Saturday, May 21, 2016

“People are the CEO of their health, and doctors are just consultants.”

I loved this quote from



Dr. Jay Parkinson


MD + MPH
I'm the Co-Founder & Chief Medical Officer of Sherpaa

This is perfectly exemplified by this quote. Dr. Steven Wolf writes, a rehabilitation stroke expert and professor at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta.  "Stroke patients need to rely more on their own problem solving to regain mobility".
You are completely on your own, deal with it.
Putting this into a stroke construct, we have fucking incompetent consultants, list below.

1. 30% get spasticity NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.

2. At least half of all stroke survivors experience fatigue Or is it 70%?

Or is it 40%?

NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.

3. Over half of stroke patients have attention problems.

NOTHING THAT WILL CURE IT.

NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL CURE IT.

4.  The incidence of constipation was 48%.

NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL CURE IT.

5. No EXACT stroke protocols that address any of your muscle limitations.

6. Poststroke depression(33% chance)

NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT. 

7.  Poststroke anxiety(20% chance) NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT. 

8. Posttraumatic stress disorder(23% chance)  NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.

  9.  12% tPA efficacy for full recovery NO ONE IS WORKING ON SOMETHING BETTER.

10.  10% seizures post stroke NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT. 

11. 21% of patients had developed cachexia NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT. 

 

12. You lost 5 cognitive years from your stroke  NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS IT.

13.  33% dementia chance post-stroke from an Australian study?

       Or is it 17-66%?

       Or is it 20% chance in this research?

NO PROTOCOLS THAT WILL ADDRESS THIS


 

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1 comment:

  1. Geoff.WenkerMay 21, 2016 at 10:02 PM

    Dean,
    I like it also, because that is how I think of my rehab providers.
    A few months after my stroke 3 years ago, I started coming to all doctor & therapists sessions with an agenda listing my questions about how to get better faster and maximize the benefit from my limited time with these people.
    I also included old business for follow up on outstanding issues and my notes about what was said & done in prior sessions.
    I also leave these notes with them along with copies of relevant articles I learn about from your site!
    Of course, never enough time to discuss, but I think they read them once in awhile!

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