Idea: Doctors Only Get Paid When Patients Are Healthy (Read 1138 times)

Oh, and as long as we're talking taper, here's a tapir:

By "one of those," do you mean a Goal Event, Taper, or Marathon?

Actually serious question. For real. I mean other than the Monkey. Which is just silly to tapir for.

I don't mind paying my doctor. He's hot.

Awww. Shucks.

Oh. No...I was going to do the Greenway this Saturday, but am doing the half instead. I've been having some slight stuff with my heel/achilles, so didn't want to jeopardize the Monkey. Even though it's rinky dink and dumbass-esque. mta: in response to JK.

I spent $47k out of pocket for my ex's chemo in 2006. In comparison, our first house was $45k. Granted it was kind of a crummy house, but it was in San Antonio and that was fun. And the chemo? Just like when I had chemo, it caused a bunch of other issues. But cross fingers, so far, the bad mojo has not returned in her case. Worth it? I have no idea. The surgery before chemo removed all trace of cancer. The chemo was based on a numbers game... x% of people with cancer type A who have chemo type Z do not have a recurrence in five years. Did it work? If it comes back, then no. It increases the possibility that she'll get leukemia, it put her into sorta menopause at 37, her metabolism is screwed, and one of the other meds doubles the chances that she'll get uterine cancer. I miss my little San Antonio house sometimes.

you'd probably miss your wife more. I hope the best for her.

Yes, I don't want anything untoward to happen to her. My point was, in my case, chemo is probably what made my bad stuff go away. In her case, it's much harder to tell whether it did any good... and it did do a bit of bad. It's pretty amazing how much this stuff costs, especially when no one can say "yup, that'll fix it for sure!" Another aspect that was pretty shocking - the cost of oral meds. She got way better anti-nausea stuff with her chemo than I got. One med, Zofran, was 110 bucks PER PILL... take 2 a day. It worked for her, and was totally worth it. But still. Dang.

Another aspect that was pretty shocking - the cost of oral meds. She got way better anti-nausea stuff with her chemo than I got. One med, Zofran, was 110 bucks PER PILL... take 2 a day. It worked for her, and was totally worth it. But still. Dang.

Oh, yeah...that shit is golden. First time I had general anesthesia I had no anti-nausea, since we didn't know I'd get sick. And I didn't get that sick...and my surgery was laparoscopic...but ANY nausea/vomiting after having one's innards probed via incision is bad news. Second time I had general I got Zofran--just one precautionary dose. NO nausea. Awesomeness. I am on 2 allergy meds and 2 asthma meds. 2 of the 4 are not yet generic. We are still paying $100 bucks out-of-pocket/month. When I look at what that would cost without insurance it makes me sick. No way could we afford my meds without insurance. Without those meds I'd not be running. I'd likely be pretty sick much of the year and obese. So sometimes prevention of one malady means taking drug therapies for another.