Hi, Lynne,
I can assure you that I’m in the same boat as you are in. I cannot afford
healthcare. I also do not have any healthcare insurance. My husband and I
cannot afford it.
I worked in a hospital for many years and really do understand what you’re
saying. I have also only met one person who was happy about their GB
surgery. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t many who are happy, just I
haven’t met them. And if I had health insurance and just had to have GB
surgery, I shouldn’t wouldn’t do it at the hospital that I worked at. That’s
for sure.
Susie
Keeping It or Losing It
October 31st, 2005 · 2 Comments
Tags: gallstones
2 responses so far ↓
1 Neva Marjory // Nov 1, 2005 at 6:05 am
I completely agree with you about the insurance and what happens to you if
you are sick without it. I had it happen to me last year before I got on
Medicare. I fell down 14 stairs and got a 9 inch laceration below my right
knee. The hospital ER gave me the minimum care. To make a long story
shorter, I almost lost my leg and my attorney reviewed the case and care, and
I couldn’t sue them. There is a crisis in America for the underinsured. I
have a 4.2 cm gallstone and refuse to have surgery. My Medicare internist
gave me the card of a doctor who is a Candidate for Surgery something. I am
not anyone’s guinea pig. I am working, with the help of this group, to try
and dissolve and pass it. Besides, from the size I feel it may be a clump of
smaller stones. At any rate, it I pass them, I am blessed much more than if
I asked for surgery to remove it.
Susan
2 babette400 // Nov 1, 2005 at 1:09 pm
I completely agree with you about the insurance and what happens to you if
you are sick without it. I had it happen to me last year before I got on
Medicare. I fell down 14 stairs and got a 9 inch laceration below my right
knee. The hospital ER gave me the minimum care.
Susan, I’m sorry to hear about your fall and not receiving decent treatment.
Yes, healthcare is in a serious crisis in our country. Many of us simply
cannot afford to find insurance. My husband and I both are self-employed and
we just barely make ends meet anyway. We tried several years ago to find
health insurance for us, but the one we found was one that didn’t seem that
good, plus it was so very expensive. Now many companies are canceling their
employees group policies because it’s becoming too expensive for them. I
know that some people MUST have surgery and MUST have certain medicines, but
I think that we also MUST take charge the best we can for our own health.
Take care,
Susie
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