General Medical issues thread

[clazman]

Any ideas why you have to pay for a MRI and cant claim on Private Insurance or Medicare?

 

[drron]

Basically if you are having an MRI privately and it is ordered by a GP there are only a few MRIs that will be eligible for a Medicare rebate.

http://www.qldxray.com.au/wp-conten...xr_mri_rebate_flyer_webready_excl_billing.pdf

Private Health Insurance covers those done in hospitals.

 

[whatmeworry]

Study suggests Older Doctor's patients more likely to die.

Patients treated by older doctors are more likely to die than those treated by younger physicians, a study suggests.

The researchers stressed their finding should be regarded as exploratory.
PATIENTS' 30-DAY MORTALITY RATES:
* 10.8 per cent for doctors aged under 40
* 11.1 per cent for medics aged 40-49
* 11.3 per cent for physicians aged 50-59
* 12.1 per cent for doctors aged over 60

Older doctors' patients more likely to die | SBS News

 

[donovan301]

Study suggests Older Doctor's patients more likely to die.





Older doctors' patients more likely to die | SBS News

Just a thought,

but Older doctors have often a clientele of life/ Career long patients.

Many older folk have had the same GP for much of their life. It's they ay they grew up, in their generation.

Older patients die too...often they will have an older doctor by default.

I wonder if they took that into account in the Study?

 

[Pushka]

I wonder if that should be 'older specialists' particularly in those fields where information is constantly changing. Not so much the mechanical specialists (orthos etc) but in the treatment of cancers and auto immune issues.

 

[Milboo]

Any ideas why you have to pay for a MRI and cant claim on Private Insurance or Medicare?

Each one I have had that have been referred by a specialist have been done as bulk billed ones, bar one at St Vincents that they tried to charge me a gap for that I refused to pay as they had not disclosed the cost and I would have simply gone to bulk billing had I known.

Next to impossible to get them on Medicare if GP referred.

Never had had any rebate on Private Health.

 

[Pushka]

Private health usually only kicks in whilst in hospital.

 

[rogerkambah]

Just wondering what specialist surgeon I need to see to have my abdominal incision hernias fixed? Abdominal? Plastic? ?????

 

[KitKat]

Just wondering what specialist surgeon I need to see to have my abdominal incision hernias fixed? Abdominal? Plastic? ?????

General surgeon...... upper abdomen or lower abdomen?
Who did the initial surgery? Guess you may not be happy to go back..

 

[rogerkambah]

General surgeon...... upper abdomen or lower abdomen?
Who did the initial surgery? Guess you may not be happy to go back..

A year ago I was diagnosed as having stage IV RCC.
First stage of my treatment was to undergo a radical nephrectomy to remove r kidney and a large tumour with sufficient margins. Access was gained by incision approximately 30cm in length, through the anterior abdominal wall inferior to the ribs.
Surgery was performed in a public hospital 10 months ago, with the primary objective of surgery performed effectively with no infection apparent.
At first I thought the abdominal protusion was just post operative swelling, but it has increased in length along the incision line.
My oncologist tells me that, as I am undergoing continued 'chemo' therapy (actually a TKI drug) to reduce nodules of RCC remaining in my lungs, I can't have rehabilitative surgery until this is completed.

 

[love_the_life]

Has it been a year already RK? Probably feels a lifetime to you though. How is the treatment going - I remember you said that you were able to reduce the pill days to improve your overall feeling.
Do you want to stay in CBR for surgery? And happy to go private?

 

[KitKat]

A year ago I was diagnosed as having stage IV RCC.
First stage of my treatment was to undergo a radical nephrectomy to remove r kidney and a large tumour with sufficient margins. Access was gained by incision approximately 30cm in length, through the anterior abdominal wall inferior to the ribs.
Surgery was performed in a public hospital 10 months ago, with the primary objective of surgery performed effectively with no infection apparent.
At first I thought the abdominal protusion was just post operative swelling, but it has increased in length along the incision line.
My oncologist tells me that, as I am undergoing continued 'chemo' therapy (actually a TKI drug) to reduce nodules of RCC remaining in my lungs, I can't have rehabilitative surgery until this is completed.

All the best RK
https://www.hernia.org/types/incisional-hernia/
best leave to your oncologist to decide when to tackle
they might have a preferred surgeon

 

[Quickstatus]

Best wishes RK!!' The medical merry-go-round can be draining.

 

[rogerkambah]

Just saw the onco today, he has unfortunately pushed my next scan back by a month, so now two and a half months to wait for further news on the lung nodule. Body is apparently coping ok according to results of recent blood tests. I feel somewhat better than I have for a while so don't know whether the drug side effects are lessening and if so for what reason, or whether having a greater sense of well being is due to the drug affecting more cancer cells. I didn't cut my pill consumption back as I felt I could cope with the side effects for a while longer.

In relation to the hernias the onco said fixing them would not be a major operation, but would involve a waiting period if I had it done publicly, so will probably get it done private.

Has it been a year already RK? Probably feels a lifetime to you though. How is the treatment going - I remember you said that you were able to reduce the pill days to improve your overall feeling.
Do you want to stay in CBR for surgery? And happy to go private?

 

[love_the_life]

Glad to hear you are feeling a bit better as the drug side affects were not at all pleasant. Keep truckin' as they say

 

[penegal]

So Metronidazole and alcohol, how bad is it?

 

[love_the_life]

So Metronidazole and alcohol, how bad is it?

Certainly the advice is not to combine them. Side affects can be a problem and there are a couple of serious ones that might pop up. The medicos here should be able to give you an opinion based on science.

 

[Pushka]

So Metronidazole and alcohol, how bad is it?

Flagyl? Don't try it.

 

[RB]

So Metronidazole and alcohol, how bad is it?

I have heard radio discussions where it has been suggestions it is one of two where warnings are very real. I also remember a local pharmacist mentioned to me that mixing with alcohol would bring the worst reaction I could imagine-that was enough for me not to drink while taking

 

[Pushka]

That drug leaves such a metallic taste that everything tastes foul. But the alcohol warning is real.