Taking a dip-stick up the ass isn’t a professional way to check for colon cancer there bud.

Sounds like Priscilla knows of what she speaks!

Reagan got all sorts of government paid healthcare even after he was no longer a government employee.

If you sign up for the military, get a Federal job, become President of the US or a Congressman it call all be yours too! What does that have to do with anything?

After all, he is 65 years old. At this late-stage in his life how many tax dollars are we willing to put toward saving him? Couldn’t we save a lot of money by just making him comfortable? He’s also overweight, and clearly hasn’t been taking care of himself. That will no doubt complicate any treatment and add additional expense. Why should we taxpayers foot the bill for that?

You forget, Rob: Being a member of the elite ruling class trumps any rules that they put in place for the rest of us!

In the UK, Canada, et al, Dodd would be subjected to a low-cost “Watchful Waiting” procedure where every six months they would test [gamble!] to see how much his PSA had risen. WW can go on for years – the average is 4!

OK, if Dodd want’s socialized medicine then that’s what he should get. 4 years of waiting.

many government-run health care systems in other parts of the world treat it as a low, very low priority.

So Mr. Dodd should plan on getting treatment around Easter?

The thing is that Neiman had his take on it, and Rob had his own somewhat different take.

There’s nothing wrong with repeating the story.

There’s nothing wrong with repeating the story.

I read your post. Your take on it was that it was surprising that these politicians never consider retiring when they have life changing events like this.

I thought that was an interesting take.

Rob’s take on the story is a lot different than yours.

I hope he gets proper treatment and recovers, no one deserves this. However, if he does recover it would be poetic justice to put him in a cell for the rest of his life for his role in the meltdown. I understand that Federal prisoners get very good healthcare.

Reagan got all sorts of government paid healthcare even after he was no longer a government employee. Apparently not good enough for anyone else

Neiman, your whining and your persecution complex really gets old!

Sorry, Whistler… we are talking YEARS, not months!!!

In the UK, Canada, et al, Dodd would be subjected to a low-cost “Watchful Waiting” procedure where every six months they would test [gamble!] to see how much his PSA had risen. WW can go on for years – the average is 4!

My PRIVATE HEALTH CARE oncologist warned me that this is a very risky and dangerous policy; one in which the patient will be the only loser.

I wrote my own post about this because I hate you.

That is why you are so often criticized for your loose handling of the truth here at SAB, because of your apparent contempt for the facts: I spoke about your hating my beliefs and viewpoints and YOU made it into a personal comment. Gee, I wonder who needs to “chill out,” whatever the hell that means?

Truth is, I actually didn’t notice your post.

The title was clearly on the exact same subject, mine breaking the story here at SAB and at that time it was only 2nd or third from the top. You and I will never agree on much, because of your atheism; but I would never think you are such a fool that could that you could have so easily missed it or that you were ever so unprofessional (as you have a great blog, well designed and very open), as to not make a quick title check of other stories before posting. So, please forgive me for offending you if liar is the only option left to me.

This is your blog, you may do whatever you want with it, but you have often commented at length with your different views on others posts here at SAB, and I must say that your loose handling of the truth in this situation reflects very poorly on your honesty! If this was the first time or it even happened rarely, no big deal; but you have done this to me quite often, so there must be much more to it than your different “commentary” and “didn’t see it” defense. I much preferred it when at least in your version you would link to the Reader Blog where the story first appeared. That had an appaerance of honesty to it!

That’s it, I have aired my views!

I get checked for it on a regular basis. Prostate problems run in my family. I understand but if he is looking for sympathy from me……..it’s in the dictionary, somewhere between shit and syphillis.

pparet wrote: In the UK, Canada, et al, Dodd would be subjected to a low-cost “Watchful Waiting” procedure where every six months they would test [gamble!] to see how much his PSA had risen. WW can go on for years – the average is 4!

He’s already been diagnosed with the cancer. There wouldn’t be “watchful waiting” when cancer has been diagnosed. I have tons of relatives in Toronto. My aunt had breast cancer. there was no waiting line. She got immediate treatment and is alive today.

Your alarmist wingnuttery knows no bounds.

Neiman, please get off your cross, someone out there needs the wood! (Ok I stole this line from someone, somewhere)

According to the Prostate Cancer Network Canada: they write this about “watchful waiting”:

Active surveillance, which has been called observation or “watchful waiting,” is sometimes the most appropriate medical approach to cancer of the prostate. Why? Prostate cancer can be (but is not always) relatively slow to grow and spread, and men are frequently (but again not always) fairly elderly when their prostate cancer is diagnosed. Combine these tendencies with improvements in our ability to monitor prostate cancer growth, on the one hand, and with the risk of experiencing side effects from more aggressive treatments, on the other, and you can see why, sometimes, active surveillance makes sense.

A responsible program of active surveillance will include regular PSA tests and digital rectal exams. A useful monitoring tool is PSA doubling time, which estimates how long it will take for a man’s level of prostate-specific antigen to double. Doctors assessing PSA doubling time may ask a prostate cancer patient to have a PSA test every three to four months. Physicians also may ask for continued biopsies and analysis of the urine to try to monitor your cancer. Note, however, that no monitoring system is infallible. Even biopsies can miss signs of prostate cancer progression.

Men who decide upon active surveillance frequently take on the responsibility of improving their general health by making lifestyle and dietary changes. They may also investigate complementary treatments. It is important to remember, though, that active surveillance may not be appropriate for you and that it should not be undertaken to avoid or postpone more aggressive therapies if these are available to you and needed to fight prostate cancer that puts you at risk.

It is clear that there is no demand from the government that a man use “watchful waiting”. It is an option and the choice of the patient.

Somehow you make it out to be some big bad government demand that kills men in Canada.

Once again your wingnuttery is taking over here.

I checked out some of the survival rates for prostate cancer around the world. Dodd is lucky he lives in America pre-nationalized health care.