Prayers for a full and quick recovery. Lee runs the best forum anywhere on the entire World Wide Web.
Prayer request for Lee - aka handejector - Please See Post 334
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kwselke
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Prayers said for another friend I've yet to meet in person.
gjamison
Member
One of the first S&W collectors I met. Prays sent!!!
CptCurl
Member
I put a "Like" on the post, but I don't like the message at all. I hope Lee has a fast and complete recovery. All the best,
Curl
Curl
Prayers for Lee.
I'm a cancer survivor so I know good things can happen!
I'm a cancer survivor so I know good things can happen!
chaparrito
Member
Wishing Lee and family godspeed towards a full recovery!
Green Frog
Member
It is my heartfelt belief that the high quality of this forum and the tone maintained here is due in very large measure to the personality of "the gorilla in the room." I'm hoping and praying for all the best for Lee including a speedy and complete recovery.
Charlie Shaeff
aka Green Frog
Charlie Shaeff
aka Green Frog
Thanks for the information. Prayers sent for a full and speedy recovery, for a true gentleman. Fred
wordsmith
Member
Lee and I go back 35 years, first met at the Lakewood Fairgrounds show in Atlanta. 'Mr. Silent' when he wants to be, I spoke with him several days ago while driving home from Las Vegas and he said not a word about this.
Rae and I are also praying for him, Anna and their family.
David
Rae and I are also praying for him, Anna and their family.
David
Prayers sent for Lee and his family from S. Carolina.
JIM.......................
JIM.......................
Doc Nonverbal
Member
Thank you, Chad, for letting us know about Lee. As a dear friend used to say "I will hold him in the light."
I work for a large health insurance company in the provider quality rating department. There are a few things I have learned along the way that I'll pass along in hopes that they will help Lee, and anyone else reading.
First and foremost, if you or a loved one need to have a major procedure done, try to determine if there are outcome rates posted online by facility or physician. There are actually a number of procedures for which outcome rates are posted. When looking at these rates, you'll see there can be a fairly large difference between facilities. The difference is very often experience.
Your best bet is to try to find a facility in which the surgeons do the procedure(s) in question on a daily basis. As a general rule, outcomes tend to be much better for those who have experience. That probably applies to just about everything in life.
If you can't find anything online, try calling your insurance company and asking about "Centers for Excellence" for that condition. Keep in mind though that for an insurance company, sometimes "excellence" means low cost. This said, most insurance companies track outcomes, as it is in their financial interest to do so.
Some other considerations regarding treatment location: Teaching hospitals tend to have more cutting-edge treatment, as they're often running experiments and publishing their results in pursuit of grants. Patient ratings of physicians are occasionally available as well, but you may wish to take those with a grain of salt. Surgeons aren't selected based upon their social skills.
If the condition is advanced to the point where there isn't much hope in conventional treatment, enrollment in a clinical trial may be available. Treatment would typically be conducted at a teaching/research hospital and would generally be at no cost to the patient.
An important thing to keep in mind is that outcomes can vary from person to person. The brain can have significant influence over the body in terms of health and wellness. If you're told you have X days/months/years to live and you believe it, you can end up with a self-fulfilling prophesy. Don't believe timelines for your survival. These are based upon averages and experience, but any statistician will tell you that there often can and will be outliers in data, i.e., those who are well outside the norm.
As a final note and this may seem a bit on the strange side, but in terms of our health, it is probably more important to be needed than to know that we're loved. I read a study years ago, in which the participants were older post-heart surgery patients. Patients were assigned to three groups: One was given a brand-new TV; the second was given a parakeet; and the control group wasn't given anything. They tracked survival rates over several years and found that the group given the parakeet survived significantly longer than the other two groups. Why? The researchers theorized that the patients with the parakeet had something that counted on them – they were needed.
Wishing Lee and his family the very best.
David
I work for a large health insurance company in the provider quality rating department. There are a few things I have learned along the way that I'll pass along in hopes that they will help Lee, and anyone else reading.
First and foremost, if you or a loved one need to have a major procedure done, try to determine if there are outcome rates posted online by facility or physician. There are actually a number of procedures for which outcome rates are posted. When looking at these rates, you'll see there can be a fairly large difference between facilities. The difference is very often experience.
Your best bet is to try to find a facility in which the surgeons do the procedure(s) in question on a daily basis. As a general rule, outcomes tend to be much better for those who have experience. That probably applies to just about everything in life.
If you can't find anything online, try calling your insurance company and asking about "Centers for Excellence" for that condition. Keep in mind though that for an insurance company, sometimes "excellence" means low cost. This said, most insurance companies track outcomes, as it is in their financial interest to do so.
Some other considerations regarding treatment location: Teaching hospitals tend to have more cutting-edge treatment, as they're often running experiments and publishing their results in pursuit of grants. Patient ratings of physicians are occasionally available as well, but you may wish to take those with a grain of salt. Surgeons aren't selected based upon their social skills.
If the condition is advanced to the point where there isn't much hope in conventional treatment, enrollment in a clinical trial may be available. Treatment would typically be conducted at a teaching/research hospital and would generally be at no cost to the patient.
An important thing to keep in mind is that outcomes can vary from person to person. The brain can have significant influence over the body in terms of health and wellness. If you're told you have X days/months/years to live and you believe it, you can end up with a self-fulfilling prophesy. Don't believe timelines for your survival. These are based upon averages and experience, but any statistician will tell you that there often can and will be outliers in data, i.e., those who are well outside the norm.
As a final note and this may seem a bit on the strange side, but in terms of our health, it is probably more important to be needed than to know that we're loved. I read a study years ago, in which the participants were older post-heart surgery patients. Patients were assigned to three groups: One was given a brand-new TV; the second was given a parakeet; and the control group wasn't given anything. They tracked survival rates over several years and found that the group given the parakeet survived significantly longer than the other two groups. Why? The researchers theorized that the patients with the parakeet had something that counted on them – they were needed.
Wishing Lee and his family the very best.
David
Just now found this. Praying for Lee. Sincerely. bruce.
Prayers sent for God's healing hand to be on Lee and for strength and comfort to his family.
Don
Don
My prayercard is getting filled up a lot lately, but there is always room for Lee. No finer person.
SC_Mike
Member
Jeremiah 17:14
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Steve W
Steve W
The rapid and large response is a testimony to Lee. He has been and will continue to be in my prayers.
Respectfully,
John Witty
turnerriver
Respectfully,
John Witty
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