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Ok, I know we can all think of a lot of things wrong with our current health care industry. Right now, I would love to kill the whole lot of them. I have been taking care of my aunt for the past 2 months and the way the treat the elderly is appalling. All they seem to do is throw another medication at the problem instead of find the cause.

My aunt is now in the hospital getting ready to have blood transfusion. The main cause they can see so far is one of her medications, methotrexate. We went to the rheumatologist Monday and she took her off of Methotrexate and Plaquenil. Now she has taken a turn for the worse and we're not sure what will happen next.

She fell yesterday and I had to call the ambulance. Her blook pressure was 88/28 and they could barely hear her heart. She is now coughing up blood and her nose keeping bleeding. Her creatin level is 4 and it should be around 1.5. Her hemoglobin is 7 and should be around 12. She said the doctor said the methotrexate is breaking down her bone marrow.

With all the doctors we have been to for her problems, nobody has found an answer. All they want to do is oush the drugs with the biggest kickback. I think at 71 we are going more for quality of life and not quantity. How can these people continue to get away with such behavior?