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Steve Jobs Had a Liver Transplant Two Months Ago
evw writes "The Wall Street Journal reports that Steve Jobs had a liver transplant two months ago (subscription required, alternative coverage is available based on the WSJ's report). He is on track to return to work at the end of June. 'William Hawkins, a doctor specializing in pancreatic and gastrointestinal surgery at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo., said that the type of slow-growing pancreatic tumor Mr. Jobs had will commonly metastasize in another organ during a patient's lifetime, and that the organ is usually the liver. ... Having the procedure done in Tennessee makes sense because its list of patients waiting for transplants is shorter than in many other states.' There are no residency requirements for transplants."
for a recovery. My Dad's liver transplant had him out for almost 6 months. In fact, right after his surgery, he was in isolation for 30 days, then in ICU for another 30. I'd be real suprised if he actually was able to "return to work" this month. Even "part time," physical therapy and all the tweaking they need to do with the medications (anti rejection, etc.) to get his chemical balances back is a big thing.
I wish him well... my Dad was able to go to Oshkosh (AirVenture) with me 1 year after his surgery. A trip I will never forget.
Bill
It's my Sig and you can't have it. Mine! All Mine!
No, most hospitals are required by state law to treat folks without insurance for emergency care. So, by the point you are actually dying you'll get treatment. And, by that point it's only palliative.
But, hey, at least the US doesn't have socialist health care! Those socialist fire fighters do such a terrible job putting out our houses when they're on fire, and don't get me started on those socialist training camps called public (US sense) schools.
Well, it depends. Do you have insurance that covers it. If you do not, then there is gov. insurance in medicare/medicaid. In general you get on a waiting lists. Of course, it has to match your histochemistry and size (the liver from a 10 y.o. is not going to go into a person of say 300-400 lb). BTW, my mother-in-law just had a kidney put in (here in colorado). It took 2 years. Chance are that Jobs waited 2-3 years for one.
What is impressive is that he did not go to India. Many of the wealthy like to go to India to buy them. LITERALLY. There are operations there that run out and steal the organs from a number of live ppl, or will take them from ppl dying of aids and other diseases (but claim otherwise). In spite of this, westerners run out there, pay the 20K and get the operations. That is because India has their money tied to the dollar, so from our POV, it is cheap.
I prefer the "u" in honour as it seems to be missing these days.
Yea, waiting 6 months to get an MRI after a 90kph motorcycle accident in Canada is oh so good (friend of mine) Or lets try Britain:
That is why the Orwellian named NICE, National Institute for Clinical Effectiveness, in Britain recently ruled that it would not pay for treatment for macular degeneration for seniors until the patient went blind in one eye. Seniors have been denied treatments for cancer on the same grounds.
Socialized medicine means healthcare rationing just as it does in every country that has it.
Running the article doesn't violate anything. It's the doctors/hospital who are restricted by HIPPA, not the press.
Organ transplants are, with a few exceptions, usually contraindicated in cancer patients - especially when the cause of the failure of the organ is metastasis. But I guess if you're Steve Jobs, money truly CAN buy anything. The rest of us mortals however would be allowed to die quicker.
From TFA, Tennessee has a shorter wait time than most states: 48 days, instead of 306 nationally. That would be my guess as to why Tennessee.
Next you'll be demanding equal access to sex or no sex for anyone
Health care isn't a right. A right is something you have when you're born. When you're born, you already have all the basic freedoms listed in the US Bill of Rights. Rights are something other people can try to take away, not something other people give to you.
For instance, the 2nd amendment: Right to bear arms. That doesn't mean the government issues you a gun, that just means the government can't take away a gun that you have.
So if you want an amendment saying that the government can't take away your health care or deny you coverage, that's fine, that's a right. But saying that it's a right to be given health care doesn't make sense.
I'm not saying whether socialized medicine is good or bad, I'm just saying that health care isn't a right.
In Steve Jobs' case, he's willing (and has the ability) to spend more money to buy the best medical care possible. It's as if he took his car to the best mechanic possible, or had his house remodeled by the best contractor possible. Health care is a service just like any other, and the more you pay for it, the better service you get. Now, because health care can be life-or-death, I see why people would want to make sure that people who can't afford good service get it anyway.
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there are lots of problems with EVERYthing that mankind has today. EVERY single thing.
what matters is using the LEAST problematic ones. like democracy. it has a LOT of problems, but it is the best we CURRENTLY have. until we discover something better, we will use it, and keep patching its issues.
same goes for socialized healthcare and sweden.
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