I don’t know if it’s my Irish stubborness or self- hatred but I have two major medical issues that I have long neglected and would more then likely would of went to a clinic and hospital for the operation I need, if I had health care insurance. I have an umbilical hernia the size of a hard boiled egg that turned my inny belly button to an outty.
Once I read on Web MD that the operation was conditioned on the pain factor and since I don’t have pain I just try to ignore it as best I can. If we had universal health care I would probably go and get it fixed and get back to some construction work once in a while which I weirdly miss.
Depression: Has to be on the level of herpes, who wants to admit they have it and have struggled with it for so many years. The worse thing about depression is how the mind clouds itself with every mistake and bad deed you ever done over and over. You almost get to the point where you think that life has nothing more to offer , when your thinking gets to that dark of a place you really should do something about it.
Suicide is a horrible thing to do to oneself. I have known thank god just a few people that decided to do such a terrible thing to themselves. Although I have been at one or two points in my life where I THOUGHT about it I would never do myself like that.
Life may suck today but there’s always tomorrow.
Sleep : Yes everyone’s beautiful lover. I have some of the best dreams in the world and sometimes just taking a real good nap or whatever sleep you may need is absolutely the best and cheapest way to regroup. Thank God I now opt to take a nap then go out HELL RAISING 
So I wanted to also say that it meant alot to me to get some messages from some of my blogging friends asking if I was ok. I was even telling my neighbor about it. I said ” well I guess I have some friends on there “ that have stuck by me through my ups and downs.
To me if I’m your friend, I’m your friend regardless, I don’t stick with you when your up and ditch you when your down.
Hope everyone had a great weekend. I hope you watched the video Thanks
Have you dealt with depression? Have you had suicide impact you directly ?
The one guy I knew and a shout out to Dennis< My daughter’s MOM PAM was his best friend. I thought this guy had it all beautiful house, harley and over a women he blew his head off.
Me and Pam went to the spot on the river where he did it and there was a bone chip with hair
I t was very strange and he was a good guy.
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Good post…hit home more than I like to admit.
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(10 comments) August 17, 2009 at 12:07 am
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My favorite cousin committed suicide at the age of 26 about a half dozen years ago. He had tried once before and just was an all around amazing guy. He had this way about him that you always walked away from a conversation with him feeling better about yourself somehow. I remember thinking how ironic that he couldn’t turn some of that inward. I miss him a lot and think about him just about everyday.
I just turned 26 and there are times I myself battle with depression. Life sucks sometimes and some of the betrayals I have faced in the last year have forced me to confront that fact.
As you say though, there always is tomorrow. I am just glad I can occasionally afford a shrink, but even with those dudes you have to watch your back that you don’t end of overly medicated with an empty wallet and f-ed up even more by someone who just doesn’t have any answers for you. I have come to think that I have to find any answers if they are to be found in myself and through my life experience.
Also, you will get no argument from me that health care in some form is necessary and no one should be deprived of it.
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(68 comments) August 17, 2009 at 4:26 am
Had to deal with depression personally and the suicide of two people close to me.. It used to get me down, but these days I can’t help but get angry when I think about people killing themselves (and I’ve been tempted to do it). Not only are they leaving behind the people they love, slapping us in the face, they’re giving in and not treating themselves as well as all of us know they deserve. it’s very frustrating
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(2 comments) August 17, 2009 at 11:54 am
Great Post , I too have struggle with the cold of the mind. I have always tried to pick out the positives but at times the cloud is to heavy.
Thanks for the great post and video!
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I watched that entire video .. and, it’s definitely true with the wait times, at the local clinic or emergency rooms … unless you are in a car crash or about to die, the only benefit of coming in on a Sunday or in the middle of the night is to get in line and a good seat to wait until the morning, when a doctor comes on call – although, you are still secondary to anybody new coming in Monday from a car crash or about to die..
Yes, you get what you paid for. We’re probably better in the after service here in Canada than the upfront service. I know my folks have friends who would have something needed, MRI, hip replacement, tests, etc .. and have to wait forever to get “in” but, once they do, there is after support cleaning their house, nurses dropping in every 2nd day, free trips for followups, etc.
The city isn’t that nice with its health services though – ambulance trips are free here – unless it’s a false alarm – if they drive you to the hospital, its free – if they determine that you don’t need to go to the hospital – they charge you. All medical expenses are deductible from income tax, if you have enough over the threshold.
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Hi John,
Sorry to hear you aren’t feeling too great right now.
Luckily we have the NHS here in England. It’s not perfect. We have the triage nurse too. She’s not especially nice. She argues a bit on the phone before you visit the surgery but nothing like the one in your video. We have an argument on the phone. If you insist, you get through but you have to be tough about it. It’s really hard to argue with her if you have a throat infection.
As a rule here in England, it’s small children first, then toddlers, then women and children. With the baby, I can walk straight in, without a phone call ahead and they will see the baby within an hour. With my small boy, if I call ahead in the morning, the doctor will see him in the afternoon. My wife has no problems getting an appointment. As a man, it’s a little bit harder but I can usually get one in about 3 days, if I argue forcefully enough. My grandfather has loads of appointments. He thinks it’s great now. They see him all the time.
We do have a 2 tier system here in the UK. We all pay for the NHS and some people pay for private healthcare on top – usually through company schemes but sometimes independently as well. One of my relatives recently had a private eye op that went very badly, due to the surgeon being supported by nurses who didn’t speak English, so he had to get all the tools himself. The operation took too long, her eye dried out and it all went badly, so what’s the point of paying for private if they are going to cut on staff?
Sounds like Canada has made a mess of their health system but you don’t want to base your own system-to-be on that. Go for a European system.
As for petrol. The price for a gallon of petrol where I live is over £1 per litre. Some places are charging £1.11 and above. That’s about £5 a gallon. That’s about $8 a litre in your money and more if you go for the top calculation.
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(2 comments) August 18, 2009 at 12:58 am
I don’t understand why people are such in an uproar about having Universal HealthCare. Is there some kind of fear that if we help the less fortunate stay healthy they won’t die as soon and therefore there won’t be enough money for everyone? Whatever happened to compassion?
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Barack has a very short window of opportunity to get this Health Care bill passed….there will need to be a “Public Option” though!
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(86 comments) August 18, 2009 at 6:10 pm
Honestly I really can’t get into the Suicide thing too much, it’s a disease I have battled for almost 30 years.
Now on a more positive note, you NEED to hit me up on Twitter wanna show you something…. nothin too sexy it’s like a first date
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(3 comments) August 19, 2009 at 7:13 pm
Health insurance is one of those things you don’t think about until you need it. I remember being without it for a number of years when I was a student and then again after my divorce. Actually I was never without medical care as I am a vet and could get care if I wanted to wade through all the red tape. Now as a business owner, my wife and I pay huge amounts for insurance, and once the deductible is paid, we get every little itch taken care of…got to use it when you can.
Cool graphics on the vid..but I have a really hard time listening to vids..sound quality was less than optimal..
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“Depression: Has to be on the level of herpes” – I think more people would admit to having herpes!
Proper universal care is way too costly. I can’t honestly see the NHS surviving in its current format for many more decades -simply because of the demographic pyramid. There aren’t going to be enough people paying taxes to cover the cost of the ever growing aging population.
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(16 comments) August 20, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Why are people so upset over universal healthcare? What am I missing here?
Universal healthcare has to happen. Too many people counting on it. Before the Great Depression Social Security and the Federal banking structure didn’t exist. Before the 60’s Medicare did not exist. Envision a country without those things today.
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