A bit of good news

[Pathca]

I know it can seem all a bit bleak at times so for a bit of balance this is a copy paste of a tweet from a unit I work on a lot

Happy #WorldStrokeDay2021 …. Celebrating how far stroke care has come in the last decade! This week we thrombolysised a patient with a door to needle time of 35mins & thrombectomy within 40 mins!

Time is brain. Time is recovery. Time is mobility. Time is memories. Time matters

[Doug]

Link doesn't open but isn't it always the case that good the news is buried under bad.
Look at the vax passport post by Bayleaf for instance, no huge headlines about it.
Thanks for the post both.

[Blaze]

It's always good to hear positive stories and appreciate the advances made in the medical world.
I heard the other day that the accuracy of radiotherapy has increased dramatically even since I had it 10 years ago : it seems that today in many cases they can actually pinpoint cancerous cells and will thus cause far less damage to surrounding tissue.

[exile]

Great news. The world is moving forwards despite the actions of our governments.

[MAD87]

That's why medical R&D is so vital.
Wonderful news, Pathca, thanks for the info.

[Spardo]

Yes good news indeed, but too late for my wife. Over 5 years ago I arrived home one morning after 2 nights away I discovered her slumped in a kitchen chair. We will never know how long that was since the mini stroke that had caused it, but she was diagnosed with vascular dementia at the hospital. 2 more followed over the years and I was thus forced to give up traveling, any more than 2 hours away from home sends her into a panic because she has forgotten that I explained where I was going and when I get back. The decline has steepened over the last 2 months to the extent that now I have to do everything for her, she can't rise from bed or a chair without assistance.

So I add my voice to the need to never restrict the resources for medical exploration and innovation.

[Doug]

Knew that she was bad but not like you say.
All of our thoughts and best wishes to you both.

[Blaze]

Sorry to hear things are so bad, Spardo

[Pathca]

Vascular dementia is a little recognised consequence of some strokes. At the moment with thrombolysis and thrombectomy you do need a confirmed onset time ie a witnessed event,or someone confirmed seen fit and well in the time span

[L Austin France]

The equipment used these days is amazing.
I've a hereditary heart problem which, undiagnosed, killed my old man at 65 & my MT recently suggested the precaution of an Echo Doppler control of my circulatory system to compliment the usual annual echography heart control.
I quickly got an appointment at a local medical centre for three visits , neck/head, body & legs, & am due the 2nd later today. (so far head fine)
The non evasive computerised equipment used with instant results was mind blowing to this Luddite, & obviously the result of much R&D over the years.