OK, I’d need 3 million but whatever, I’d take care of this problem in my home state, I really would. HIV Drugs Waiting List in SC. This should not happen. It just shouldn’t.
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OK it wasn’t a fiasco, nobody died or anything, but I think I have proven to everyone in the house (who is awake) that I am not a foodie.
See, we’re sick. All of us who are awake. Russian plague sort of sick. The kind that sneaks up on you and hits you when you aren’t expecting it. The kind that doesn’t give you a fever but makes you wish you had one so you’d have a valid reason for going to the hospital and just dying.
I thought I’d be brill (can you tell I’ve been reading a lot of English books set in the 70’s?) and make a pot of "feel better tea". Ha. We didn’t have most of the ingredients so I substituted. It’s not great. In fact it’s not good. And TW is laughing because I thought a can of crushed pineapple would do pretty much the same thing as a few tiny cans of pineapple juice. She’s laughing more because I didn’t add any cloves (do we even have cloves) or any sugar.
Well she can keep laughing, laughter is good medicine and I’m sure it will help her feel well enough to spend her day driving kids around town and playing with all of the games Santa appears to have delivered today. Not to mention those puzzles that still aren’t quite finished. And there’s the laundromat to visit.
Oh if she keeps on laughing this way, I’ll be able to stay in bed with my really bitter non-feel better tea while she plays superwoman and knocks out 6 dozen cookies and makes those two quiches tonight for dinner.
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From the World AIDS Campaign: Efforts to halt AIDS are falling far short of their targets. Over 25 million people have been lost to AIDS so far, and 4.3 million people were infected with HIV this year. The spread of HIV is quickening – with more people infected in 2006 than in any previous year. This is despite the number of promises by world leaders to provide services to curb the rates of infection and to bring down deaths.
Go and visit my friend skeeter…
Michael Edward B.
September 28, 1949 – December 2, 1998I’ll be watching And the Band Played On again soon, Eddie. I’ll be thinking of you, and then of so many others. I’ll cry and hurt and then become enraged, for you and for them. And Eddie, you were wrong one last time. They still haven’t found a cure.
And then, go visit Karen Walrond at Chookooloonks. Leave a comment – she’s donating $1 for every comment to the Cyril Ross Nursery. Karen is awesome, and this is just more proof.
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How would you handle it if your child was still asking how old he had to be before he could cut off his penis?
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No I don’t like Pink Ribbons or the Pink Ribbon Campaign.
Yes I think big business and the medical community (and the doggone patriarchy, for that matter) are doing a great job of causing women to be afraid of a cancer that probably isn’t going to kill them. And, they’re doing an excellent job of using breast cancer to continue the attack on women through negative body image messaging.
No I don’t think all breast cancer research is worthless.
Yes I bought a pink roomba which did "sort of" support breast cancer research. But I bought it because it represented Hazel (the TV show you culturally illiterate people) and not because it supported breast cancer.
No I would never buy THESE and I cannot see why anyone WOULD buy these. THIS is an example of how we are being USED. If you buy these, you are allowing yourself to be USED.
Yes I would donate money to breast cancer research or breast cancer support groups. I have done so in the past and I am sure I will do so in the future.
No I don’t love the Red Dress campaign either. But as sassymonkey has recently pointed out, marketing seems to be the only way to reach women (why is that – I have my theories, do you have yours). At least the Red Dress campaign is helping to make women aware of a health condition that probably WILL kill them.
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I’m not a fan of “pink ribbons” and I’m not a huge fan of breast self-exam propaganda either. But it is October and I am a fan of breasts. So watch this Canadian video and tell me if you think it’s a fantastic community service spot – or if it’s ummm not fantastic. And then feel free to tell me how you feel about pink ribbons and breast self exam propoaanda.
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In January, I stumbled across Calendar Girl (Sue Richards) and her Breasts of Canada and I was hooked. I know, you aren’t really surprised by that are you? Of course you aren’t. But it isn’t JUST about the great photos in the calendar, it’s about breast health too.
I’m not a pink ribbon fan. I am, however, a breast health fan and so is Sue Richards. Buy the calendar, become a breast ambassador, skip the pink ribbon products that large corporations are getting rich from. You’re smarter than that. And this calendar is better than any Sun Chips with stupid breast cancer marketing.
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Remember my Blogher pal Amanda? Well "Uncle Buck" is going to be hiking the Appalachian Trail in memory of Amanda’s husband, Eric. He’s raising money for the Leukemia/Lymphoma Society. Here’s your chance to make a difference. Go donate.
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I read this post from Arianna a few weeks ago and I’ve been saving it for just the right time to blog about myself. (Go read it and come back, it’s about "disconnected medical care")
TW has been dealing with a mystery bump for quite some time. The GI doc wanted it GONE ages ago. Another GI doc was sure she could snag it via colonoscopy but the "dark lady of digestion" was not sure. She thought she would perforate the colon and that was not a risk she wanted to take. So, she referred TW to a surgeon.
The surgeon was not sure he wanted to deal with this because he didn’t want to cut the colon if he didn’t have to. Scar tissue on a Crohn’s colon is bad news. So, the "dark lady of digestion" did another colonoscopy and we thought she was going to remove the mystery bump but she didn’t. She just got more pictures of it to show the surgeon. MRI was done, just to get more pictures. All of the pictures were shared between the docs, pretty quickly and easily – they’re all available online but only in black and white So that led to the surgeon having to request the color slides, which took more time.
Finally, they scheduled a combo colonoscopy/laproscopy to deal with the mystery bump and all went well. All in all, I wasn’t feeling like we were getting "disconnected care". I didn’t understand why the color slides weren’t available online to the surgeon, only black and whites – that doesn’t make sense to me at all. I should find out why that’s the case, surely there must be some good reason.
Where I do find a disconnected healthcare issue is within the hospital itself.
TW had to go to the hospital where the mystery bump removal was going to be done and pre-register. At pre-registration, she was asked for her complete health history, current medications, emergency contact person, "do you wear glasses or dentures etc…" Makes sense to ask those questions before surgery, before nerves set in, while a patient is clear-headed and able to answer questions properly, right?
Why is it that after surgery, when the patient is either groggy from surgery or in pain after surgery, that the nurses on the floor must ask every single one of those questions AGAIN? I don’t understand this at all.
During this visit to the hospital, the nurses actually put the data right into a computer – why wasn’t it already there? It’s the same hospital. Why couldn’t the nurse pop in her name or scan her bracelet and immediately have her pre-registration info there? That would be quicker and less stressful for the patient and it would seem like it would be safer as well. What if the patient forgets to say "I’m allergic to ____" or "I have a history of _____" and those things become an issue during the hospital stay? If that data was already available to the floor nurse, then the process would be down to "do you have any personal items with you?" and "what’s your pain level?"
Nursepammie? Anyone else out there have a good reason as to why MY idea wouldn’t be more effective and helpful to everyone involved?
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Three hours after the evil IV was removed. Thank goodness the swelling went down quickly, It made me queasy to look at it.
Anyone want to take bets on how much the new IV swells and how long it takes?
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