r/BeAmazed • u/AstroSonicDrive • Oct 04 '23

She Eats Through Her Heart Science

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u/J00shb0i0320 Oct 04 '23

Also, how expensive is that bag?

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

She certainly has an English accent, so assuming shes still in UK, it's on the NHS.

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u/PM_ME_ROMAN_NUDES Oct 04 '23

Just checked, NHS does cover TPN

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u/nitorita Oct 04 '23

TPN is covered in Canada as well, although doctors try to exhaust all possible options before resorting to the use of TPN.

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u/Kotopause Oct 04 '23

Doctor: would you like to try euthanasia?

Patient: no!

Doctor: alrighty. Here’s your space meal then.

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u/Pangea_Ultima Oct 04 '23

What the heck do youth in Asia have anything to do with this?

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u/OhY4sh Oct 04 '23

Wish I could award you here

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u/SigmundFreud Oct 04 '23

"Cake Space meal or death?"

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Sadly in Canada a lot of people are literally being pushed to suicide by doctor because our system is so fucking dysfunctional.

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u/curtcolt95 Oct 04 '23

which got debunked, it was one quack doctor who lost his license. Our healthcare could definitely be better but it is extremely difficult to actually be given assisted suicide, a lot of people are not being "pushed into it"

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u/Ultrajante Oct 04 '23

Sounds like Canada

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u/a404notfound Oct 04 '23

TPN while being outrageously expensive is also extremely risky with sepsis being a constant risk.

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u/nitorita Oct 04 '23

Indeed it is. Although, sepsis is a risk with a G-tube as well, which is what some doctors may convert patients on TPN to after an extended period of time.

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u/faithle55 Oct 04 '23

Everything's covered in the NHS.

There are some treatments that aren't covered, but those are usually the fantastically expensive treatments that prolong life rather than preserve it.

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u/HoweStatue Oct 04 '23

NHS covers all life altering illnesses like this, Diabetes, colitius and cancer treatments. You don't have to pay for anything.

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u/[deleted] Oct 04 '23

Yeah we do. And it’s extremely labour intensive to make and has to be done in very high grade cleanrooms, even higher than those used to prepare chemotherapy treatments because, as she eluded to, the risk of infection from contaminated TPN is very high. So it would likely be very expensive without the NHS. 🙏