Hey Lottie
I posted a reply earlier but it didn't go through. Thanks for your thoughts and I totally agree with you. 100%
You are not Debbie Downer you are realistic and I appreciate it! I know this, but wish it were different. It is backwards thinking and the docs, insurance and myself (all of us w/issues) spend way more time and money by not being given these measures and potentially developing RSD! They should do the things they CAN do to help reduce the chance of.......xyz. That is all I ask. It is too much to receive it seems. They would rather approach it after the fact when it is too late, and deal with your RSD or not deal with it, then spend an hour or a day helping to prevent it BEFORE it happens. It's like we have the plague, lol. If they only knew what it felt like to have this disease, and many others many of us face, maybe they would see it, treat it differently.
thanks much
have a great day
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Originally Posted by Lottie
Our health care system is driven by lawsuits, doctors are always in "cover my own butt" mode, no matter what. For the anesthesiologist to give you a block in the arm is too much risk for him. If something goes wrong in that arm it will be difficult for him to defend doing that block for a "hip" surgery. VS if you get spread post-op it cannot be proven it is due to him NOT giving the block. SO he's going with the " cover my butt" option. I'm not saying this is good medicine, I'm saying this is the reality of how treatment decisions are made. Add to that - the other major driver in our broken health care system , insurance reimbursement. He isn't going to give the block if the medical insurance won't pay for it. Sorry to be a debbie-downer.
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