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Joe,
JM> Of course, I'm always right, (he wrote modestly). :)
You may not always be right, but you're never wrong. And, when you think you
are wrong, you discover that you were mistaken.
JM> People down here do the same, they clog up ER's with all sorts of
JM> minor problems.
Same here. They use the ER as their "doctor", as they don't have a PCP.
JM> The only times I've gone to the ER is for some problem that can't
JM> wait.
Sounds like the people calling 911 because:
1) Their drive thru order was messed up.
2) They're looking for a spouse.
To them, that can't wait. :P
JM> I can count on one hand the number of times in the last 50 yeas and a
JM> couple of them was due on-the-job injury and the company wanted CYA
JM> from workers comp.
There's likely a lot of fraud going on with that. Long ago, I got stung
on the lip by a wasp that had crawled into my soda can, and my lower lip
swelled to the size of the upper and lower lips together. Since it
happened at work, it was covered under Workman's Compensation. I went to
a clinic, and had to drop the pants and underwear to moon the nurse ,
but to get a shot of demarol or something similar. I told them that I
still lived with my parents (I helped with expenses, etc.), and they said
to have them call my boss, and tell them I would not be back until the
next day. When I put my head on the pillow, I was *OUT COLD*. I didn't
wake up for 19 hours...it was like being under anesthesia...dreamless
sleep. I was fine the next morning.
JM> I have a few recurring minor health problems, I've handled them in
JM> the past, know what to do and take care of it myself.
JM> And I have taken only one sick day in something like 40 years.
I wish I was in that good a picture of health. For me, it's like my
now retired PCP noted: "You're not in the best of shape, but for the
shape you're in, you're in great shape".
JM> I've heard the same thing and thankfully have never experienced them.
You don't want to.
JM> I can't recall the last time doctors down here made house calls.
Me neither. However, a nurse from my Medicare HMO came by in September
for a full anatomy exam and consultation. She recommended a bone density
scan, but I can't afford that right now...let alone several other medical
procedures.
JM> My father was a GP (general practitioner/family doctor) from 1922-62.
JM> I can't count the number of times he would get a phone call in the
JM> middle of the night to go somewhere.
That's the way it works when you're on call.
JM> He delivered a lot of babies, to usually poor farm families. People
JM> were proud then and didn't want charity. Most of them were struggling
JM> and paid in kind when possible. He was paid in produce, farm products
JM> (hams, sides of beef, etc) sometimes in chicken
Sounds like the song by Dick Feller, who did a deal called "The Credit
Card Song". This one was called "Making The Best Of A Bad Situation"...it
had where when this guy went off to work, the milkman would stop by, and
was there for several hours. So, this guy asked the husband about it, and
he replied "We're never out of dairy products".
JM> I never saw a blue baby.
You've never been to the smurf nursery.
I think of the joke where this little girl calls 911, as her Mom is in
labor, so the paramedics arrive, and deliver a healthy baby boy...who was
spanked to get him to start breathing and crying. When they asked the
little girl what she thought, the girl replied "He shouldn't have crawled
up in there in the first place!! Spank him again!!"
JM> Number one rule of gambling: The house always wins.
I can't even beat the doorgames on the BBS...how do I think I'll win
at a casino or playing the lottery??
Daryl
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