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From: c palmer on 26 Oct 2005 23:49 No. For the lab test, $1700 Lupron shot, DRE and office visit. ========== boy steve - the prices are dropping. my dad was paying 1600 dollars for a 3 month shot and then when they came out with the 4 month shot, the price jumped to 2200 dollars. and he didn't even get the DRE. in fact, he didn't even get to see the doctor. nurse gave the shot. we thought for that kind of money, the doctor should have at least said "hi" ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc
From: Heather on 27 Oct 2005 00:45 "Steve Kramer" <skramer(a)cinci.rr.com> wrote in message news:e9W7f.70853$Hs.58779(a)tornado.ohiordc.rr.com... > "Heather" <figgs(a)nospam.invalid> wrote in message > news:RcydnWqE1c9QfMPenZ2dnUVZ_tCdnZ2d(a)rogers.com... >> For what....the PSA test? Consider yourself lucky. Up here in the land > of socialism, PSA tests are not covered by the healthcare system....even > with cancer....so Ron pays $27 Cdn. He could get free ones at the > hospital, but it is more convenient to nip around the corner to the lab. > > No. For the lab test, $1700 Lupron shot, DRE and office visit. Stop doing that, lol. You know I get in trouble if I say anything about our excellent healthcare system up here, so I won't......grin. And Mr. Jordan would jump all over me with than TANSTAFFL stuff... OTOH.....Zoladex is $1200+ for 3 month shot (we pay $4.00)....so even with the exchange rate, I guess it would be equal. I think your middle initials are "SD". You do love to get me in trouble, lol. Hey.....just remembered. There is an excellent article on Pca research and a new technique they are working on today. I shall dig it up. They are already in a trial. Cheers....Heather
From: Steve Jordan on 27 Oct 2005 12:59
On October 26, Heather responded to Steve Kramer, in pertinent part: > Stop doing that, lol. You know I get in trouble if I say anything about our > excellent healthcare system up here, so I won't......grin. And Mr. Jordan > would jump all over me with than TANSTAFFL stuff... TANSTAAFL is an uncomfortable truth for many, especially socialists. They just hate it, hate it. In case anyone wants to know what it means (no one has asked, but I cannot believe that *everyone* in this gang knows) it's "There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch." As for the excellence of the system, that's debatable and I'm awaiting the appropriate occasion to do so. Especially interesting is a certain Canadian Supreme Court decision on the subject. Regards, Steve J |