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eyewall

(674 posts)
99. you tell your story eloquently
Thu Feb 2, 2012, 10:17 AM
Feb 2012

I understand what you are saying. I know most of the people here understand what you are saying. I wish more Americans understood. I will share your words with as many as I can.

May the long time sun
shine upon you
all love surround you
and the pure light within you
guide your way on.

The slaughter of innocents. [View all] MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 OP
The reason we tolerate this is, human nature. WingDinger Feb 2012 #1
Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #2
I disagree. This is NOT simply "Human Nature". bvar22 Feb 2012 #26
There is a difference between why this happens, and why we tolerate it. WingDinger Feb 2012 #28
Good point Bvar22. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #43
I agree. This country has the most punitive, cruel attitude concerning the ill and illness. anneboleyn Feb 2012 #124
Wow catbyte Feb 2012 #3
Thank you Diane. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #6
I wish there was something I could say that would help. MineralMan Feb 2012 #4
MM - I'm actually pretty cool with things now. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #7
I'm so sorry. LiberalLoner Feb 2012 #5
Thanks for your kind words. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #8
LiberalLoner described that white light the way my mom did pacalo Feb 2012 #66
I don't know what to say, except to say: every word is true and ashling Feb 2012 #9
I'm pretty bummed about my family. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #10
I hope your lawyer bankrupts those goddamn bastards!!! Odin2005 Feb 2012 #57
I don't go that far although I respect the feeling. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #82
i hope your lawyer barbtries Feb 2012 #116
I am so sorry DLevine Feb 2012 #11
As Ghandi said when asked what he thought of western civilization.... MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #14
I'm so sorry. What a disgrace that a story like yours is possible PA Democrat Feb 2012 #12
Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #15
I wish there were words.... renate Feb 2012 #13
Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #17
Pretty strong argument for single payer jsmirman Feb 2012 #16
You are too kind. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #18
Ha jsmirman Feb 2012 #25
My mom, more than anyone, taught me how to live with dignity in the face of adversity. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #27
I will try jsmirman Feb 2012 #32
It is in struggle that we find success. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #33
Well, my God, enjoy yourself in every way possible jsmirman Feb 2012 #70
And I think you've done one more great thing by writing this post jsmirman Feb 2012 #71
I'm so sorry... redqueen Feb 2012 #19
Thank you, redqueen. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #21
This is a big, giant hug. redqueen Feb 2012 #22
No Fears. I'm in this fight. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #20
If the doctor is in this fight .. then there is hope. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #23
Check PMs. The Doctor. Feb 2012 #30
And you were insured. Cleita Feb 2012 #24
I think we do need insurance. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #29
I really don't consider Medicare or Tricare insurance. They are health plans that everyone partakes Cleita Feb 2012 #37
Nonetheless, they are insurance. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #44
It could have happened in California and four Democrats blew it by not voting for it. Cleita Feb 2012 #52
That suck, doesn't it? MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #55
Correction, refused to do what it is mandated to do. WingDinger Feb 2012 #36
((hugs)) Starry Messenger Feb 2012 #31
And to yours. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #45
And may your last days too, Medical Admin, freedom fighter jh Feb 2012 #34
I've been very fortunate. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #46
You're in my thoughts. In the meantime, send this to the Minnesota delegation. Brickbat Feb 2012 #35
Feel free to forward it. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #47
we will keep up the fight dana_b Feb 2012 #38
+1 kickysnana Feb 2012 #42
I have no words for what I have just read... Earth_First Feb 2012 #39
Your tag line says it all. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #48
What a well written essay Zebedeo Feb 2012 #40
Thanks. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #53
Heartbreak bawieland Feb 2012 #41
Thank you for your dedication and passion. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #50
Yes bawieland Feb 2012 #79
My heart goes out to you Capn Sunshine Feb 2012 #49
Permission granted. I hope it helps: it's why I wrote it. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #51
I need some contact info Capn Sunshine Feb 2012 #54
My wife has asked me to keep my identity, for the moment, sub rosa. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #133
I am speechless, as I usually am in response to something like this. BlancheSplanchnik Feb 2012 #84
My God, In Minnesota of all places!!! :-( Odin2005 Feb 2012 #56
