Update
Sorry for the silence this past week. We lost our modem and had to switch services, we’ve just been hooked back up this morning.
My father had a CAT Scan and they rushed him up the waiting list for the colonoscopy. My parents tell me he’s got a mass in the colon and cancer cells in three of his organs. My sister, however had a chance to sneak a peek at his doctors report and tells me he’s got cancer throughout his entire body. All his major organs have tumors and he’s so weak he can barely lift his arms. He’s waiting to see an oncologist, but I think we all know the immediate outcome of this situation.
My mothers been so sick this past year, he’s been ignoring his own aches, pains, and fatigue, and now it’s seems it’s probably too late.
We’re talking about what’s to be done upon his death and planning his funeral, per his insistance. Nothing has been harder.
I appreciate the fact that they got him in for the colonoscopy early, but the subject now seems moot.
The Uninsured and Cancer
Studies show that people who are not insured and those on Medicaid don’t go to the doctor until their cancers are advanced.
Obviously this is not good because everyone knows or should know by now that there is a better chance of survival when tumors are caught early. Putting aside the fact that these people have a much higher incidence of death, treatment is also more expensive.
The problem is, that sometimes tumors are benign and the folks that have personal insurance will often have early caught tumors treated when they are not cancerous. Bad news for the insurance companies. Too bad!