tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post1304201894535515705..comments2023-07-10T11:41:10.728+01:00Comments on RETIRED AND CRAZY- ME? SURELY NOT!: FRENCH HEALTH CAREwww.retiredandcrazy.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-44334579690467726832008-08-17T09:16:00.000+01:002008-08-17T09:16:00.000+01:00I think that you have a good point there guineapig...I think that you have a good point there guineapigmum. Health care is very much a post code lottery in England and there are rumours that us oldies are not considered top priority either. So we seem to be in a lose, lose situation here. It shouldn't be like this but I'm glad for your sake that you are in a area of the UK that is well catered for.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-56785498690466896172008-08-13T14:24:00.000+01:002008-08-13T14:24:00.000+01:00This sounds so bad. I had such a different NHS exp...This sounds so bad. I had such a different NHS experience last autumn - Gp, scan, GP, gynae consultant, surgery, biopsy results/gynae consultant, oncology consultant, start of chemotherapy all within 7 weeks. Any faster and my stress levels would have beent through the roof; it was just about the right speed for me to cope with everything. However, the GP did comment recently that she thought it all seemed to take a very long time. <BR/><BR/>I was given a date for surgery the afternoon that I saw the consultant, with the operation a week later and I started chemo within 3 weeks of the surgery. I was kept very well informed all the way along. <BR/><BR/>So it's not all bad; perhaps it depends too much on where you are and the individual consultants you're dealing with.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-57299696783933591462008-08-10T09:28:00.000+01:002008-08-10T09:28:00.000+01:00Hi Rachael, thanks for your visit. My daughter, h...Hi Rachael, thanks for your visit. My daughter, her husband and two youngest children moved to France last January. They love it.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-90404561254947326742008-08-09T20:34:00.000+01:002008-08-09T20:34:00.000+01:00I live in France and fortunately haven't needed to...I live in France and fortunately haven't needed to use the healthcare for anything serious, however when we have used it we have been very impressed with the service and care that was provided.<BR/><BR/>I hope all turns out well for OG.<BR/><BR/>Racheal xRacheal Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01766148041866102479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-23368161331574872042008-08-09T19:23:00.000+01:002008-08-09T19:23:00.000+01:00Aims, it's a long story of mis-diagnosis and incor...Aims, it's a long story of mis-diagnosis and incorrect biopsies, but I do believe that if the cancer had been detected earlier it wouldn't have passed into the prostrate and then the lymph nodes. OG stopped smoking about 25 years ago, but he did (and still does) drink copious amounts of diet drinks which in the UK contain aspartane, which I believe is banned in many countries because it is a carcinogen.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-91648808747461065672008-08-09T19:09:00.000+01:002008-08-09T19:09:00.000+01:00Jay I think that problem is that we now have a 3 t...Jay I think that problem is that we now have a 3 tier health system. When my husband complained to our consultant nephew about having to wait so long despite being private he said "ah, but now there's Private and there's Holywood Private". It's scary.www.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-65552097707511838492008-08-08T17:06:00.000+01:002008-08-08T17:06:00.000+01:00Oh damn! I had bladder cancer and they operated th...Oh damn! I had bladder cancer and they operated the day after they discovered it. Then they operated again 3 days later as they knew they hadn't got all of it.<BR/><BR/>I sat here wondering if your husband would have gotten prostrate cancer anyway - or if it would have been a different story. I'm thinking anyway as cancer has its own designs on our bodies.<BR/><BR/>However - I'm appalled at the wait times and the lack of communication! Especially for someone with cancer. It's too bad you just couldn't have gone somewhere else and gotten treatment - faster - more efficiently.<BR/><BR/>We don't have THE BEST health system in the world...but it is pretty good. We still complain anyway.<BR/><BR/>Was (or is) your husband a smoker? I only ask as I know bladder cancer has been directly related to smoking. <BR/><BR/>I think about him quite a bit in my life - and keep hoping the best for him. <BR/><BR/>The frustration levels is not condusive to healing....damn that system!aimshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12685252628734838159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-17888067142762839232008-08-03T18:54:00.000+01:002008-08-03T18:54:00.000+01:00Yes, it certainly has been fun filled moziesmeYes, it certainly has been fun filled moziesmewww.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-39356168706380947782008-08-03T18:53:00.000+01:002008-08-03T18:53:00.000+01:00Thnk you so much for your good wishes AnneThnk you so much for your good wishes Annewww.retiredandcrazy.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12130398756223000765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-15005297543428142382008-08-03T17:54:00.000+01:002008-08-03T17:54:00.000+01:00I really do think it's time we admitted we have a ...I really do think it's time we admitted we have a two-tier health system and made it work properly that way. As it is now, we can't opt out of the NHS, and there are doctors with feet in both camps. I've noticed that the private health care we can get is less good in some areas that it used to be, too.<BR/><BR/>Sorry OG is having such trouble getting things done at a time when it's so important. I wish him luck getting his follow up appt ASAP and with getting some answers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-64736368488519897832008-08-03T15:44:00.000+01:002008-08-03T15:44:00.000+01:00Sounds like a fun (er - filled) life . . . Wishin...Sounds like a fun (er - filled) life . . . Wishing you the best!Mozi Esmehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078786257885681829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7185955142944545750.post-65175147712349327982008-08-03T14:19:00.000+01:002008-08-03T14:19:00.000+01:00Dear RAC - we do seem to be lacking with our healt...Dear RAC - we do seem to be lacking with our health service especially when comparing to other countries and often it certainly does appear to be a 'post code lottery' as to what sort of service you get. It is scary though that even though OG has private health insurance things are moving so slowly at a time when you need answers NOW. I have to say that so far my family and I have been lucky with the NHS and long may it continue. <BR/><BR/>I wish OG and you all the very best. A xStrawberry Jam Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13695110960213262472noreply@blogger.com