amberjack1234

Is medicine in the US better? I would have to say overall yes and my wife feels the same way. I personally feel that in the US doctors do to much sometimes. I can tell you that after loosing my wife of 25 years to cancer that they treated her for to the tune of $325,000 and 18 months of treatment the end was the same. I ask her at the end if she would do it again and she told me 2 weeks before she died that she would not do it again that she would like to have had it end in the first 30 days that they initially gave her. Have I survived financially? Yes, I have and I am doing quite well now with the help of my wonderful Chinese wife. Another story all in it's own and perhaps some day I can share it with everyone here. The whole story that is from beginning to end. So; 1. Is American medicine better? Yes, I still think so. 2. Do American doctors try to be to heroic? Yes, I think that they do and with little thought of the cost even when the outcome is going to be the same no matter what. Just buying a little more time with more pain and suffering. I have now learned from this experience that you have to make some tough choices in this life. I do believe that after going through this ordeal with my wife that I, like her, would choose the 30 days. 3. Of course this is the worst case but there are other terrible things that can happen. I had a kidney stone in each of my ureters at the same time, completely blocking both sides. I can tell you that was no fun and nothing that your could wait until the next flight out with. I just am not sure of what kind of treatment for this type of situation that you would recieve in China. By the way my mother in law is a surgeon. She told me that I had better be glad that I had that attack in America. 4. Can I afford the cost of medical care here. I have survived so far and there are always ways to get things done here. In China if you don't pay first you don't get treated just that simple. No one is going to help you except your immediate family in China. I consider my health and health care the most important thing in this world to me and my wife. Without good health or good health care you have nothing. 5. Have I been in a Chinese hospital? Yes, I have twice. Once I was in the same room with the American Chinese Ambassador in Beijiing. Did I get good medical attention? You bet I did. I was ask if they could treat the Ambassador first because I was next and I told them to take care of him first but they were going to make him wait his turn. Would I get the same treatment again somewhere else. Of that I am not sure this is what bother me the most. My mother in law constantly warns me about this issue. She is very happy that her daughter is in America. No, she does not have any desire to come to America.

I am verry sorry I left out an important part. The hospitals were told that the tea samples were urin samples that had just been taken.

I to am thinking of buying a house in China too. I am 57 and retired 7 years ago, started another business and I am planning to quit that at 62. Here goes the old problem again as has been brought up before. Health care: My wife just read on SOHU a government owned news agency that someone brewed some tea and sent 10 samples to the top 10 hospitals in China and guess what. 9 out of the 10 was disgnosed with an infection that would require treatment with anti-biotics at an average cost of 1500 yuan. Not much money for us but a hell of a lot for farmers. The joke was that they guessed that people would have to start putting anit-biotics in their brewed tea!!!!! That just is not good medicine. I do have medical issues, as some of us older folks do, so this is a major issue with me. You can't just say that I will jump on the next flight out. If you have a heart attack or kidney stone blockage there is just no waiting for the next flight out. I don't have any issues with the money as I really suspect that most of you do not really have any issues with that either if you really tell the truth but the medical part is what scares me. Just my thoughts.

Thats wonderful and I hope that you have more good luck in the future!!!!!!

There is a chemical that a ear,nose and throat doctor can inject in the back of your throat that will cause scar tissue to form and reduce the size of your uvula (spelling). I've had this done twice. The injection is painful but the only other alternative is to reduce the size of the uvula surgically which is also painful. My wife has just adapted thank God!!!! The injections help some people but not others. Good luck