You do it a little at a time.

The doctor will be so happy with me.  He  wanted me to lose 10 pounds and I have lost 20, since January.  Not dramatic, but permanent.  How did I do it, you ask?  Well, whether you are being polite or really want to know, I’ll tell you, because it might help someone.
I have been up [...]

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Who do you think comes between you and your doctor?

I get very angry when I see the commercials telling people how we must “not let government come between us and our doctors.” 
I hope people realize that you already have two things standing between you and your doctors:  money and insurance companies.  The insurance companies are a profit organization, so do you really think that they [...]

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It’s 11:36pm – la la la la, la la

Okay, I rarely, if ever post this time of night, but I am doing one of the hardest things I do in life. I have to stay up all night.
Now, when I was young and imbibing with friends on the weekends, this would not have been a problem. If I imbibed now, I would pass [...]

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Pedicure up–Back down

This could serve to show off my first and only pedicure but it is mainly to show the position I have been in since Thursday.
I was gardening in the square foot plot, felt that back twinge, went and put some very late getting in Watermelon seeds and thought to myself that it was a bit [...]

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Using credit cards to pay medical bills?

Is anyone else bothered by the advertisements, by credit card companies (of course), to tell you what a great deal you can get using your credit card to pay your hospital/medical bills?
Get Real!!!!
I am here to tell you, do not do that.   I was without insurance for years and the thing you do is call [...]

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My continuing tour of Central Indiana ER’s

I must add to this, before I have even begun.  My, we are off to a good start.  One more day being sleep deprived and I will be a raving lunatic.  I need my sleep!
 
So, to add: This all started off last week, when the dog had to have surgery on a certain gland.  I [...]

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Thursday in the ER

EMT has had a health problem lately and passed out twice yesterday.  The second time was around 10:30pm and off we went to the emergency room, again.
He requested the ER in Franklin, Indiana; as an EMT with experience in these things.  And, he was right. That had to be the most efficient ER I have [...]

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Chris, it is all worth it.

I received a comment on my post Words you do not want to hear « Savanvleck’s Weblog and just felt like this deserved a full answer.
 
My Osteopenia was actually caused by a para-thyroid gland gone wild.  It was robbing my body of calcium.  The tests I went through for this were really interesting.  You have not lived until [...]

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Butt Ugly Running Shoes

Gosh, things are going along swimmingly without insurance, and then you get insurance, go to the doctor and have one great thing after another. 
First, was a pain in my foot at night; not when I walked on it either, just at night.  I go to the doctor, he sends me to a specialist. 
Now, there is [...]

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Words you do not want to hear

When husband had orthopedic surgery under a local anesthetic, he told the doctor that he did not want to hear the words, “Oh, sh_t.”  He did not hear those words, but several times he heard, muttering and other words; as the doctor discovered he was trying to save a finger that was beyond repair.
 
Words that [...]

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