tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post6232420388533028441..comments2023-10-16T02:54:08.466-05:00Comments on AsTheCrackerheadCrumbles: A.M.A.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-70493623208221275922015-10-12T15:56:44.594-05:002015-10-12T15:56:44.594-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Rick!!! It is sai...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Rick!!! It is said that misery loves company, but I certainly do not receive any joy out of your healthcare system being as screwed-up as ours. It is for this reason that I have opposed Obamacare. For it actually does more harm than good to make people think that they are being properly cared for when they are not, and this is costing the American taxpayers billions. My own condition(s) are improving, but not nearly as quickly as I want them to. Still, let our Heavenly Father's will be done.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-12351677740345512282015-10-12T10:16:22.463-05:002015-10-12T10:16:22.463-05:00Wow Jerry - sounds like this health care system ex...Wow Jerry - sounds like this health care system experience definitely wasn't good for your health ! The system is broken and all the president's horses and all the president's men can't put it back together again. Just be aware that the system north of the border isn't much better - it isn't 'free' because the costs are spread across the taxpayer base but in the event of a major health issue an individual taxpayer isn't likely to be bankrupted. Wait times (unless it's a life-and-death situation) are comparable to your experience.<br /><br />There's no place for common sense in either system when there's a dollar to be made.<br /><br />Hopefully by now your issues have stabilized, despite the medical 'care'.<br /><br />All the best.Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07483295526635664974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-27414717870266538162015-10-02T14:10:10.241-05:002015-10-02T14:10:10.241-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Marja!!! Yes, I h...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Marja!!! Yes, I have come to understand that we really do have the best healthcare in the world...unless you need to use it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-89481435203213902002015-10-02T14:08:11.705-05:002015-10-02T14:08:11.705-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Margaret!!! Yes, ...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Margaret!!! Yes, after I realized how much trouble it was going to cause my wife, I told them that I would just stay put, and I was then informed that I could not.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-6843441679382831952015-10-02T04:09:36.541-05:002015-10-02T04:09:36.541-05:00Sorry to hear about your horrible ordeal and hospi...Sorry to hear about your horrible ordeal and hospital experience. I know the ins and outs about hospitals Here in NZ hospital is free but understaffed and lots of stories there as well. As I hear from my family Holland is no better. But always better then many other countries in the world.<br />I send you lots of healing thoughts and love. Take careMarjahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17458942200244031009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-55223723798861711372015-09-30T21:58:46.370-05:002015-09-30T21:58:46.370-05:00Good heavens you sure did have a bad time.
I don&#...Good heavens you sure did have a bad time.<br />I don't think those that sign the AMA realize that they are on their own, totally and forget what could be ahead and how they will handle it!Margaret Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14074619859060647600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-86572858757755264142015-09-22T15:20:07.131-05:002015-09-22T15:20:07.131-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lin!!! Well, I th...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lin!!! Well, I think we can thank the president for helping to make a really bad situation worse. For it is natural to assume that simply going to a doctor is better than going to no doctor at all, but when one is going to a bad doctor, it should not be assumed that they are better off. For a wrong diagnosis is another hurdle to overcome.<br /><br />Furthermore, the wrong treatment is often worse than the disease. Hence, all of the harm I have suffered at the hands of those supposedly there to help the sick and injured feel better, and I am most definitely not the only one.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-23804419164377983332015-09-22T15:07:19.792-05:002015-09-22T15:07:19.792-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear TWG!!! I have nat...Thanks for stopping by, my dear TWG!!! I have naturally high blood pressure, but it was really stupid of me to let it get so out of control. With my irregular heartbeat now being back into the proper rhythm, I seem to be getting back to at least the way I was a few months ago quite nicely.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-83266956643795209302015-09-22T15:02:22.386-05:002015-09-22T15:02:22.386-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Well, I wo...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Lee!!! Well, I would not go so far as to compare it with Cruise's Mission Impossible scenarios, but I did point out to Arlynda a couple of days ago that I had been given quite an interesting life to live. For I was feeling very happy over just having the strength to carry some bags of garbage outside of the house to the trashcan (and make it back to my chair) for the first time in weeks. WOO! HOO!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-55589837807475054352015-09-21T20:50:30.490-05:002015-09-21T20:50:30.490-05:00Goodness! That was exhausting...and I was only REA...Goodness! That was exhausting...and I was only READING it. I cannot imagine going through all of that AND you weren't feeling well. So are we to thank or blame Obama for this mess? <br /><br />I hope you are feeling better soon, my friend. Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07042143254001890567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-86152878707243686842015-09-21T16:06:58.787-05:002015-09-21T16:06:58.787-05:00sounds like a terrible ordeal. yes, i do believe o...sounds like a terrible ordeal. yes, i do believe our healthcare system is out of whack. i hope your bp can be stabilized and all will be better again.TexWisGirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13641962051044162710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-29442205236691581572015-09-21T16:05:06.266-05:002015-09-21T16:05:06.266-05:00Jerry...I wish you'd stop having all these exc...Jerry...I wish you'd stop having all these exciting adventures!!! Are you trying to emulate Tom Cruise's Mission Impossible character? You do realise you're making the rest of us very jealous of your escapades! Cut it out!!!! ;)<br /><br />I can, however, understand your frustration caused by what you've been have to contend with.<br /><br />Keep taking good care. Best wishes to Arlynda. :)Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15835982875620956300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-9819389208176027042015-09-21T13:33:57.551-05:002015-09-21T13:33:57.551-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! There a...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Shadow!!! There are times when my wife insists that I deserve all of the bad that comes my way. Too many times for my comfort, I must admit. Sigh.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-74971856822404043492015-09-21T13:31:01.120-05:002015-09-21T13:31:01.120-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Susan!!! There se...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Susan!!! There seemed to be plenty of RNs down at the hospital, but very few actual doctors. Since the doctors are the only ones who can actually issue treatment orders, it is a mess. Quite tragically, I suspect that the great lack of doctors has more to do with the hospital saving staffing money than there just not being enough available.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-18287281222845590452015-09-21T13:25:09.931-05:002015-09-21T13:25:09.931-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Yeah...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Adullamite!!! Yeah, and the cherry on top of the dessert is that this local healthcare system is set-up as a non-profit. Subsequently, their millions (if not billions) of assets (including income revenues, of course) are non-taxable. Pretty sweet deal--huh?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-22832681347278898962015-09-21T13:24:37.402-05:002015-09-21T13:24:37.402-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! Some p...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Stephen!!! Some people were not all that appreciative of my old self. Sigh,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-16945138752065334972015-09-21T05:26:59.437-05:002015-09-21T05:26:59.437-05:00Healthcare, worldwide, is sinful. That is all I ca...Healthcare, worldwide, is sinful. That is all I can call it. There is no caring. Little compassion. Everything is cost related. the Hippocratic Oath is a sham!<br />Get well soon and take care of yourself.<br />Oh! And listen to your wife *grin*Shadowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05999801833389058410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-36191571248083919692015-09-20T21:25:45.329-05:002015-09-20T21:25:45.329-05:00This was like reading a horror story, or watching ...This was like reading a horror story, or watching a movie where the medical staff is understaffed. A man with a blood clot in his neck sitting in the ER for a few hours!<br />How I hate the hand of government in every element of our lives.<br />God bless you, Jerry!Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-56002620435413617742015-09-20T17:03:10.226-05:002015-09-20T17:03:10.226-05:00Such an ordeal, and I'm so very sorry you have...Such an ordeal, and I'm so very sorry you have to go through all this. I'm sending positive thoughts your way that you're soon back to your old self. Take care.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-89870683708178706852015-09-20T16:07:01.911-05:002015-09-20T16:07:01.911-05:00And this government wish to bring such a system in...And this government wish to bring such a system into our NHS!<br />Money before people!<br /><br />Glad your still alive!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-35355494838291358982015-09-20T14:54:49.570-05:002015-09-20T14:54:49.570-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Bouncing Barb!!! ...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Bouncing Barb!!! Yeah, there is a way to fully fund (and beyond) our healthcare institutions without harming patients and our national economy if there was the political will to implement it. Oh, and my blood pressure is coming down quite nicely. Hopefully, I will not stupidly let it get out of control again.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-76257223882589332342015-09-20T14:47:21.794-05:002015-09-20T14:47:21.794-05:00Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Methinks I...Thanks for stopping by, my dear Ann!!! Methinks I would have been better off with a regular insurance policy this time. For I have no doubt that the insurance company would have been pushing for me to be released from the hospital even sooner.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16349087080262856079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-62837130405535675912015-09-20T09:26:38.888-05:002015-09-20T09:26:38.888-05:00My god Jerry that is all absolutely ridiculous and...My god Jerry that is all absolutely ridiculous and shame on our healthcare system in this country. Blood pressure medicine is pretty cheap so to risk your life for stupid protocol is down right frightening. It's a horrible shame this is happening to our people. <br /><br />Please try to take care of yourself and get that BP down. Those numbers are scary. Wishing you wellness and peace. BBBBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09432729957196570774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6794620494458886025.post-4983813631753987592015-09-20T04:52:54.239-05:002015-09-20T04:52:54.239-05:00What an ordeal you had. As with any profession you...What an ordeal you had. As with any profession you get some bad with the good and the medical profession is no exception. It's the insurance companies and all their half baked policies that really mess things up and then add in the countless number of people who will sue anyone for anything at the drop of a hat. Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12886333496997952719noreply@blogger.com