Besides irate husbands, always a tiresome lot, another hazard to bachelors is the American medical system. So-called. (Not least is the junk on sale in the vending machines in the hospitals.) We’re the only Western country without a health care system; what we have instead is a sickness-profit system and (sometimes heroic) institutions and medicos trying to pick up the pieces. (Just remember, when the HMO-serf MD complains, remind him or her how the AMA killed “commie medicine” back in the day.) I try to stay away from it all, but when the receptionist and the nurse both think its pretty oogie that my ear is bleeding, I’ve got to agree with them. Long story short, I probably poked myself with a Q-Tip (?), and then, taking some aspirin for the headache I had, had that blood running in no time. It’s actually much more complicated than that, what with my deviated septum and retracted eardrums, but I’ll spare you the details.
Friday, July 25, 2008
My dynastic nose
Besides irate husbands, always a tiresome lot, another hazard to bachelors is the American medical system. So-called. (Not least is the junk on sale in the vending machines in the hospitals.) We’re the only Western country without a health care system; what we have instead is a sickness-profit system and (sometimes heroic) institutions and medicos trying to pick up the pieces. (Just remember, when the HMO-serf MD complains, remind him or her how the AMA killed “commie medicine” back in the day.) I try to stay away from it all, but when the receptionist and the nurse both think its pretty oogie that my ear is bleeding, I’ve got to agree with them. Long story short, I probably poked myself with a Q-Tip (?), and then, taking some aspirin for the headache I had, had that blood running in no time. It’s actually much more complicated than that, what with my deviated septum and retracted eardrums, but I’ll spare you the details.
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Calling Florence Nightingale! I'm so sorry to hear about your ear. Does it hurt?
Thanks for taking the time to post the fabulous medical chart in spite of your suffering. Although your hearing may be slightly impaired these days, I can see your top notch art direction isn't.
My ear is much better, thank you, but it's further in that's the bigger problem.
In this case, my art director was Google.
yes, and i suppose google also took that jaw dropping photo of those ailianthas samaras.
Oh, my. Are you healing up from the cold though? I hope.
I'm on steroids. I should be ready for next week's Genocide Olympics(TM) in no time.
Glad to know you're doing better, earwise and otherwise.
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