tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post8830890136266384472..comments2024-01-01T18:27:09.309+01:00Comments on cant d'ocell: Cough, coughRobinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16050749288339988725noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post-31229634391221355142009-05-19T23:31:42.800+02:002009-05-19T23:31:42.800+02:00I could have sworn I posted something else, earlie...I could have sworn I posted something else, earlier, which never appeared... Nonetheless, I hope you don't carry on thinking "there's no exchange of money whatsoever" - my husband is self-employed and the amount he pays for our "free" national health insurance horrifies me. There are many drawbacks. Nonetheless, all the best to you and MartÃ.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post-68215440641456303402009-04-03T11:25:00.000+02:002009-04-03T11:25:00.000+02:00I'm feeling much better, Astrid! Sweet of you to w...I'm feeling much better, Astrid! Sweet of you to worry.<BR/><BR/>Catherine and Pinolina, thanks for the info on blood tests! The question of tests/mammograms is interesting, and has been in the news quite a bit lately--both in terms of cost effectiveness and health effectiveness.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16050749288339988725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post-24326347635991878322009-04-02T13:30:00.000+02:002009-04-02T13:30:00.000+02:00How are you feeling. It's been a little while sinc...How are you feeling. It's been a little while since you wrote this post so i'm getting a little worried :)<BR/><BR/>AstridAstridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12889077261997269904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post-2152694862725589562009-03-29T07:40:00.000+02:002009-03-29T07:40:00.000+02:00I guess it depends how thorough a yearly checkup y...I guess it depends how thorough a yearly checkup you are having. Many tests have attached risks, which are very slight, but if you are healthy, the very slight risk of a mishap due to the test is larger than the even slighter risk that there is something wrong with you considering that you are sympton free.<BR/>Mostly, tests are used here for those who actually have symptoms.<BR/>Usually when I get a repeat of my asthma meds, I get my lungs listened to, my weight and blood pressure taken, and that's about it. When I was on the pill, I used to get my cholesterol checked once in a while, too.<BR/>Although these days I tend to ask my doctor to check my back since I had a BCC removed - I can't see my own back. And we get cervical smears done free once every two years.<BR/>Many in New Zealand are agitating to extend downwards the age for free mammograms (it used to be over 50, now it is over 45) but what they don't realise is that it is actually quite difficult to pick up tumours on a mammogram in younger, denser breast tissue, and they are faster growing if you are younger (though rarer), so you would need a mammogram every six months or so to do much good. It is not cost effective.<BR/>It astounds me how much money is spent on non-essential health care for Americans, considering how much good could be done with the same amount of money in the third worldCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08236329216260906624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15507444.post-19196839142028425722009-03-26T19:20:00.000+01:002009-03-26T19:20:00.000+01:00Blood tests measure glucose, kidney function, whit...Blood tests measure glucose, kidney function, white blood cell count and... among other things... liver function. For this reason, it is advisable not to go for a blood test within 48 hours of any kind of alcohol-fuelled celebration, because this leads to further (much scarier) blood tests before being told that it was probably just a blip in the enzyme count...<BR/><BR/>Hope your cold gets better soon!pinolonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00473418753213565601noreply@blogger.com