Re: Oouuuch!
- From: "rose" <rosedawn_scott@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: 28 Nov 2005 08:03:37 -0800
Alex wrote:
> The next thing I know, I am laying in the alley, still buckled into the
> chair, laying on my side. I apparently hit a small hole with one of the
> front wheels, spun around and flipped over onto my left side.
YIKES, Alex!! OUCH is right. :/ hope you continue with speedy mending
your bod, and then your chair!
> Fortunately, I was only about a half block away from the quick shop,
> which is quite popular as it's the only one on our side of town. After
> what felt like an eternity, actually probably only about five minutes or
> so, three(!!) cars pull up with about six or seven people.
i'd have probably keeled over from a fear-induced heart attack right
then and there, LOL. that's so cool that there were so many folks who
wanted to help! i'd most likely assume they were there to rob me, at
the very least.
oh, just BTW, there are NO sidewalks in my neighborhood at ALL. i
figure i'll be having enough trouble getting around in broad daylight,
rolling in the street with the cars (who in my neighborhood, seem to be
filled with people yelling 'GET OUTA THE ROAD, YA F***ING GIMP!"
because you're blocking their turn, rather than kind souls who want to
know if you need help), grass, gravel, broken pavement, potholes....ah
who am i kidding, if i ever do get the power chair, i'm pretty sure it
will be only after i really am 'too disabled' for it to make any
difference.
> <rant mode>
> Isn't it shamefull that the people who can afford it the least, those
> without insurance, are expected to pay the most? For example, as some
> of you may have read previously, I get monthly Cytoxan treatments. Now,
> the hospital bills Medicare over $2000 for each treatment. Medicare
> actually pays about $200 & I pay about $50. Now if I didn't have
> Medicare or any other insurance, I would still get a bill for over $2000
> and they would expect me to pay it or they send it to a collection
> agency. Let me tell you, if I didn't have Medicare and the VA, if I had
> to pay for that treatment and my meds (I currently get them from the
> VA), it would amount to more than our combined income each month, and
> that's not even taking into account all the blood tests, dr. visits, etc.
> </rant mode>
Alex, you're so cute when you rant! ;-> (sorry, kidding!)
yup, i think it IS shameful. my daughter just finished paying off
emergency room and lab test bills. these were tests needed as the
result of a criminal action. the state paid for the tests needed for
their case; the CVF "reimbursed" a couple hundred. that left almost $2K
for her to pay off all on her own. took her more than a year. if she'd
had insurance, she'd have been covered, but she wasn't, so she paid.
and paid, and paid. only one good thing to be found there, i told her
that when she finally paid off the bills, she'd have the hugest feeling
of accomplishment....and she tells me, i was absolutely correct. about
that part, at least.
it isn't the insured who pay for the impoverished; it's the uninsured
who still dream good credit score dreams that carry the brunt of the
burden.
dude, you SHOULD go into biz making chair-light get-ups, for real.
after my dx, i never again worked as a regular employee, tho i got
enough freelance and IC work to pay the bills. made me think about
alternate ways to bring in some cash, and i discovered all kinds of
previously unknown talents for getting a buck out of things i'd always
done just for fun previously (not THAT, in case any smart alecs were
thinking so, hee). just a whole bunch of stuff that was legal. :->
i grew up broke, our 'insurance' was staying healthy, and when
something was bad enough to actually *require* medical attention, we
took the bus to the community clinic and sat for hours waiting with
other sick and injured people. there was a glorious time in the middle
when i was working, making great bread, and insured -- i felt like i
was joining 'mainstream society' for a while there. these days, it's
like it was when i was a kid -- you can either afford it, or you do
without. in case of true emergency, go to the broke people's clinic and
wait. was talking to one of my sisters recently, she tells me that she
and her husband are having problems with Tri-Care. my bro-in-law has
some prescription that costs $1k per month, and they were paying
something like a $10-15 co-pay. she says they were informed that wasn't
going ot happen any longer. she said to me, 'well, we don't have the
money. i hate the idea that Larry will have to do without his meds, but
what other choice is there?" yup, that's my sister, all right. we're
in the same leaky boat together, LOL. maybe it's easier when you do
grow up knowing there WILL -- not might, but WILL -- be things others
think of as necessities that you're never going to be able to afford. i
was born broke and i'll die broke -- oh well! doesn't mean i want to
drag Dennis or god forbid Tam down with me. if getting the "recommended
treatment" means getting Medicaid and having a lien put on the house
that Dennis -- not me, him -- paid for, then too bad, so sad. it ain't
gonna happen.
hope you heal 'toot sweet!' :->
rose
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