There was a time when MN could have been considered populist and progressive. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #134
The populist spirit is still here. Odin2005 Feb 2012 #170
If you want to neutralize the IP, then you need to help radicalize them to the right. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #175
So much grace in the light of your suffering mrs_p Feb 2012 #58
Thank you for that generous offer. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #135
What an emotional read....and what tragedy Sheepshank Feb 2012 #59
Thank you for sharing your story. I can only hope through your tragedy hlthe2b Feb 2012 #60
We all deserve better. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #136
I'm so very, very sorry, MedicalAdmin. KatyaR Feb 2012 #61
If my wife chooses to share this story, then she will. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #137
Don't mourn--organize! eridani Feb 2012 #62
Thank you for those links. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #139
Aww dammit! Your story is uniquely "American" in a bad way... riderinthestorm Feb 2012 #63
A most gracious statement. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #140
I'm just incredibly sad about your situation. pacalo Feb 2012 #64
Thank you for your post. denbot Feb 2012 #65
This leaves me speechless. Love and take care...... glinda Feb 2012 #67
glinda, do you live in backmann's district?? Angry Dragon Feb 2012 #76
Nope. Chipped Craack's District. Blech* glinda Feb 2012 #87
Holy shit! graywarrior Feb 2012 #68
Keep in the game Gray. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #141
. graywarrior Feb 2012 #143
... EvolveOrConvolve Feb 2012 #69
That was lovely. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #142
Nothing can be said that will make sense of this. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #72
Does this, in any FUCKING way cbrer Feb 2012 #73
NO! It isn't the best we can do. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #144
thank you MedicalAdmin handmade34 Feb 2012 #74
Thank you for that. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #145
K&R....this is one shitty country we live in....n/t unkachuck Feb 2012 #75
But this could be such a good country. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #146
"But this could be such a good country." unkachuck Feb 2012 #171
I've had dark days too. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #176
Love to you and your family burrowowl Feb 2012 #77
I am so sorry this has happened to you. To anyone. Kali Feb 2012 #78
Thanks for sharing your story here. undeterred Feb 2012 #80
Private insurance is NOT the answer. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #147
What a fantastic post. I am so babylonsister Feb 2012 #81
Godspeed on your final journey. We love you, thank you for sharing. 1620rock Feb 2012 #83
Please share your story with your local news network RainDog Feb 2012 #85
why don't you contact these people RainDog Feb 2012 #86
Alas I have a genetic anomoly and do not produce the enzyme that breaks down THC. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #149
Wow. EastTennesseeDem Feb 2012 #88
This is so sad. I am so sorry to hear this. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #89
Me too. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #150
Okay! sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #173
love and light to you and yours fizzgig Feb 2012 #90
I love, love, love that GIF. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #151
I am continually amazed and humbled kimi Feb 2012 #91
Likewise. EastTennesseeDem Feb 2012 #92
Kimi and ETD, MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #152
God bless you, MedicalAdmin! May your remaining days here be as long and as pleasant as you have... webDude Feb 2012 #93
Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #153
You've been a valuable member of DU, and I'll miss you Lydia Leftcoast Feb 2012 #94
You have been a beacon in the night for me. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #154
k & r Thank you for you, and for sharing this with us. Stuart G Feb 2012 #95
IT was, in some ways, my pleasure. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #155
That sucks. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2012 #96
Oh my god - I don't know what to say. myrna minx Feb 2012 #97
You said it so well.... MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #156
... progressoid Feb 2012 #98
Thank you. I feel better already. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #157
you tell your story eloquently eyewall Feb 2012 #99
Will finish reading later lunatica Feb 2012 #100
A heartfelt 'Thank You' for posting this..... marmar Feb 2012 #101
I love your quote. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #158
we have insurance. we have money in the bank. i am so fearful of exactly what you describe. it is seabeyond Feb 2012 #102
It is my most fervent wish... MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #159
Good luck, MedicalAdmin muriel_volestrangler Feb 2012 #103
K&R. nt gateley Feb 2012 #104
Thank you for sharing your story. hay rick Feb 2012 #105
Wow, your story is powerful SunsetDreams Feb 2012 #106
My dear friend Suz on insurance: "You've got peace of mind." KamaAina Feb 2012 #107
