Abstract ALS is a motor neuron disease that is 100% fatal. There is no cure for ALS yet, and there is also very little information of the cause of ALS. People that suffer from ALS usually don’t start showing symptoms until their 50’s. The symptoms of ALS are at first you start to have shaking of the arms and legs, then after a while you lose control of your arms and legs. After you lose control of your arms and legs breathing will already have become difficult, and will soon no longer be possible to do on one’s own, so they will go on a breathing machine until total respiratory failure and death.
None of which I did. Not knowing I that I was fulfilling a self prophecy I did nothing, I blindly became overweight without any consideration as to what it was doing to my health, but it was not until I reached the age of 46 that I had my first angina attack. I was having angina attacks multiple times every day as it went undiagnosed for 3 months. Finally the pain became too much pain I ended up in the emergency room where I was admitted and then diagnosis with a block artery. My artery was 95% blocked and I was in the hospital for a week (VA does everything slow) so I could get a stent put insert to open the artery.
Health care and reform has been the most debated subject in in the recent years “2008 to present”. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act “Obama Care” is the center of debate and conflict between the House and Senate to include the individual States. The goal of Obama Care is to reform the American health care system by regulating the health insurance industry and at the same time lessen spending within then health care industry. On March 23, 2010, President Obama signed “Obama Care” into law, just three months after taking office. The President’s objective “promise to the voters” was to provide a more affordable with not settling for substandard health care to all Americans.
This outrageous amount of money could be and should be spent in a much more efficient way. The Canadian Health Act was introduced to Canada in 1984 and it allows every single Canadian access to free healthcare regardless of any financial barriers. I believe everything we get should be earned and we cannot continue to let the Canadian government throw away our hard earned money for small incidents and unnecessary check-ups. Nobody likes to pay for something that does not, in some way, benefit them. Essentially they are forcing us to do just that.
Delaying this surgery for many years when I was living in Iraq, due to technical and financial problems, has had a very negative impact on my health because the problem in my knee was a reason of severe pain so I lived many years on pain killer medicine. This issue also had extremely reduced my ability of work. After I settled in the U.S, this matter was among my priorities from the very beginning. So when both my wife and I found jobs, we started seriously thinking about the surgery and it took me another four years to arrange my situation to be able to buy an affordable medical insurance through my wife’s job. Hopefully the operation will be completed successfully before the end of this
The tear however does cause pain, swelling, decreased ROM, and some instability. It takes the longest to heal typically six to nine months depending on the severity. Treatment requires surgery where there is a reconstruction of the ACL in which the patellar tendon is used to recreate a new ACL and the meniscus tear is removed. Even after surgery many of the patients still have to undergo weeks of physical therapy and use a knee brace to stabilize and reduce pain. It will take about a year
Healthcare Issues As the discharge planner for Mr. Trosack, I will need to address several issues before I can safely send him home. He has had several new diagnoses while in the hospital for a fractured hip, and the hip fracture will be the first issue I will address. He will not have the mobility he had before his fall and even though he wants to be independent, he will continue to have issues at home that needs to be addressed. Second, he has been diagnosed with diabetes, and he is in denial about this. He and his family feel that he will be able to control his blood sugar level with diet alone.
We sat patiently waiting to hear from the doctor. When the doctor finally came in, he asked if the patient had had a recent major heart attack and when we replied that he had not, he seemed not to believe us. His heart valve had disintegrated and all of his blood had begun to rush backwards causing all of his other major organs to shut down on him. The doctor said he had to have had a major heart attack within the last ten days in order for that valve to deteriorate the way it did. The doctor told us that this man was as sick as a man could be and still be alive.
The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as the "Multinational Monitor." In 2001, Ralph Nader started up another non-profit organization known as Democracy Rising. This organization was dedicated to ending the War in Iraq, and bringing the troops back to America. The political opinions that Ralph Nader is so well known for would make him one of the highest rated presidents that America has ever seen. In his 2000 bid for the presidency Ralph Nader campaigned against the corporate powers dominance in the political landscape as well as the need for change in the manner of how presidential races are held.
I read an article by Cathy LeBoeuf-Schouten explaining about the shortages of Canadian healthcare facilities and how they are full. (http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig10/leboeuf-schouten1.html). Patients in Canadian facilities are given numbers based on their condition and may not be treated until people with worse emergencies are treated. That may not be a bad thing until a patient with a broken arm has spent 12 hours for an x-ray. In the article Schouten states “You tell the nurse that your son must be seen by a doctor immediately – it’s an emergency!