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Looking back, Ashley Harrison can pinpoint the week she first had symptoms related to the pineal tumor in her brain. Insomnia, which began last December, was the beginning of a list that included fatigue, nausea, tension headaches, confusion, memory loss, sensitivity to light and noise, difficulty concentrating and understanding, neck pain, and finally a fake stroke. After an MRI showed 15 millimeters growth in April, she was referred to two NSW Hunter Valley neurosurgeons whose offices told her the condition was “watch and wait” and she would have to wait months for an appointment. A friend suggested Mrs. Harrison, 20, the controversial neurosurgeon Dr. Contacting Charlie Teo from Sydney, who saw her three weeks later. She said he explained the severity of the growth and how it might block cerebrospinal fluid flow, his experience with operations on the pineal gland, what surgery would involve and cost, and the risk of complications, impairment, and death. “He said very clearly, ‘Look, you can try to live with it, but the risk of leaving it means you have no way of knowing whether you will one day have a stroke or die mysteriously.'” “He gave us both sides of the dime.” Nine days later, Dr. Teo the tumor. Ms. Harrison has private health insurance and her bill was $ 37,000. “The example I’m using is that I didn’t know I was walking around with a fishbowl on my head and it was being lifted,” she said. “I didn’t know how bad I was feeling until I had it [the tumour] She said the patient’s voices and experiences were not included in the conversation about the NSW Medical Council, the terms of Dr. Teo imposed after complaints were referred to the Health Care Complaints Commission. Dr. Teo is already the subject of an HCC investigation. Concerns have been raised about his professional conduct and fees that spark false hopes and financially stressed interstate patients. IN OTHER NEWS: Ms. Harrison said this did not reflect her experience and said Dr. Teo is a “peaceful presence”. hadn’t pressured her and explained the risks in detail: “I was fully prepared, I could die or be permanently impaired, I was fully prepared for this reality, I fully understood it,” she said. “I had the opposite of the false hope.” The important thing, she said, was that complaints seemed to have come from anonymous colleagues rather than patients. If he has the ability to do what he is doing, it shouldn’t matter if he rides a bike while he was doing my surgery. “Ms. Harrison knows that Dr. Teo’s followers are called a cult.” Everyone quickly puts Charlie down when they don’t need him, but without him Australia would be lost and many people would have died, “she said.” We’re not a cult, we are a community whose lives have been heavily influenced by Charlie and his amazing practice, and we love and support him for that. “She fears the restrictions – which include Dr. Teo’s written approval from a neurosurgeon friend before certain surgeries Heard – will cause some patients with inoperable or “watch and wait” tumors to miss potentially life-saving surgery.
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Looking back, Ashley Harrison can pinpoint the week she first had symptoms related to the pineal tumor in her brain.
Insomnia, which began last December, was the beginning of a list that included fatigue, nausea, tension headaches, confusion, memory loss, sensitivity to light and noise, difficulty concentrating and understanding, neck pain, and finally a fake stroke.
After an MRI showed 15 millimeters growth in April, she was referred to two NSW Hunter Valley neurosurgeons whose offices told her the condition was “watch and wait” and she would have to wait months for an appointment.
A friend suggested Mrs. Harrison, 20, the controversial neurosurgeon Dr. Contacting Charlie Teo from Sydney, who saw her three weeks later.
She said he explained the severity of the growth and how it might block cerebrospinal fluid flow, his experience with operations on the pineal gland, what surgery would involve and cost, and the risk of complications, impairment, and death.
“He said very clearly, ‘Look, you can try to live with it, but the risk of leaving it means you have no way of knowing whether you will one day have a stroke or die mysteriously.'” “He gave us both sides of the dime.”
Nine days later, Dr. Teo the tumor. Ms. Harrison has private health insurance and her bill was $ 37,000.
“The example I’m using is that I didn’t know I was walking around with a fishbowl on my head and it was being lifted,” she said.
“I didn’t know how bad I was feeling until I had it [the tumour] no longer.”
Concerns have been expressed about his professional conduct and fees, raising false hopes and financially stressed interstate patients.
Ms. Harrison said this did not reflect her experience and said Dr. Teo is a “peaceful presence”, has not pressured them to continue, and has explained the risks thoroughly.
“I was fully prepared for the fact that I could die or be permanently impaired, I was fully prepared for this reality, I fully understood it,” she said. “I had the opposite of false hope.”
It was important, she said, that complaints appeared to have been made by anonymous colleagues and not by patients.
“None of this has any implications for surgical results,” she said. “I wouldn’t care if he wanted to ride a bike during my surgery. If he has the ability to do what he does, it shouldn’t matter.”
Mrs. Harrison knows that Dr. Teo is called a sect.
“Everyone puts Charlie down quickly when they don’t need him, but without him Australia would be lost and many people would have died,” she said.
“We are not a cult, we are a community whose life has been greatly influenced by Charlie and his amazing practice, and we love and support him for that.”
She fears that the restrictions – which include Dr. Teo heard from a neurosurgeon friend before certain surgeries – will mean that some patients with inoperable or “watch and wait” tumors could miss a potentially life-saving operation.
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