How interesting, Teppy. Does it hold other benefits, like stopping some of the angina?
Also, you can tell it's not gonna have a happy ending when the main guy's all bumpy.
Tara ,'First Date'
Natter 73: Chuck Norris only wishes he could Natter
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
meara - Jun 27, 2014 9:35:49 am PDT #885 of 30000
Calli - Jun 27, 2014 9:44:07 am PDT #886 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
That sounds like a lot of difficult stuff at once, Burrell.
ita, I'm sorry your migraine doc is less useful than a tool.
Ginger - Jun 27, 2014 9:48:46 am PDT #887 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I probably wouldn't have been so irritated if it weren't for the fact that five minutes on the subject of scrambled eggs makes me feel nauseated.
There have been several studies that showed that even after being told numerous times that the treatment being offered will only make them feel better, by reducing pain or other symptoms, cancer patients believe the treatment is curative.
Steph L. - Jun 27, 2014 9:53:59 am PDT #888 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
How interesting, Teppy. Does it hold other benefits, like stopping some of the angina?
It does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.
Ginger - Jun 27, 2014 9:56:37 am PDT #889 of 30000
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
While I'm whining...
Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much":
She's right.
Laura - Jun 27, 2014 10:12:29 am PDT #890 of 30000
Our wings are not tired.
Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much"
Ha! Listen to the wifey.
meara - Jun 27, 2014 10:51:28 am PDT #891 of 30000
t does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.
Can they do both? Or is that contraindicated?
There have been several studies that showed that even after being told numerous times that the treatment being offered will only make them feel better, by reducing pain or other symptoms, cancer patients believe the treatment is curative.
Yeah, sadly, given my line of work, I'm aware of that. On the other hand, I think some patients hear that and think "OMG I'll be dead in a month", when sometimes people can live for years and years with not-cured-but-not-worsening cancer.
Steph L. - Jun 27, 2014 10:53:36 am PDT #892 of 30000
Unusually and exceedingly peculiar and altogether quite impossible to describe
t does alleviate the angina more rapidly than drug therapy does, but the effect diminished over time; conversely, drug therapy is initially slow to alleviate angina, but as long as the patient is adherent to therapy, it is effective over a longer period.
Can they do both? Or is that contraindicated?
They can do both. I think that, from a managed-health/cost-savings perspective, the goal is to not perform angioplasty in patients for whom it has no mortality benefit. And that makes sense to me. (Plus, there's always a risk when you do an invasive procedure in an artery with blockage. Better to avoid that risk if you can.)
Jesse - Jun 27, 2014 11:06:46 am PDT #893 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Dear guy who said "My wife thinks I complain too much":
She's right.
Hee.
I feel very smart in that I had two meetings this afternoon in which the participants just went there and told the truth about all kinds of things, and it was enormously satisfying and now it's almost time to go. FRIDAY!
-t - Jun 27, 2014 11:30:16 am PDT #894 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
You are killing this week, Jesse. Well done.