Thursday, May 20, 2010

Alzheimer's disease and AIDS.



> >
> > The phone rings. The lady of the house answers, "Yes? "
> > "Mrs. Ward, please."
> > "Speaking"
> >
> > "Mrs. Ward, this is Doctor Jones at the Medical Testing Laboratory. When
> > your Doctor sent your husband's samples to the lab, the samples from
> > another Mr. Ward were sent as well and we are now uncertain which one is
> > your husband's. Frankly, it is either bad or terrible."
> >
> > "What do you mean?" Mrs. Ward asks.
> >
> > "Well, one Mr. Ward has tested positive for Alzheimer's disease (related
> > to memory) and the other for AIDS. We can't tell which your husband's is"
> >
> > "That's terrible! Can we do the test over?" questions Mrs. Ward.
> >
> > "Normally, Yes. But Medicare won't pay for these expensive tests more
> > than
> > once."
> >
> > "Well, what am I supposed to do now?"
> >
> > "The people at Medicare recommend that you drop your husband off in the
> > middle of town. If he remembers and finds his way home, don't sleep with
> > him."
> >





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