by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 12, 2024 | Fight the Good Fight, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
As anyone knows who has treated a patient with late effects of radiation to the bladder, the impact of HBO2 can be dramatic in terms of improving life-altering symptoms like radiation cystitis which causes bleeding and pain with urination. Some patients can bleed so...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 8, 2022 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
What will it take to stop the madness of irradiating the shin of elderly people who have skin cancer? I have posted cases like this before and some of you have sent me others. This man had radiation for skin cancer a few years ago. The non-healing wound that the...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 19, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 18, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
For years I have been talking about the complications of shin radiation in elderly patients. The patients all underwent radiation for skin cancer having been told that since they were old and had “circulation issues”, radiation was a better option than undergoing a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 17, 2021
Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation Another New Case for “Stop the Madness of Shin Radiation” Nov 19, 2021If you have a case like this, feel free to send it to me and I will post it (no patient identifying information please). read more A New Case for...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 28, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
If you have shin radiation wound cases you have treated (successfully or not), use the form below to tell your story and I will post them. Do NOT send protected health information, and that means no initials or dates in the photos! At the very least we can make a...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Sep 20, 2021 | Fight the Good Fight, Shin Radiation Madness
Please, if you are a patient with a bad skin cancer on the shin and have been recommended to have radiation instead of surgery, get a second opinion. The shin is very unforgiving when it comes to radiation. I posted a blog about this in 2017, but the cases keep coming...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Feb 23, 2021 | Healthcare Payment Policy
You will want to read this – Dick Clark’s presentation to an Administrative Law judge about a Medicare denial for late effects of radiation to the bladder. Teaching an Administrative Law Judge a thing or two about hyperbaric medicine. For more information about...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Nov 12, 2020 | Healthcare Payment Policy
Thank you to Dr. Helen Gelly for providing this guest post about Medicare denials for radiation proctitis. –Caroline Why are Medicare charges for hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) denied when treating radiation proctitis? National Coverage Decision (NCD) 20.29...
by Caroline Fife, M.D. | Apr 17, 2019 | Fight the Good Fight, Health Information Technology and Wound Care
If you have been in wound care for any length of time, you have seen a patient like this. The local cancer is eradicated, and then we handle the aftermath. I tried to get a video of the day I could see her lung moving but it was a TINY little hole under the rib after...
