Happy Fourth of July, despite the daily idiocy and incompetence coming out of the White House. I'm still recovering from throwing out my back last Friday. I had to cancel all of my plans, but could start to turn my head by late Saturday, and now have almost full mobility back, so I'm incredibly thankful for that!
This happens at least a few times a year since a 2005 four-car accident I was involved in (NOT my fault!). By now I have the routine down, move like a robot, squeak in pain if I move too fast, use Ben Gay as often as possible, rest where I can and hope it goes away in less than a week. It was about average this time around.
There should be a required medical follow-up when an incident occurs. When I was in the car accident, they had to check for a broken pelvis, sternal impact, and make sure that the neck & back problems which plague me to this day weren't indicative of hairline fractures or torn ligaments. If I had any of those and had never seen a doctor, I could have easily been crippled. What I have now is occasional bearable pain that I don't have to worry about being a sign of something worse, thanks to the medical profession.
I was thrilled to see the Senate healthcare bill basically crash and burn for now, and I can only hope that people continue to make their voices heard. Healthcare is not a privilege, and more than anything else preventative care is a compassionate as well as a very effective cost-saving method. For all of the rhetoric around denying coverage in the name of savings from wasted tests, etc, even if everyone only went for an annual general physical and basic blood tests (glucose, CBC, CMP at the least), a host of problems could be discovered and addressed before they became chronic, irreversible diseases.
In an annual checkup many patients are surprised to find out they have high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, abnormal liver or kidney functions, skin cancer, and other issues that a single exam could diagnose before a medical crisis. I'm begging our government. We hold these truths to be self-evident, and LIFE is one of the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution. Free preventative care can easily go miles towards maintaining and improving our nation's right to life, and most importantly a reasonably healthy one.
This happens at least a few times a year since a 2005 four-car accident I was involved in (NOT my fault!). By now I have the routine down, move like a robot, squeak in pain if I move too fast, use Ben Gay as often as possible, rest where I can and hope it goes away in less than a week. It was about average this time around.
There should be a required medical follow-up when an incident occurs. When I was in the car accident, they had to check for a broken pelvis, sternal impact, and make sure that the neck & back problems which plague me to this day weren't indicative of hairline fractures or torn ligaments. If I had any of those and had never seen a doctor, I could have easily been crippled. What I have now is occasional bearable pain that I don't have to worry about being a sign of something worse, thanks to the medical profession.
I was thrilled to see the Senate healthcare bill basically crash and burn for now, and I can only hope that people continue to make their voices heard. Healthcare is not a privilege, and more than anything else preventative care is a compassionate as well as a very effective cost-saving method. For all of the rhetoric around denying coverage in the name of savings from wasted tests, etc, even if everyone only went for an annual general physical and basic blood tests (glucose, CBC, CMP at the least), a host of problems could be discovered and addressed before they became chronic, irreversible diseases.
In an annual checkup many patients are surprised to find out they have high blood pressure, pre-diabetes, abnormal liver or kidney functions, skin cancer, and other issues that a single exam could diagnose before a medical crisis. I'm begging our government. We hold these truths to be self-evident, and LIFE is one of the freedoms guaranteed in the Constitution. Free preventative care can easily go miles towards maintaining and improving our nation's right to life, and most importantly a reasonably healthy one.
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