-10% of people diagnosed with MS actually had condition X and 90% of people with condition X were originally diagnosed with MS.Lyon wrote:....I don't think any evidence has ever been produced that would justify thinking that MS is different but similar illnesses or even the same symptoms produced by different processes...
huh? how often do I think it happens?Lyon wrote:I probably disagree that misdiagnoses happens as often as you seem to think it does.
I think you may have missed my point. I am not saying that people have necessarily been "miss diagnosed". My point (and I can see how I wasnt clear) is that I wouldn't be supprised (as in its just a half baked idea) that MS will turn out to be more than a single illness. There has already been a history of additional differential diagnosis's added, and I *think* that will continue.Lyon wrote:...say 100 people diagnosed with MS and if you did painstaking testing to separate whatever percentage really should have been diagnosed with something else....I guess what I'm saying is that I feel that the legitimately diagnosed cases of MS are all of the same mechanism.
No, not at all. But then again, never say never...Lyon wrote:I'm getting the idea that you are of the opinion that when the other diseases are separated there will be nothing left to call MS?