I didn't plan on it. In fact, I'm not going to require that we do anything at all. There is some, however. Japanese are not Martians. They don't have 10 legs and an external stomach. At least not most of them. barfo
I dont know how we can expect government to take care of us if we dont first want to take care of ourselves. I think this is the single biggest difference the US and other developed nations. A quick exerpt from Wiki on US health: - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_of_America#Demographics
Freedom means the ability to make bad decisions. I celebrate that right, but don't ask me to pay for it.
Don't blame me for your poor reading comprehension. All I said was it was interesting. I didn't say it was an example of anything. barfo
I was doing some searching about my gallbladder and how great I feel now and found this... BTW, I am back at work 10 days after my surgery and feel better than I have in years. My entire hospital stay was for one week, feel bad for this person. I know this isn't exactly related to primary care but fuck.... http://www.healthboards.com/boards/...=feel great after gallbladder surgery&page=11 post number 54 on this page I think My horror story pertains only to the fact that I had to rely on the Canadian medical system. I had gall bladder attacks for three months strait and had to live on apple juice and jello, but still they refused to send me for so much as an ultrasound. At age 28 apparently I was "too young" to have gall bladder problems. Finally I went to a naturopath for help. He gave me meds to supposedly slowly dissolve the stones naturally. Within about an hour of taking the meds I got a stone lodged in the duct and went into convulsions. That sent me to the ER where they plugged me full of Percoset. Ya, apparently I'm allergic to it. So, went home, was up sick and hallucinating all night, and back to the ER in the morning and finally admited. Spent a couple of weeks on morphine on a dirty gurney in the ER (no beds available), and finally turned yellow before they were able to book a surgery. They managed to do the lap surgery, but it was complicated, and I required a whole month to recover. Took about three more before I was back to normal. Fun stuff!! lol Anyway, despite the pathetic medical system, I did manage to have a decent surgeon who did a good job. I had IBS prior to the surgery, and if anything, it's actually a little better since. I've had no problems since and could eat pretty much anything right after. Though having not eaten for several months, I was very careful in waking up my system in the beginning. One thing I wanted to point out for those who haven't decided to have it removed: if you have stones, drink apple juice. It softens the stones. Not saying they'll pass or anything, but at least it helps with pain. Be sure to brush your teeth after you drink it though, as it has the same corosive effect on teeth as it does on the stones.
