tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post7323435561197477184..comments2023-11-03T08:03:15.599-05:00Comments on Killer Fiction: Why We Will All Die Young and Clutching a Medical BillKathy Bacushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07549844839816876766noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-49018231894684308092010-09-27T15:35:31.660-05:002010-09-27T15:35:31.660-05:00Oh no, MsHellion! You're in the doctor boat wi...Oh no, MsHellion! You're in the doctor boat with me. I hope you get an answer soon!Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-13772942351172106152010-09-27T15:35:05.144-05:002010-09-27T15:35:05.144-05:00Anne - you brave, brave woman. What do you snip th...Anne - you brave, brave woman. What do you snip them with? And how do you do it without cringing? I have a high tolerance for pain, but I don't know about self-inflicted.Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-15083148563417102222010-09-27T15:34:15.161-05:002010-09-27T15:34:15.161-05:00Becky - I contend all the complexity is either abo...Becky - I contend all the complexity is either about making money or avoiding a lawsuit. Actually treating patients is so far down on the list, I don't think I can see it any more.Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-41355674724948116632010-09-27T15:33:29.733-05:002010-09-27T15:33:29.733-05:00Michele - If it makes you feel any better, a frien...Michele - If it makes you feel any better, a friend of mine in Canada waited for YEARS for a reduction surgery and now needs back surgery b/c it took so long. So we're not the only screwed up place (although the Canadians would love for you to think they've gotten us beat in everything) :)Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-10469376408967812672010-09-27T15:32:32.478-05:002010-09-27T15:32:32.478-05:00Thanks, Christie!Thanks, Christie!Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-68113805811603128982010-09-27T15:32:23.316-05:002010-09-27T15:32:23.316-05:00Jenyfer - I wish I worked with him. I swear, next ...Jenyfer - I wish I worked with him. I swear, next time, I'm just going to find someone who will do it for me. I don't think I can do it myself. That would be too icky.Jana DeLeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11351774231244304409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-74649896305376931982010-09-27T14:09:59.308-05:002010-09-27T14:09:59.308-05:00I'd laugh, but right now I'm dealing with ...I'd laugh, but right now I'm dealing with a rash, and so far, I've dealt with my GP, a specialist for RA diseases, and two dermatologists. No one has quite figured out what I have yet. *sighs*Hellie Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03933713255844695337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-13374643549748043382010-09-27T12:26:08.007-05:002010-09-27T12:26:08.007-05:00I feel your pain! Our system is so broken! We'...I feel your pain! Our system is so broken! We're all caught in a vise between the greedy providers (not so much doctors, but the drug companies, medical supply people, etc) and the greedy insurance companies. Pretty soon most of us won't be able to afford health care at all--with or without the new band-aid law. And the few that can afford it will be subjected to unneeded procedures that torture and kill. (I recently was given an unnecessary biopsy that nearly killed me and left me in permanent pain.)<br /><br />Moving out of the US to a civilized country looks like a better and better option.<br /><br />I cut off my own skin tags. Never had one near my eye, though.Anne R. Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02420000168356370825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-11044887284105891462010-09-27T10:08:10.352-05:002010-09-27T10:08:10.352-05:00Oh, that completely blows! My mom has a skin tag b...Oh, that completely blows! My mom has a skin tag by her eye as well. I don't know if she's looked into getting it removed, though. Ugh. Why does everything have to be so infinitely complicated these days?Becky LeJeunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01030931605009567165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-14236782557310196552010-09-27T08:09:19.376-05:002010-09-27T08:09:19.376-05:00Oh I so feel for you April 2009 I go in for a cons...Oh I so feel for you April 2009 I go in for a consultation with a plastic surgeon to have a breast REDUCTION not implnats they send to the insurance company Dr. says I qualify Insurance Comp denies it twice we find out it is because myhusbands company didn't have it in their policy so we had called human resources they actuall change the policy for me so it should go through now wrong no one ever did anything with it by Jan 2010 the company swiitched insurance companies after resubmitting to new company denied twice si I went to my regular dr he sent me to physical therapy and an anti inflamatory back to the surgeon new pics and finally I have won next week i get my surgrey after a long fight. health care is rediculous in this countryMichele's journeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03636924687622103860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-55203657078283645682010-09-27T07:32:17.605-05:002010-09-27T07:32:17.605-05:00Jana,
It can drive you to be sick. Good luck.
...Jana,<br /><br />It can drive you to be sick. Good luck. <br /><br />CCChristie Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13838947086349600665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4542417548623715196.post-83444428681990663022010-09-27T00:35:02.312-05:002010-09-27T00:35:02.312-05:00I once was chatting with a GP at the campus infirm...I once was chatting with a GP at the campus infirmary about skin tags - he said that the main nurse he worked with had a large skin tag on her neck and one day when she wasn't paying attention he came up next to her and snipped it off! Guess he wasn't too worried about malpractice - or her wrath even!<br /><br />Good luck getting that stuff taken care of.Jenyfer Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769550148821002722noreply@blogger.com