tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post5571480894127643175..comments2023-03-20T00:42:34.030-07:00Comments on CAREGIVER SURVIVAL: I HATE ALZHEIMER'S ........................................ Joseph J. Sivak MD: PART 2 - the rest of the New York Times blog comment submission-UnpublishedJoseph J. Sivak MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04997532868387955895noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post-40301524317771087242009-09-15T16:01:52.461-07:002009-09-15T16:01:52.461-07:00Hey Dave,
Great story. It illustrates a significa...Hey Dave,<br /><br />Great story. It illustrates a significant point. No one especially patients and doctors, know exactly what the value of physicians actually taking care of patients actually costs or is worth. Essentially with the health care mess, (which by the way has been going on since Harry Truman) there is no cost or value placed on the physician healing the patient. Yet we sure get tons of health care bills and it sure costs a lot. To say that it goes in the doctors pocket and villify the physician is the easy way out. If that was the case, I suspect it would have been fixed a long time ago.<br />I hope that with all the advancements in technology in medicine, we are not losing our diagnostic skills, instincts and intuition, as your second point illustrates. The less clutter in health care, the more the physician can use his or her instinct and humanness to diagnose and heal. <br />Yes of course we must rely on technological advancements and state of the art medicine, that is the standard of care, and patients also expect that. but that physician-patient rleationship continues to be reduced and minimized (there are an awful lot of people working in health care that have absolutely no contact with the patient)-maybe that even uneccesarily drives up the cost of something we can't even place a value on.-Maybe.......Joseph J. Sivak MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997532868387955895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post-53219878581854111282009-09-07T22:18:32.165-07:002009-09-07T22:18:32.165-07:00Joseph,
You have reminded me of the doctor that r...Joseph,<br /><br />You have reminded me of the doctor that removed my appendix many years ago by saying,"Some doctors actually spend all day, every day, taking care of patients". Ole Doc Ryan, he touched my side, that was all it took to tell him the appendix needed to be removed.<br /><br />Many years ago when my Father mentioned the holes in the wall to wall carpet in his waiting room that were covered with throw rugs the Doc said he could get that fixed but after that it would cost $14.00 dollars for an office call instead of the $7.00 he was currently charging. After having that explained to him Dad never had a problem when it came to understanding a bill from Doc Ryan. Now I have trouble understanding why it takes three to four days worth of testing to figure out what Ole Doc Ryan could tell you with the touch of a hand.<br /><br />God Bless America. God save the Republic.David Schantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946465956226658169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post-38253978609471720002009-09-07T15:02:59.649-07:002009-09-07T15:02:59.649-07:00Yes,
I guess you two are correct. A general rule ...Yes,<br /><br />I guess you two are correct. A general rule I will follow now is that comments should be shorter than the original post! I do get a bit long-winded sometimes. How could I have been so suspicious of the NYT's?<br />I wish I did have the time to write. There are a lot of people in NE Minnesota and NW Wisconsin who require care. Some doctors actually spend all day, every day, taking care of patients. (as opposed to running around all day looking indispensible going to committee meetings and weighing in on policies.-mostly non-MD's these days.)<br />I still ascribe to that age old ideal of physician-patient, not provider-consumer, relationship- although we are doing our best as a society to wreck all that.<br />But thanks for your kind words on the writing, that's what I want to be when I grow up!Joseph J. Sivak MDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04997532868387955895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post-57753472098552641212009-09-06T17:44:40.786-07:002009-09-06T17:44:40.786-07:00Joseph,
I agree with Lisa on both of her comments...Joseph,<br /><br />I agree with Lisa on both of her comments here. The only reason I can see for your comments being rejected would be the length of the comment.<br /><br />In my opinion you'd fit right in as a columnist in the Health Section of many main stream publications.<br /><br />God Bless America, God Save The Republic.David Schantzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04946465956226658169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014755924509631239.post-31471796634999169472009-09-06T14:43:06.409-07:002009-09-06T14:43:06.409-07:00Joseph, Part 2 confirmed it for me. I'm convi...Joseph, Part 2 confirmed it for me. I'm convinced it was just the length and the volume of information you included. I don't see anything "out there" in terms of what you are presenting.<br /><br />Your response is very informative. Have you considered writing articles and submitting them for publication (if you haven't arleady?)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02086101058759923788noreply@blogger.com