Un pc thoughts
So im writing this just to get it out. I dont really expect a solution. Apologise in advance if the un pc nature of this is not nice. I am getting a counsellor soon. Ive been aware all along that ...
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Yep @Dory65.
I've been lucky enough to have had a back door view of cancer research for the last ten years through my gig as a grant assessor for Cancer Australia. Some of the stuff I see is really encouraging. Some is so frustrating I want to spit.
The treatments we get in this country are world class, even if some of those administering them are notably not.
Despite all the guff about one cancer specialist being better than another, they are all informed by their relevant industry bodies. A bit like lawyers, the law is the law and none of us want mavericks who want to use us as a test case, at our personal expense. A good lawyer reads everything related to your case and looks for legal options. All but one of my numerous oncologists have been distinctly linear and only follow the latest guidelines. Sensible,but no sensibility.
Prescribed treatment is determined by current best practise for your disease, your circumstances are not generally a consideration unless you have comorbidities that mean prescribing would be negligence. We are, to a point, stuck with this.
Treat 100 to save 1. There is a strong probability that many are over treated, but it is incredibly difficult to sort that out. There is work being done on genomic stuff to help clarify who need poisoning and neutering and who doesn't but that will, and should, take years to put into regular practice.
Until then, we have to be good little girls and boys, all getting slapped for one child's transgression.
It sucks, it really fucking does, but for now, it's the best we have.
I've been lucky enough to have had a back door view of cancer research for the last ten years through my gig as a grant assessor for Cancer Australia. Some of the stuff I see is really encouraging. Some is so frustrating I want to spit.
The treatments we get in this country are world class, even if some of those administering them are notably not.
Despite all the guff about one cancer specialist being better than another, they are all informed by their relevant industry bodies. A bit like lawyers, the law is the law and none of us want mavericks who want to use us as a test case, at our personal expense. A good lawyer reads everything related to your case and looks for legal options. All but one of my numerous oncologists have been distinctly linear and only follow the latest guidelines. Sensible,but no sensibility.
Prescribed treatment is determined by current best practise for your disease, your circumstances are not generally a consideration unless you have comorbidities that mean prescribing would be negligence. We are, to a point, stuck with this.
Treat 100 to save 1. There is a strong probability that many are over treated, but it is incredibly difficult to sort that out. There is work being done on genomic stuff to help clarify who need poisoning and neutering and who doesn't but that will, and should, take years to put into regular practice.
Until then, we have to be good little girls and boys, all getting slapped for one child's transgression.
It sucks, it really fucking does, but for now, it's the best we have.