[Shop-talk] Carpal tunnel syndrome?

[David Hillman]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2018, Paul Parkanzky wrote:
> The risk of infection is incredibly low with today's standards of
> care. There are always chances of complications, but don't suffer
> needlessly...

    I think that depends on your definition of "incredibly low", but 
according to the CDC, about 2/3rds of a million people acquire 
infections in our hospitals, and about 75,000 die as a result.  Annually.
( 11% fatality rate, btw, so IF you get an infection in a hospital, 
there's 1 chance in 9 that you never leave... these are nasty bugs. )

    Hate to say it, but an awful lot of our medical professionals are 
incompetent.  Of the last 12 x-rays I personally know of, 10 were either 
shot wrong, or read wrong, or both.  My mom fell last year, and had 3 
x-rays done and read by four different doctors.  They concluded she had 0, 
1, 2, and finally 3 broken ribs.  I had a doctor tell me I broke my elbow, 
then I didn't, then I did... and I had to show her how an arm sling works. 
She also tried to get me hooked on some nice opioids, even though I had 
little pain.  But she was one of the 92% of doctors who take kick-backs 
from the pharmaceutical industry, so it's not like my well-being was her 
primary concern.

    Okay, rant off, but be careful which doctor(s) you trust.  They do a 
lot more harm than their oath allows.

--
  David Hillman