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Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by yjftsjthsd-h »

ta988 wrote: post #40
DaiPlusPlus wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Ah, thanks. That's odd - my Google search results didn't have anything predating 2014. Weird. I've updated my post with the correction.

Welcome to the enshittified google. It is becoming increasingly useless to find anything that's not recent and popular.

Yeah, it's like they're optimizing for very specific metrics that no longer correspond to what users actually want in a way that has negative side effects. Perhaps there's some short phrase that could describe such behavior...;P

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by freehorse »

Anecdotally, when negative scenarios are probable, a strategy of the medical system is hiding them from the patient (until more progress is done, at least). I wonder if that is still a common occurence in the first place, and if it is, I wonder if it is really backed up by scientific evidence of this improving prognosis and outcome of surgeries (though in cases like OP's this seems sort of irrelevant anyway, same with types of terminal cancer), or it is just part of the convenience of the medical system, or part of the medical professionals overworking and not having time to explain and have a more involved discussion with patients (or maybe also not having people with the proper psychological training assigned to actually do that and guiding patients to face the death prospect).

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by smallerfish »

Mistletoe wrote: post #11
brcmthrowaway wrote: post #10

How to avoid tumours growing in brain?

>Most brain tumors form in people without any known risk factors. But some factors may increase your risk for brain tumors, such as: >Radiation exposure. People who have had radiation to the head are at higher risk for brain tumors. Most often this exposure comes from radiation therapy used to treat another type of cancer, like leukemia during childhood. >Certain inherited syndromes. People who are born with certain…

>Radiation exposure. People who have had radiation to the head are at higher risk for brain tumors. Most often this exposure comes from radiation therapy used to treat another type of cancer, like leukemia during childhood.

Notably, dental xrays have been linked with tumors. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3396782/

The US is the "largest market" for dental xrays: https://www.grandviewresearch.com/industry-analysis/dental-x...

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by freehorse »

ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #4

I had pretty much exactly the same thing happen to me, in 1996. I probably had 2 days to live. Benign brain tumors are bad. They don't have to be cancer. I was given Option 3. I decided not to take it, and they were fairly confident that I'd be in a wheelchair, the rest of my life. That did not happen. As things turned out, I was OK, but it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time.

> it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time

If I may ask, I am curious, how was this experience of not being able to do this and learning to do this again? We often overlook how complex doing such two things at the same time is because we master such skills quite early in life.

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

freehorse wrote: post #64
ChrisMarshallNY wrote: post #4

I had pretty much exactly the same thing happen to me, in 1996. I probably had 2 days to live. Benign brain tumors are bad. They don't have to be cancer. I was given Option 3. I decided not to take it, and they were fairly confident that I'd be in a wheelchair, the rest of my life. That did not happen. As things turned out, I was OK, but it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time.

> it took me a couple of months to learn to walk and chew gum at the same time If I may ask, I am curious, how was this experience of not being able to do this and learning to do this again? We often overlook how complex doing such two things at the same time is because we master such skills quite early in life.

It was basically a joke, but the tumor was in the cerebellum, which controls balance (amongst other, much more important, things).

I was in physical therapy for two months, and it was probably two years, before pretty much all traces of the effects were gone.

Nowadays (almost 30 years later), it's as if it never happened.

I did get a cool haircut from the whole thing. Very punk.

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by arp242 »

rixed wrote: post #54
hitekker wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You have the freedom to hate religious people, but like the GP says, you may want to vent somewhere else.

The only message showing any sign of hate here is yours right there. Also, I don't think it's ok to ask someone to shut up or to go elsewhere. Let's not forget that being charitable is one of the rules we try to adhere to.

It's pretty clearly against the guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

"Eschew flamebait. Avoid generic tangents. Omit internet tropes."

"Please don't use Hacker News for political or ideological battle. That tramples curiosity."

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by zombot »

I'm not normally one to read "my road through pain and suffering" articles, and to be fair, this isn't one. And I sure am glad I read this, just in case it should ever be my turn.

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by marcosdumay »

lucianbr wrote: post #43
justin_oaks wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It seems like the doctor has fallen victim to the politician's fallacy [0], summarized well on Wikipedia as 1. We must do something. 2. This is something. 3. Therefore, we must do this. People seem to feel like there's merit in "trying something, anything" even if by trying something you may actively make the problem worse. We need to accept that we only have limited control. Bad things happen. 0. https://en.wikipedi…

It's funny to me how in tech (and business maybe?) "bias for action" is widely regarded as a good thing. It's the exact thing you are describing, but phrased differently and in a different context, everyone thinks it's great.

That's because people in tech and business are overwhelmingly biased into inaction.

Re: Bridge to Nowhere

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Post by markovs_gun »

roca wrote: post #49
sqeaky wrote: post #46

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> My experience of US Christians is that most operate in good faith, and are as open to good mental health as any other group. Some proportion, a particularly vocal portion, have weird views about lots of things. People who think demonic possession is real (again, I am asserting tens of millsions of americans and probablly close to a billion worldwide) are operating in good faith. They actually think that stuff is re…

I'm a Christian, I lived in the USA for ten years, and AFAIK I never met a single Christian who would deny that mental illness is real or who would say that locking up or torturing mentally ill people is a good thing. And I expect most of them believe that demonic possession can also happen. These are not mutually exclusive beliefs.

I feel like this may be a regional thing. If you don't live somewhere with a lot of Pentecostals this would definitely seem abnormal. I would say the majority of Pentecostals I know effectively believe that most major mental health problems are the result of demonic possession and should be treated with exorcism
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