tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post3328522703198028924..comments2024-02-18T13:53:30.168-08:00Comments on Surgeonsblog: Public OptionSid Schwabhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-14001855366459758842010-12-27T09:50:23.860-08:002010-12-27T09:50:23.860-08:00Frugie!! I remember you well. In particular, anoth...Frugie!! I remember you well. In particular, another night on which I was unable to get off the floor...Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-64059770816708801612010-12-27T09:42:30.300-08:002010-12-27T09:42:30.300-08:00Sid...Dr Schwab, we were stationed together in Vie...Sid...Dr Schwab, we were stationed together in Vietnam. I remember the night you were injured. A "122 Rocket" struck your barracks and you were thrown out of your bed and you Fx'ed your clavicle, it wasn't a good night. Congratulations on your book and your successful career as a Surgeon. I remember your passion. I am a RN in Northern California Email : rntoo@sbcglobal.net Dan Frugerntoohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16584051200244976933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-31363763675910886392010-10-11T12:50:05.614-07:002010-10-11T12:50:05.614-07:00Thank you, Saana. I'm glad you found the blog,...Thank you, Saana. I'm glad you found the blog, and I wish you a bright future. It's an honorable profession, and remains full of wonder.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-45263381947403248812010-10-11T10:49:52.203-07:002010-10-11T10:49:52.203-07:00I only just found your blog by clicking randomly i...I only just found your blog by clicking randomly in Wikipedia. <br /><br />I'm a Finnish 4th year (Finnish medical school takes 6 years) medical student wishing to become a surgeon one day. Thank you so much for your wonderful blog, you have inspired and given me even more determination to become a surgeon.<br /><br />Wish you all the best.Saananoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-57633645895848659102010-07-15T04:09:56.393-07:002010-07-15T04:09:56.393-07:00we do so agree with the clip! we a Surgeon as well...we do so agree with the clip! we a Surgeon as well. Wouldn't it be the greatest 'luxury' to just take care of patients and love the art of taking a history, examining patients and counselling them about their illness and proceeding with their care without worrying about all the insurance garbage, denials, etc.? I dream of that! I remember being a resident, when the greatest objective was to provide the best and most responsible care that you could - the recognition of your diligence was the way you got ahead and the recognition of that by colleagues was the greatest accolade. The present system destroys that in a kind of perverted system of 'pay for performance' and 'outcomes management' scheme designed to exclude care to the 'safest' but not necessarily the best treatments.<br /><br />For more information visit:-<br /><a href="http://www.facebook.com/people/Ihsan-Shanti/100001034383174" rel="nofollow"> Facebook</a><br><br /><a href="http://ihsanshanti.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/south-central-mirecc-clinical-education-products-ihsan-shanti/" rel="nofollow">word press</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.123people.com/s/ihsan+shanti" rel="nofollow"> 123people</a><br><br /><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/pub/ihsan-shanti/20/a30/496" rel="nofollow"> Linkedin</a>Ihsan Shantihttp://twitter.com/doctorworldnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-37064790049054457302010-05-29T10:14:25.997-07:002010-05-29T10:14:25.997-07:00Dear Dr. Sid,
I found your blog because I googled...Dear Dr. Sid, <br />I found your blog because I googled your brilliant Aunt, Mildred Schwab. Thanks so much for that article about her. I've been enjoying reading the rest of your blog too and just felt compelled to write: COOL! It's rare (really!) to read so many interesting cases from a surgeon's viewpoint. Generous..! <br />I hope you return to blogging. <br />Meanwhile..thanks, again.<br />CelesteCeleste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-24356560449462133112010-05-16T17:33:23.330-07:002010-05-16T17:33:23.330-07:00your right, i missed the point... lolyour right, i missed the point... lolAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-8922722926197742682010-05-16T07:24:58.150-07:002010-05-16T07:24:58.150-07:00I guess you missed the point of the video.I guess you missed the point of the video.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-64378455878229285882010-05-16T04:41:57.200-07:002010-05-16T04:41:57.200-07:00I think you need to travel to UK and France to see...I think you need to travel to UK and France to see what you are missing. People who stay in one country, I find them really narrow minded and on this occasion arrogant. I guess you missed the points of Micheal Moore's Sicko. No one health care system is perfect but there are a whole bunch which are a whole lot better than USA's.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-91901893042628820912010-04-28T09:32:47.807-07:002010-04-28T09:32:47.807-07:00Normally I delete spam comments, but this one was ...Normally I delete spam comments, but this one was so amusing I left it.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-88661382553337596312010-04-27T22:22:30.649-07:002010-04-27T22:22:30.649-07:00Piracy is the most danger thing for any thing it c...Piracy is the most danger thing for any thing it can be medical line also. <br />Thanks for blog.<br /><a href="http://www.puhuachina.com/departments/neurology-department.html?lang=en" rel="nofollow">meningioma surgery operation</a>meningioma surgery operationhttp://www.puhuachina.com/departments/neurology-department.html?lang=ennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-3080152902825634242010-04-25T01:30:21.992-07:002010-04-25T01:30:21.992-07:00Dr. Schwab, I just wanted to let you know how much...Dr. Schwab, I just wanted to let you know how much I loved reading your blog and how sorry I am that I found it after you seem to be finished with it. After reading through your sampler, I raced to Amazon to buy your book. It will be here in a few days and I'm really looking forward to it.