Tormented by disabling treatments, debilitating pain and relentless collection agencies, Ginger Fisher said last year that the interventions to keep her alive caused problems she wished neither she nor her family had to deal with.
Only 39 when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, she was 42 when she died recently.
Crazy. Insane. Ludicrous. Scary.
Words 42-year-old Brenda Bertsch used as part of a monotonic description of her medical situation.
Her physician lost his license and now she couldn’t find another doctor to write her the same prescription for an anxiety medication.
Las Vegas police detective Kenny Nogle didn’t contract the hepatitis C on the job. But he is passing on the knowledge he has gained since contracting the virus to warn fellow officers of the risks of infection they face daily.
Dr. Dale Carrison, chief of staff and head of emergency at University Medical Center, grimaced as he dragged his legs behind a walker and entered the waiting room of neurosurgeon Dr. William Smith.
“Don’t let anybody tell you different, back operations hurt,” Carrison said.
From him you can learn about Sjogren’s syndrome, the autoimmune disorder that caused tennis star Venus Williams to pull out of the recent U.S. Open. And from him you get a better sense of why Southern Nevada continues to have a shortage of doctors.
The turn of phrase that Carolyn Savage cherishes from her visits to Las Vegas goes like this: “Man proposes, but God disposes.” In other words, people can make plans, but God determines how things will turn out.
