Darryn Peterson
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Thankful!
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@FarmerJayhawk I don't live in Lawrence, but I did have the "opportunity" to visit LMH one Thanksgiving day many moons ago when a chunk of turkey got stuck in my too narrow esophagus. They were very impressive and I was thankful that they could resolve my problem.
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@FarmerJayhawk glad your doing better never been to LMH health before. I have never had an even remotely positive visit to any doctor in my life. My wife has had 3 knee surgeries in the past 16 months. They still cant figure it out after paying 10s of thousands of dollars to them. They’ll still hop in their BMWs and Benz’s drive to their multi million dollar estates like nothing happened. I come from an automotive/construction back ground. If some puts a new roof on your house and it still leaks, they are redoing it for free or going to court. Medical field should be similar IMO, screw it up repeatedly. It should be on your dime not mine. If other businesses were that way, they be closed after 6 months. Just my two cents on the matter I’ll add in my buddies in the military get ever procedure they can done outside of this country.
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@kjayhawks2.0 I don’t disagree with you. I am sorry that you have had such negative experiences in your lifetime. If we had universal healthcare like any other 1st world country, then you would not be spending thousands of dollars on surgeries that have not gone right. You would see more providers that go into medicine for the right reasons as the specialists would not be paid as well as they currently are. There are more issues at play in biological machines that have free will to make decisions than inanimate structures. Even then, in individuals that have done all the right things, outcomes may still be poor based upon factors outside of a patient’s control. Unless a provider is a sociopath, it bothers them when there are poor outcomes.
I am glad that @farmerjayhawk had a positive experience receiving necessary care in a timely manner with a positive outcome. That is the best scenario for all involved and when healthcare works as intended.
I often wonder if healthcare is getting worse because my idealism is transforming to realism or whether I am becoming grouchier in my old age or whether healthcare is circling the toilet declining like much of our way of life.
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@kjayhawks2.0 you’re free to take them to court with a malpractice suit. And that’s really unfortunate, I know some people have tough experiences with the medical system. I’ve almost always had really good experiences with the system, from my childhood doc at the tiny clinic where I grew up to KU student health to LMH. Shoot I even had a great surgeon in Salina when I had to have a major back operation for the injury that ended my football career. So maybe I’m just lucky, idk. Well if my choice was the VA or something else I’d also be very tempted to go elsewhere lol. The private system is much better
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@patoh3 said in Darryn Peterson:
One thing I would point out that I find too commonly, is that patients don’t see vitamins or supplements as medicines.
John Oliver's show last week highlighted the dangers of "gas station drugs"--all those "supplements" available in rack after rack promising more energy, better moods, pain-free joints, etc. Some have substances that have the same addictiveness, or more, than opioids (one woman spent a total upwards of 6 figures over several years before getting rehab). And no regulation because those substances have never been named on any federal drug schedules and the states are virtually powerless to address them. Many people assume they must be healthy or they couldn't be sold OTC, and they don't even tell their doctors about them.
Another issue is the packaging: Companies can just buy empty packing material and label, and put anything in that they want. Even dirt. Really scary,
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@kjayhawks2.0 Their goal is to keep making money, not healing people.
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@BShark said in Darryn Peterson:
@kjayhawks2.0 Their goal is to keep making money, not healing people.
Yep that what I tell people a multi billion dollar industry would collapse if people actually got healed.
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@FarmerJayhawk I’m sure there are several folks very happy with their care. I sometimes laugh how in the minority I am on certain subjects. I don’t know a ton of people, in fact outside of my Buckets family. I’m not sure if I know a person that doesn’t believe we need major changes in the healthcare industry.
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@kjayhawks2.0 I would move to Vancouver in a heartbeat if I could afford a house. It's beautiful and the winters (and summers) there are nicer than Kansas. Oh yeah, free education and Healthcare.
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@kjayhawks2.0 it took me a very long time to find a GP i trust. Had one that dumped me as a patient saying something about how it was an ethical conflict. I think because i went to an urgent care and got care that conflicted with his. I felt betrayed. My health at the time was poor, my mental health was also not in the greatest place, and instead of being the guy who quarterbacked my health management, he abandoned me because I wasnt easy. Really, awful and self serving move by that guy. He then left the practice a couple months later which left me without a GP, and health problems with which i was struggling.
Love my current GP. Hes my dude. Feel like hes looking out for me, listens to me, and i am in a better place because of him.
Trust your instinct, do you research ahead always, and dont settle for taking on a doctor for which reviews give you long pause, would be my advice.
After my experience with the first guy I found similar horror stories mixed in his reviews amidst a sea of reviews by low maintenance patients that he didnt abandon.
