minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin Minow) (01/26/86)
In article <355@cuuxb>, cuuxb!frye writes Reply-To: minow@decvax.UUCP (Martin minow) Organization: DEC - ULTRIX Engineering Group In article <355@cuuxb>, cuuxb!frye (Tom Frye) writes >You'd think a fire chief who'd been through quite a bit of paramedic >training (he had) would know enough to look into something abnormal. Not a good assumption. After my brother finished medical school, including a post-doc doing cancer research, he went in for his Air Force physical (he studied under a sholarship program which committed him to do military service). After the physical, the examining doctor asked him "Doctor, do you know why you have a 15% hearing loss in one ear?" To make a long story short, it was a brain tumor, successfully operated on. (The cause is believed to be X-ray treatments he had as a child for tonsellitus -- perhaps Craig could explain more.) 18 years later, he can explain to his patients that cancer can be cured. However, I doubt that he would recommend self-diagnosis. Martin Minow decvax!minow
frye@cuuxb.UUCP (frye) (01/28/86)
I don't really like the idea of self diagnisis either. I was just thinking that the firechief with a lot of training would be more tempted to go see a medicine man that your average guy on the street. Roger had probably seen a few people who'd just let things go 'til they'd become critical before. I doubt he would have done that. So, I just kinda figure he must have felt in fine shape... Something I learned a little while back that I had no idea of 'til then: Someone told me that M.S. could be linked to the fact that there was a dog or cat around that had distemper when the M.S. victim was a kid. I was surprized to find out that distemper can mess up the human wiring harness like that. If what I heard was true, that means people should made damned sure their pets are in good health and stay away from strange animals. I knew a lady who'd take in every wounded critter she found. They'd very rarely make it, but she'd try. She had some pet hampsteres that ended up dying after she brought home a sick raccoon. Once I saw that, I decided to just whack 'em with a shovel or something and bury them when I found a sick critter. Don't want to take home no wierd illnesses... Any truth to the story I heard about distemper causing M.S. and its typical insulation breakdown? (I had a big power supply that came down with a problem like that in its cable loom(8-).) Thanks, Tom Frye
werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) (01/28/86)
Despite the invitation, I won't comment on the rest.
I just want to add the following comment by Sir William Osler:
"Any physician who treats himself has a fool for a patient."
--
Craig Werner
!philabs!aecom!werner
"Time flies when you're streaking out N. gonorrheae." elliot@well.UUCP (Elliot Fabric) (01/31/86)
I have heard anecdotal reports of MS patients moving from cold/dry climes to warm/humid ones with remarkable improvement. Specifically moving from Northeast to Southern Florida. Is there any mechanism to explain this if true?
doug@terak.UUCP (Doug Pardee) (01/31/86)
> just thinking that the firechief with a lot of training would > be more tempted to go see a medicine man that your average guy > on the street. Roger had probably seen a few people who'd just > let things go 'til they'd become critical before. I doubt he > would have done that. Something to keep in mind... it's possible that he knew that he had a problem, but didn't go to a doctor because if he went to a doctor he might lose his job. He might have been hoping that the problem would go away on its own. The inhibiting influence doesn't even need to be as powerful as losing one's job. One of my hobbies is flying. The FAA requires that pilots have a physical exam by an official Airman Medical Examiner every two years (more frequently for commercial pilots). At that time I have to report every visit to a doctor or hospital, including the purpose and the outcome. It sometimes seems that almost any medical condition has become cause for permanent grounding. I assure you that I do not rush off to see a doctor just because I'm not feeling well -- I wait until I'm convinced either that the problem requires immediate attention or that it won't get better by itself. (I ground myself during that time.) -- Doug Pardee -- CalComp -- {hardy,savax,seismo,decvax,ihnp4}!terak!doug