The point is that some people need help (state-sponsored care) who are not illegal aliens and drug addicts. I for one. My surgeries cost more than $100,000. I was on "watch and wait" status for close to five years. I had to wait until the thing grew to the size of a golf ball and I was at death's door before being diagnosed and treated. It was Medicaid that saved my ass. If I had known I could have qualified for Medicaid early on and obtained a timely diagnosis, chances are my treatment would have been much easier, less expensive and without the complications I suffered.
Soundy is in a jam. She's had her surgery and from what she has described, may be experiencing symptoms of regrowth. In my case, I've had MRIs every year since my surgeries in '05. Last year one on my doctors recommended that I start having MRIs every two years. I was fine with that until I began feeling like I did before my initial treatment with headaches, horrible double vision and deathly fatigue. So I told my doctor how I was feeling and an MRI was scheduled right away. It should be the same way for Soundy but she needs the extra help from either Medicaid or SSDI. Insurance companies will leave you for dead if they could have it their way.
From what I gather reading your posts, you seem to be in relatively good shape: your AN is still on the small side, you're on watch and wait status, you probably have a good job and most important, you've yet to be walloped with surgery and a gargantuan hospital bill.
No, the point is that somebody cheap-shotted the United States of America and it's medical system. The medical system that paid for $100,000.00 of your medical care. The system that some seem all too quick to criticize, meanwhile others pay for it. That $100,000.00 of "free" medical care you got came out of SOMEBODY ELSE'S pocket, like my kids, who will sped a large portion of their lives paying for it.
The point is, all of this is political and doesn't belong here. But, that's no matter to the passive/aggressive types who are so eager to complain about the United States of America.
I am very political. But, I have the class and good taste to leave politics where they belong. When I go to my kids' sporting events, I don't wear my political T-shirts because that is not the place for it. But, of course, there was one parent who just had to wear a Barrak Obama T-shirt to every practice and game one season.
I am a Jew. When I am fortunate enough to be invited to a Church service, I don't start discussions about whether the Messiah has been here yet or not, I graciously accept the welcoming hearts of the people in the Church.
This is a bulletin board used to discuss issues regarding AN's. It does not need to be infected with discussions regarding socialism vs free markets, or any other "-ism".
That was my point. Instead of continuing to try and make excuses for why you and others have gone out-of-bounds on this stuff, maybe you should just keep your posts on topic.
It's no big deal I guess. I can easily just skim this board from time to time and see if there are any developments in the medical field that could be of assistance to me and ignore all the drivel. I can make it a point not to post at all while I am at it and let this place devolve into whatever it will become. Of course, I could also do what some here have chosen to do. I could bad-mouth other countries and mock their medical systems. I could mock other aspects of their society as well while I am at it because apparently that is acceptable, at least to you and a few others.
