U.S. man operates on himself with butter knife

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sethnintendo said:

Cirio said:

sethnintendo said:

I thought this was kind of funny.  I knew the US healthcare system was bad........  I just can't believe he tried especially with a butter knife....

How does this suggest the US healthcare system is bad?

I typed about a paragraph out in my last post trying to explain my position on US healthcare system.  I believe they are too focused on treating symptoms and not the actual problem.  Most people can avoid prescription medication if they simple improve their lifestyle, yet USA citizens would rather pop a pill that probably has worse side effects than what it is supposed to treat.   They have been focused on treatment rather than prevention which is a terrible mistake.

It is normal procedure to treat symptoms as they come because right off the bat there isn't true sure fire ways to find out what is wrong with you unless they throw you through a crap load of testing that will in the end cost you a shit load of money regardless of your insurance. While you may have symptoms that mimic say something like prostate cancer it could end up being a multitide of symptoms ranging across various other problems. You can't just walk into the doctor's office, say your groin hurts and have them know right away that you have prostate problems.

About a month ago I began getting uncomfortable pains in my groin on both sides, pain in my testicles, pain in my penis, rectal pain and lower back pain, all symptoms of later stage prostate cancer. I went to the doctor who performed a check of my pelvic region and had me take blood tests and urine tests. Everything was fine but he sent me to a urologist. Urologist gave me a DRE and found that my prostate was enlarged but not hard so he diagnosed me with Prostatitis and sent me on my way with Antibiotics. It has been 20+ days on these stupid things but I have seen major improvement in my condition thus far.

Things aren't as bad as you think they are. One of the main reasons why symptoms are treated as they come is also because us as American won't accept leaving the doctor's office without some sort of prescription, and 9 out of 10 times those being antibiotics. Kid has a cold? Mother wants antiobiotics. Then people freak out and wonder why we have shit like MRSA, lol.

 

Anyways, if you think we have it bad just look up prostatitis and listen to the horror stories about it for people outside of the US. Most of these people freak out because it mimics late stage prostate cancer and they want to go the urologist, only to find that they need to wait almost a month or so before getting taken in for a checkup.

Here in the US? I had the pains, next morning called my doctor. That same day I left work early to make my afternoon appointment. Doc checked me out and wrote a referal for the urologist. Once I left the doctor's office I called the Urologist to schedule an appointment. Next morning I went to my urologist appointment.

We have it pretty damn good here. I think we are just spoiled.