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The $300 shoes

Welcome back!I am so disgusted with Medicare and the medical community in general that it isn’t even funny. The arthritis I have has deformed my hands so that the very end knuckle on all my fingers is bent down. My toes are the same way and this means that when I’m standing up my toenails [...]

An interesting post I read

I just read an interesting blog post that was essentially an open letter to Blue Cross Blue Shield NC. The blogger lists the reasons why he is in favor of public health care. I’m not sure what to think. He exoresses the opinion that health care should be a right for everyone and it should [...]

100 things that piss me off: 11. My rheumatologist

I could probably finish my list of 100 things that piss me off just with what happened yesterday. I got up in the morning to discover that my computer had locked up during the night (I usually leave it on all the time). I tried three times to reboot it and every time Windows started [...]

What do you do when willpower runs short?

My brother has undertaken the arduous task of losing weight. In the interest of seeking as much support as possible, he’s posted this video on YouTube where he asks the age-old question, What do you do when you don’t have any more willpower. He’s also promised to follow that video with a series of videos [...]

A timely e-mail

While I was in the hospital this week, one of the many tests they ran on me was a colonoscopy. My younger sister must have found that to be amusing or something, because upon returning home and catching up on a week’s worth of email I found this gem by Dave Barry waiting for me. [...]

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