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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / November 2005helping my dad out of US
Hi All, My dad is a Russian and I live in Portland, OR. He was diagnosed with prostate cancer recently. I am trying to find a way to help him. Can I get his labs over Internet and show to an American doctor? Perhaps MRI, ultrasound? I do not even know what's the protocol and how to approach a doctor in such situation. may be there are some organisations that offer help? Sorry for the barrage of unprofessional questions but the new got me overwhelmed, especially when I start thinking the condition the medicine there is in. TIA, Yuri > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > TIA, Yuri I don't know the answer to your question, though I do know that wealthy non-U.S. citizens often come to the U.S. or to Western Europe for medical treatment. I presume there are some good doctors and hospitals in Russia, and that treatment will be easier and cheaper for him to get in Russia than in the U.S. U.S. medical care is outrageously expensive for people that do not have health insurance - often costing many times what the equivalent services cost in other countries. Can someone help him find good treatment options in Russia? Would sending money there would enable him to get private care that is better than the state sponsored care? Best of luck. Alan > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > TIA, Yuri Where in Russia does your father live, Yuri? How old is he? Do you not feel he will get good medical care there? Surely, the medical establishment in modern day Russia must be up on the latest treatments for Prostate Cancer?? Has your father shared any of his diagnosis information with you? His PSA? His Gleason score? I hope that you will find a way to get him the help you feel will be best! Keep us posted! MikeH On November 25, MH responded to Yuri: > Where in Russia does your father live, Yuri? How old is he? Do you not > feel he will get good medical care there? Surely, the medical establishment > in modern day Russia must be up on the latest treatments for Prostate > Cancer?? Oh sure, just like Israel, where Taxotere is not permitted 'cuz it's "too expensive" (IOW, let 'em die horribly so long as we don't spend too much to save lives), and Canada, where Taxotere was not approved until a couple of months ago. How many men died a ghastly death as a result? > Has your father shared any of his diagnosis information with you? His PSA? > His Gleason score? > I hope that you will find a way to get him the help you feel will be best! If the patient's (how awkward; what's his name?) clinical record can be sent via the 'Net, it should be a simple matter to take the information to an oncologist for review. However, that onc will probably want to deal directly with the patient. The man who, in my non-objective opinion, is the best is Stephen B. Strum, MD, who is in Ashland, Oregon. i understand that he's expensive. Can't hurt to ask, though. Yuri is a good son.... Regards, Steve J "What are the facts? Again and again and again -- what are the facts? Shun wishful thinking, ignore divine revelation, forget 'what the stars foretell,' avoid opinion, care not what the neighbors think, never mind the unguessable 'verdict of history' -- what are the facts, and to how many decimal places? You pilot always into an unknown future; facts are your single clue. Get the facts!" --Lazarus Long Thank you everybody and Steve for the doc recommendation. I am sorry for not being able to figure out how the Net thing works, so I may have cross or double posted the request first: I posted another one with more data on his PSA and biopsy results under a similar title on the same newsgroup. I was using and a 12-yearold Mac, so I may have mixed a few things up in the process. Thank you again and my apologies for the numerous sem-redundant posts. (take care of the stuff in my email address if you need to send anything my way] best, Yuri
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