<br /><br />High Regards,Cainnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-75906319949765057982010-03-30T15:06:32.682-07:002010-03-30T15:06:32.682-07:00Sid, looking forward to your return (still). While...Sid, looking forward to your return (still). While you have written about many topics, I do not feel your work is yet done.<br /><br />In spite of the chest thumping about Health Insurance (not health care) Reform, access to care for many will remain an issue for years to come.<br /><br />I would be interested in your thoughts on how to improve access to both primary and specialty care.<br /><br />The solutions will not come from Washington-and I doubt they will come from organized medicine given the following stats:<br />California has the largest (~35,000members)Medical Association in the country, followed by Texas. Interestingly,these same two states have the largest numbers of federally designated Medically Underserved Areas, so improving access does not seem to be a prioritytomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-54583371023996008302010-03-09T22:22:16.755-08:002010-03-09T22:22:16.755-08:00Well, Joanne, I hope when you become a teacher you...Well, Joanne, I hope when you become a teacher you'll be able to read better than you seem to now. As in the warning about spam comments linking to commercial sites.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-81599452374441244382010-03-09T22:01:18.286-08:002010-03-09T22:01:18.286-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09474478248732823396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-55216193009393845722010-03-05T11:19:37.270-08:002010-03-05T11:19:37.270-08:00Seriously. Lately, I have noticed on one show in ...Seriously. Lately, I have noticed on one show in particular it seems to discuss some of the things from Kevin MD. I've said, they've GOT to be reading. Is he providing fodder?<br /><br />Like I've said Sid, dust off that keyboard. Time to spring clean.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-61851934855152816522010-03-05T10:53:52.559-08:002010-03-05T10:53:52.559-08:00Thanks, Jennifer! I haven't watched the show i...Thanks, Jennifer! I haven't watched the show in a couple of years or more, but that's very amusing. Maybe they read my blog?Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-13940659429967908812010-03-05T10:37:39.136-08:002010-03-05T10:37:39.136-08:00This doesn't belong on this post, but I'll...This doesn't belong on this post, but I'll use it anyway since it's most recent. <br /><br />Just thought you should know that the Grey's Anatomy writers picked up your chromic suture story. Of course, it may be that you are a secret consultant and so wrote in your own story. Either way, I got really excited halfway through when I figured out what was going on!jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16823258089639052812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-58293175952238059792010-03-04T12:06:53.129-08:002010-03-04T12:06:53.129-08:00I'm not the one that's been missing. Time...I'm not the one that's been missing. Time to dust off that keyboard, Sid! Unless....you've been working on that book?Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-5481506523030833472010-03-04T09:49:45.830-08:002010-03-04T09:49:45.830-08:00Wow, a voice from the past. Nice to hear from you,...Wow, a voice from the past. Nice to hear from you, CA.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-20380446376250170762010-03-04T09:24:36.915-08:002010-03-04T09:24:36.915-08:00I wish you'd write again, Sid. You are missed...I wish you'd write again, Sid. You are missed.Chrysalis https://www.blogger.com/profile/00757696627388704079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-51292873726556743852010-03-04T09:12:30.713-08:002010-03-04T09:12:30.713-08:00PS, if you're still listening. This editorial ...PS, if you're still listening. <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/03/AR2010030303097.html" rel="nofollow">This editorial comment</a> clarifies some misunderstanding about the use of reconciliation in the health care bill.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-49125132122830826342010-03-03T16:41:44.192-08:002010-03-03T16:41:44.192-08:00Well, in brief, I don't really have a problem ...Well, in brief, I don't really have a problem with it. As I've said <a href="http://sidschwab.blogspot.com/2010/02/sum-it.html" rel="nofollow">many ways</a> and many times on my other blog, I think <a href="http://sidschwab.blogspot.com/2010/02/unworkable.html" rel="nofollow">the Senate rules</a>, as now being used and abused, are making our country ungovernable. And I don't think there's any bill the Republicans would vote for as long as Obama is president, lest he get any credit. (Nor, of course, did they do anything about health care when they had control for many years.)<br /><br />I guess I wish there could be a bill that would garner some R support. On the other hand, I don't think they really have serious ideas, centrally. Market forces, and malpractice reform. The former is why we're screwed, the latter, while necessary, is over-rated as a cause of our cost crisis. <br /><br />So I don't have a problem with it. Only with the people claiming, falsely, that it wasn't used by Rs (except on Bush's tax cuts, and many others, for which all the current Rs now screaming, voted using reconciliation.)Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-58112567058098489302010-03-03T16:17:38.727-08:002010-03-03T16:17:38.727-08:00Sid can you post or comment about what your though...Sid can you post or comment about what your thoughts are on reconciliation?Robertnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30499448.post-67517625545727107312010-02-26T09:09:19.387-08:002010-02-26T09:09:19.387-08:00Harry, you're an a$$hole. Can you read? You kn...Harry, you're an a$$hole. Can you read? You know, about comments that link to commercial sites? Go away. Thanks.Sid Schwabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14182853083503404098noreply@blogger.com