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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I don't understand why you continue to discuss this. You have made up your mind.
Do you want to talk others out of tests that identify cancer that can still be treated?
Nothing is without risk. Nothing. And human error and crummy hospitals still exist....everywhere.
It is for each of us to find the best answer for ourselves and live with it, or sadly die with it.
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This thread, as you suggested earlier, may not have been true to its heading. In my haste, I made it too limiting. It possibly should have been as follows:
Colon cancer/colonoscopies/doctor patient relationship etc. However, it seems to have worked out okay as most people have understood that anything related to colon cancer is fair to discuss.
The reason I brought up the Daily Sun article about contaminated colonoscopy equipment is basically the same reason it was printed in the newspaper. It's news that people should know about. I think full disclosure, in the long run, is a good thing. The public is unlikely to demand better medical treatment if they don't know what's going on. So the first step is to know what's going on.
Rather than behave in a hapless/helpless manor, I would hope that some patients take the inititive to ask if the equipment is being sterilized according to hospital regulations. Is there a special device made for this purpose? Do they have it? Do they use it?
Let's stop acting like doctors are gods and that patients are supposed to be dumb.