Up 11.9%
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I don't know whether there is any real data on this yet, but I have a lot of anecdotal evidence that all kinds of treatments are delayed due to COVID. Not necessarily because of the doctor/hospital, but also because older folks are too scared to go to the hospital in these times.
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Ok, I’m sure the modeling is fine on the odds but how many actual human beings have delayed screening > 12 months due to Covid? So far the number is precisely zero.
No elective colonoscopies were done around here for three months or maybe a bit longer. Occult blood testing does not always pick up early stage colorectal cancer.
I also wonder what symptoms you would have to meet, to go from an elective procedure, to a "we have to do this now". I know a significant amount of blood in the stool and a crit drop would trigger that, but I don't have a clue on where the middle ground is...
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I don't know whether there is any real data on this yet, but I have a lot of anecdotal evidence that all kinds of treatments are delayed due to COVID. Not necessarily because of the doctor/hospital, but also because older folks are too scared to go to the hospital in these times.
Of course. But the paper described modeling that would show a 12mo+ delay would lead to an 11.9% increase in deaths at the 5 year mark. Then the headline makes it sound like it already happened.
Exactly zero people have delayed diagnosis over a year for a virus that the west started taking seriously only in March.
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@mark How is she feeling? Has her symptoms she was having on her side gotten better?
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@taiwan_girl said in Up 11.9%:
@mark How is she feeling? Has her symptoms she was having on her side gotten better?
Thanks for asking. I meant to do an update as the Gabapentin seems to be working at a certain level. She no longer has pain when she rolls over in bed. She was having an issue with what felt like a pinched nerve whenever she would twist a certain way at her hip. It would persist for a few minutes then dissipate. That is now all gone.
She is calling her doc today to let him know. This development is less than a week old so, she wanted to make sure it wasn't a temporary situation, unrelated to the drugs effectiveness.
So, some positive news on that front. The tingling, numbness and lack of coordination and strength is still persistent.
I think the doc will up her dosage and see what happens. No side effects so far, so that is good.
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@taiwan_girl said in Up 11.9%:
@mark How is she feeling? Has her symptoms she was having on her side gotten better?
Thanks for asking. I meant to do an update as the Gabapentin seems to be working at a certain level. She no longer has pain when she rolls over in bed. She was having an issue with what felt like a pinched nerve whenever she would twist a certain way at her hip. It would persist for a few minutes then dissipate. That is now all gone.
She is calling her doc today to let him know. This development is less than a week old so, she wanted to make sure it wasn't a temporary situation, unrelated to the drugs effectiveness.
So, some positive news on that front. The tingling, numbness and lack of coordination and strength is still persistent.
I think the doc will up her dosage and see what happens. No side effects so far, so that is good.
That's very good to hear. I suspect the medicine is working. I'm sure they'll use the lowest dosage that's effective.