Your dear friend is wise. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #160
Oh. Med Admin... AnneD Feb 2012 #108
I have nothing but admiration for every nurse I have ever met. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #161
no words ceile Feb 2012 #109
Thanks everyone for your thoughts and wishes. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #110
Safe journey, MA LiberalEsto Feb 2012 #111
I'm so sorry MA geardaddy Feb 2012 #112
I've read some of your past posts and you've been in my thoughts ever since. backtoblue Feb 2012 #113
I'm putting this in my pocket and taking it with me madamesilverspurs Feb 2012 #114
Oooooo. Coffee. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #162
medicalAdmin barbtries Feb 2012 #115
Helpless is OK. Mostly because it is a transient condition. It passes. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #163
MA my friend TuxedoKat Feb 2012 #117
This country is barbaric. Just barbaric. Brigid Feb 2012 #118
Peace be unto you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #164
What a terrible and tragic story. BlueCheese Feb 2012 #119
We have a start with the HCR bills. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #166
Based on this OP alone I love you lunatica Feb 2012 #120
YOu will. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #167
i thank you for teaching me how to die irisblue Feb 2012 #121
Higher and truer praise I have never received MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #168
You are an inspiration... OneGrassRoot Feb 2012 #122
Peace. flying rabbit Feb 2012 #123
There are no words to express cate94 Feb 2012 #125
beautifully written and outrageously sad and frustrating Tumbulu Feb 2012 #126
"We" have done just fine. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #131
Your story is so moving libodem Feb 2012 #127
Money, in my mind, doesn't trump health. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #129
Oh my god. Delphinus Feb 2012 #128
Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #132
Sadness. lonestarnot Feb 2012 #130
k and r dembotoz Feb 2012 #138
wow, thanks for sharing G_j Feb 2012 #148
All I know how to say right now is thank you for all you are and have contributed. TheKentuckian Feb 2012 #165
This is my final post. I'm off to see the wizard and, who knows, maybe I'll beat this thing yet. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #169
Well that kicked my ass Tsiyu Feb 2012 #172
k&r shanti Feb 2012 #174
Thank you for sharing and may God Bless You mikekohr Feb 2012 #177
as far as pertaining to solutions pitohui Feb 2012 #178
Excellent post, thank you. And I agree, your friend was lucky to meet a doctor who understood sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #179
I have met several of good doctors. . MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #181
Yes, I know how that works, regarding making too much on paper. I discovered sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #189
Dear Sabrina. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #191
I am glad to hear you have not given up. sabrina 1 Feb 2012 #194
+1000000. SammyWinstonJack Feb 2012 #185
Deeply saddened by your story and wish that I could do something. grantcart Feb 2012 #180
Currently insurance companies have ZERO incentive to rush through payment. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #182
and ironically in the insurance industry's interest grantcart Feb 2012 #183
Have you considered that an aversion to a level playing field MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #186
My heart goes out to you and yours. unapatriciated Feb 2012 #184
But once I accepted it, it became very easy. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #187
I admire you and your grace. unapatriciated Feb 2012 #190
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #193
I will fight for universal health care in your honor. renie408 Feb 2012 #188
I'm honored Renie. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #192
This is it. MedicalAdmin Feb 2012 #195
My God, should you or your loved ones read this jsmirman Feb 2012 #196
I missed this post, this update... You are in my thoughts MA. ScreamingMeemie Feb 2012 #197
I missed all this and am sorry. Hoping for peace for you and yours. uppityperson Apr 2012 #198
MA, I don't know if you;re still here but I won't you to know that I, for one, am fighting Ecumenist Apr 2012 #202
I Xyzse Apr 2012 #199
I don't know you and wish you could be here with us...so i could. Evasporque Apr 2012 #200
aloha brother, peace to you and your family. mahina Apr 2012 #201
You are remembered still. ScreamingMeemie Apr 2012 #203
I thought you all should know that Medical Admin has passed on MedicalAdmin May 2012 #204
No words right now. JNelson6563 May 2012 #206
K, R and Farewell, MA Vanje May 2012 #205
Love to you medicalAdmin wendylaroux May 2012 #207
kick for truth Blue_Tires May 2012 #208
Much love to you my friend. I hope that you send this eloquent piece to your local paper and NC_Nurse May 2012 #209
MedicalAmin passed more than a month ago. Please read his dear wife's post... Duppers May 2012 #210
Dayum. No words. calimary Oct 2021 #212
I read every word of your post. Atticus Apr 2019 #211
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