ENDO Messages for July, 2007: Sicko was Good, to D

Sicko was Good, to D

From: andrea (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu Jul 19 20:56:56 2007

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Hey D,

I went and saw Sicko with my aunt 2 weeks ago when I was visiting in Colorado. Boy, did we cry. Everyone in the theatre was wriled up. I think people should see it too, although most people here in TX want to kill MIchael Moore, so I have not told any of my friends here about it. They thought Fahrenheit 911 was bogus too, but never were open-minded enough to even see it. I think MIchael Moore did a great job showing how poorly Americans are taken care of when it comes to healthcare and how outrageously expensive it is, however, I wished he would have exposed the dishonesty and corruption of pharmaceutical companies, the FDA and some doctors as well.

They are the ones who manufacture dangerous drugs, approve them, give us multiple prescriptions that we don't need or cause us to have OTHER symptoms, which drives up the cost of our healthcare in the first place!

It is so true that politicians play a role and are in the pockets of the pharmaceutical companies. A lot of examples in his movie too. Govenor Rick Perry of TX is trying to make it a LAW or maybe alerady has, that 12 year old girls HAVE to have the shot Gardasil to prevent HPV (Human Papilloma Virus).

Who the hell is he to tell us what shots to give our children and what are the side effects and long term effects of this shot? HPV cannot even be contracted unless the girl is sexually active. I wonder how much Merck Pharmaceuticals is contributing to his next campaign?! Then the whole conviction of TAP Pharmaceuticals who makes Lurpon is a scary thing too. $890 million in fines they paid and are still going strong. They own sites that masquerade as Endo help sites for women and all the people who respond to your questions really work for TAP to promote Lupron.

That is why I think it is so important for women to demand to have their hormones tested, because that could help a lot right there, explain many of their symptoms and they could avoid putting all these unnecessary drugs in their bodies. We all really need to research on how to fix ourselves including knowing everything about the drugs we take, because it seems that so many people in the medical field can no longer be trusted. Of course a lot of us need excision surgery with a specialist too to get relief, but we need to know our medicines!

My mom was given 5 times the dosage of prednisone that she should have been given for her asthma for years. I never knew this until she was diagnosed with liver cancer and died at 44, eleven years ago. I read up on it, and thought, "Why the hell did the doctor do that?" "How can he be held accountable?" That is part of the reason I am so bitter and unwilling to take a doctor's word for anything. I never filled a prescription right away after my mom died until reading everything I could about it.

Sorry if I went on too much, but I get so angry when so many of us can't seem to get the help we need!

I hope your surgery goes well and gives me the courage I need to get mine. You will have to keep me posted. I wish we all lived in the same town and could all go through recovery together! That would make it a lot less scary.

Have a nice & restful weekend. ttys

--
Andrea

At Thu, 19 Jul 2007, D wrote:
>
>Hi Lisa -
>
>I don't know where you are, but I think every state has an "insurance
>board" or some similar state gov.  organization that may be able to help
>you figure this out.  It sounds like they are being cheap - may I ask
>what kind of insurance you have? There may be a lot of other people with
>the same problem - I've heard of insurers combing through their clients
>looking for reasons like this to deny claims.  The strategy is to deny
>for anything, because some people won't protest and they'll make more
>money.  The federal standard for pre-existing conditions is to not cover
>them for a year, but I don't know if that applies to your policy.
>
>Even if they refuse to cover it initially, there is always a grievance
>procedure you can follow through the state.  I'm sorry you are having to
>deal with this on top of everything! It's horrible that they target sick
>people to make a profit!
>
>I don't know if anyone here has seen Michael Moore's movie SiCKO yet,
>but I know it's on my list.  I think everyone should see it!
>
>At Thu, 19 Jul 2007, Tasha wrote:
>>
>>That is very odd! Your pre-exist period should be past after 3 years! I
>>would contact either the HR person if your policy is thru work or your
>>insurance agent if its a direct policy and see what advice they can give
>>you.  There has to be some way you can fight to get it covered! Good
>>luck.
>>Tasha
>>
>>At Thu, 19 Jul 2007, lisa wrote:
>>>
>>>Was wondering if any one had problems with insurance calling
>>>Endometrisosis a prexsisting condition and not covering your treatments.
>>>I have been withthe same insurance company for 3 years and only foud out
>>>two years ago i have endo.  But now there saying since befor getting
>>>coverage with them i seeked medial help for my Endo symptoms that is is
>>>a prexsisting condtion and wont be covered for 18 months.
>>>So lost and need any advice I need my drs and my treatments.
>>>Lisa
>
>--
>Find an endo specialist in the ERC's EndoDocs group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EndoDocs/
>
>Try an excellent endo support group:
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/erc/
>
>Info on pain management:
>http://www.painfoundation.org/
>

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