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Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by JshWright »

crunchlibrarian wrote: post #38
Dangeranger wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is a great time to become a patron. Simone and her team are going to be relying on the income from Patreon for at least the next several months. I'm so glad that Patreon exists for moments like this, when a person just needs some time to deal with a health or a family issue and cannot focus on creating new material to maintain their finances.

There's something deeply wrong with a society when everytime someone gets diagnosed there is a call for money to be sent via patreon/gofundme I'm not opposed to the concept really but you get that dumping more money to a middleman is more of a symptom than a solution

Huh? People like the stuff Simone creates, and want her to be able to continue creating stuff. There's going to be a period of time where it will be tough for her to make money, and by supporting her on Patreon you make it more likely she will be able to return to making stuff after her recovery.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by Barrin92 »

middleclick wrote: post #23
AceJohnny2 wrote: post #21

Wow, talk about curveballs. That's a terrifying prospect, and I wish Simone the best for her surgery. I'm glad to hear it's not malignant, and I hope that holds. I've seen cancer show up unexpectedly among two friends. One discovered she had leukemia, and underwent chemo and a bone marrow transplant. She died from a lung infection because of her weakened immune system after the transplant, not even a year after the i…

A close friend of mine, when we were 21, had heart attack and passed away. No family history of heart attacks, he was in excellent shape (cycling was his life) and just randomly out of the blue. I do try to stay fit and eat healthy but there are times that I realize that I have no control over randomness or my genes. That is humbling and scary at the same time.

>A close friend of mine, when we were 21, had heart attack and passed away. No family history of heart attacks, he was in excellent shape (cycling was his life) and just randomly out of the blue.

Not sure if this is the case here, but fatal heart attacks in healthy physically active young adults are often the result of Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.

This is a fairly common (~ 1 in 500) inheritable condition that can be easily diagnosed by ultrasound. Everybody do yourself a favour and get at least a routine checkup in every few years. It prevents deaths.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by timack »

nodesocket wrote: post #40

Oh wow. Feel super bad for her and wish her the best of luck and speedy recovery. At the same time this absolutely terrifies me and shows how fragile life is. Thankfully Simone is in Sweden so she does not have to worry about the financial impact (she has enough to worry about). I am self employed here in the US and pay for my insurance plan 100% out of pocket (don't qualify for any subsidies). The plan is frankly go…

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment.

https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by berg01 »

nodesocket wrote: post #40

Oh wow. Feel super bad for her and wish her the best of luck and speedy recovery. At the same time this absolutely terrifies me and shows how fragile life is. Thankfully Simone is in Sweden so she does not have to worry about the financial impact (she has enough to worry about). I am self employed here in the US and pay for my insurance plan 100% out of pocket (don't qualify for any subsidies). The plan is frankly go…

She is having the surgery in the US:

https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

I guess she has a health insurance as part of her employment at Adam Savage's Tested.com.

Having a Swedish citizenship, she also has the option to travel back to Sweden, sign a form and within a day or so be eligle for free healthcare there.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by nodesocket »

timack wrote: post #43
nodesocket wrote: post #40

Oh wow. Feel super bad for her and wish her the best of luck and speedy recovery. At the same time this absolutely terrifies me and shows how fragile life is. Thankfully Simone is in Sweden so she does not have to worry about the financial impact (she has enough to worry about). I am self employed here in the US and pay for my insurance plan 100% out of pocket (don't qualify for any subsidies). The plan is frankly go…

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by berg01 »

nodesocket wrote: post #45
timack wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.

In this particular case (I have personal experience and have done the research) I'd say the two countries are on par, if you are lucky enough to get the top level treatment in each country.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by [deleted] »

nodesocket wrote: post #45
timack wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.

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Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by zitterbewegung »

merb wrote: post #39
zitterbewegung wrote: post #2

:-( I really hope Simone Giertz pulls through on this. I really like her videos and she has been an inspiration for me to make shitty arduino projects.

well I guess she does. non cancerous tumor. but it could probably have wierd side effects on her while removing it. I just looked into her videos and some stuff is really funny. like where she had a robot that served her a soup. it also was an ad for google home and at the end she said, google home probably won't come with a robot that will serve soup, which is probably a good thing :D

You can still die during surgery.

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by jeffhiggins »

nodesocket wrote: post #45
timack wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.

Maybe she’s wealthy enough to be able to not go bankrupt for her treatment, and staying around friends and family and avoiding travel are all good ideas for someone with brain cancer?

Re: Simone Giertz on her brain tumour [video]

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Post by brailsafe »

nodesocket wrote: post #45
timack wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

She has posted on twitter that she is staying in the US for treatment. https://twitter.com/SimoneGiertz/status/990983271705018368

That is because the US has the best treatment and medical care in the world. Kind of proves the point about universal healthcare not working.

Nobody made that point and it definitely doesn't prove it.

Edit: Also weird that you seemed to first imply that the U.S system wasn't great

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