I am reposting this because I am horrified and saddened by the recent turn of events in government.

I am reposting this because I am desperate that this government run health care bill not be passed. I am desperate that all the idiot bystanders would pull their heads out of the sand (or whatever orifice in their body they currently have them hidden in) and take a look at the WHOLE PICTURE and realize... OH, MAYBE WE DON'T WANT THIS.

Do I think health care reform is necessary? YES. YES, YES, A THOUSAND AND TWENTY-SEVEN TIMES, YES. I DO THINK HEALTH CARE REFORM IS NECESSARY. Should everyone have access to decent health care? YES. Do I think the way to fix this is to let the government control it? NO, NO, NO.

Do you want to know why I am so frightened by this prospect?

Because I have people in my life whom I love very, very much. And I worry about these people. I worry about them not getting the health care they need and deserve under a government run health plan.

Let me put this into context for you. My dad has smoked most of his life. Because of this, he has dealt with heart and lung issues. Is it his own fault? Yes. But has he always received wonderful medical care whenever it's been necessary? Yes.

But what if someday, someone I love can't receive the wonderful medical care they need? What if the government decides that someone I love just doesn't DESERVE that wonderful medical care because they haven't taken care of themselves, they've already received procedures in the past, and quite frankly, it's just not cost effective to give this individual the best treatment possible What if someday, the government decides that an individual I love is just too old to receive the best care; that the more cost effective route is to shove a pill down their throat to PROLONG their life, instead of performing a procedure that could SAVE their life. What if someday, the government decides that it's not cost effective for someone I care about to receive orthopaedic surgery to help them get around more easily, but instead provides them with a wheelchair and some pain killers. What if someday I (because let's face it kids, we're ALL going to be there someday) can't get to the specialists I need and receive the care I want because the government doesn't find it cost effective to take care of me.

This. Terrifies. Me. Because what is one supposed to do in those situations? Run to Canada? Run to Europe? Oh, wait... THEY'VE BEEN THE ONES RUNNING TO US FOR YEARS IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THE QUALITY HEALTH CARE THEY NEED.

And I'm sorry, but has it not occurred to anyone to ask... IF THIS NEW HEALTH CARE IS SOOOO WARM & FUZZY & PHENOMENAL... WHY WON'T OUR LAWMAKERS SIGN UP FOR IT???

Please, please, PLEASE... can we pull ourselves together long enough to realize that government-run healthcare isn't going to work? I don't care if you LOOOOOVE President Obama, that you think he's just so classy and his family is so cute, that you think he means well and loves all the little children, that you are so happy all the little Asian kids and black kids and American Indian kids and Hispanic kids finally have someone to look up to and inspire them to be president, that you think all the Democratic critics are just plain mean and "icky", that you would rather catch up with "Glee" and "Dancing with the Stars" than spend some serious time looking at what we're facing with this health care bill. Stop getting distracted! WE NEED TO BE INFORMED. THIS AFFECTS ALL OF US. AND JUST BECAUSE WE WANT THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM FIXED DOES NOT MEAN THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.

READ THIS:

"We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It's too expensive...so we're going to let you die." -- Former Labor Secretary & Current Obama Economic Advisor, Robert Reich, on what an honest, liberal presidential candidate would say about healthcare.

He then followed up all that honesty with this: "Also I'm going to use the bargaining leverage of the federal government in terms of Medicare, Medicaid---we already have a lot of bargaining leverage---to force drug companies and insurance companies and medical suppliers to reduce their costs. What that means, less innovation and that means less new products and less new drugs on the market which means you are probably not going to live much longer than your parents. Thank you." Again, this is what an HONEST liberal presidential candidate would tell his potential voters.

Don't believe it? Get the story here.

Better yet, WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Still want government run health care?

Update

So, after the whole "No, I will not recommend another prescription for you because I'm too busy pushing this drug and making money for it" debacle with my doctor, I went ahead and changed my primary care clinic.

I could have just changed doctors, I suppose, but I didn't want questions hurled at me to which I would be required to answer, "Because my other doctor was a big, fat, stinky idiot"... AAAAND... honestly, I just had a bad taste in my mouth about this clinic due to my big, fat, stinky idiot of a doctor.

I thought I could have just gone to another clinic; you know, shown up, signed some paper work and gone in to see the doctor. But this is apparently only possible when you come from a very small town and every clinic you come across is owned and run by the same honkin' hospital that runs everything in 50+ other small towns... so no matter which clinic you go to, you still belong to the same health care system.

Apparently, that's not the case in the "big city".

So, I had to call up my insurance provider and change my primary care clinic.

But apparently I had to do it 10 days before the end of the month. I called nine days before the end of the month. Oops. Thankfully, the nice insurance lady changed some things around so the change would be effective for the month of November. However, I could not see a doctor at my new primary care clinic until November 1st, AND until I received my new insurance card listing my new primary care clinic.

So, I went ahead and made an appointment AHEAD of time, but only with the stipulation that I couldn't actually come IN until sometime in November.

SO, long story short, I have an appointment set up for the 2nd of November... two days before I run out of this current prescription and need to get a refill or another type of prescription.

I am praying that this lady doctor will LISTEN to me, let me try something new, and my pharmacy will have the decency to fill my prescription ASAP so there is no lapse in taking my medication.

THAT? Would be LOVELY.

More lovely than you can imagine. And if that's the case? I'm totally giving my new doctor not only an awkwardly long hug, but a gold star as well.

UM, EXCUSE ME, DOCTOR LADY... BUT I'M PRETTY SURE YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO LISTEN TO ME!!!!!!!

Is there a place where you can review doctors and give them a rating? Because if there is, I'm totally going there and giving my now-former doctor and BIG, FAT, STINKIN' "F".

I always knew that many, many, MANY doctors have a hard time listening to their patients. But I was actually THRILLED when I first met with my doctor. She seemed great aside from the whole, "Meh, I don't think we need to change your prescription" thing.

But then... THEN she returned my call yesterday.

I don't know how this happened, because I'm pretty sure I'M PAYING for her services and she's supposed to LISTEN to me... but it pretty much just sounded like she wouldn't LET me get off my current prescription, wouldn't suggest other pill options, and pretty much couldn't do anything for me. I got the feeling I was just supposed to get over it and move on.

She claimed she didn't have any other pill options for me because ALL brith control poses some risk of forming blood clots. REALLY?! I'm not a big, fat idiot. This isn't some shocking revelation to me. I KNOW THIS. The fact of the matter is, Yaz has a higher rate of patients having clotting problems than other birth control PLUS the makers of Yaz are currently involved in a LAW SUIT because so many patients HAVE had major problems with the pill.

Soooo... I'm just thinkin'... if I tell you I'M NOT COMFORTABLE... how about you SHUT YOUR PIE HOLE and HELP FIGURE OUT AN ALTERNATIVE FOR ME. HM???

Because, oh... I don't know...

ISN'T THAT YOUR JOB???

But NOOO...

I don't know if she's receiving compensation by pushing this stupid pill or what, but she just flat out WOULD NOT LISTEN.

AND... she managed to make me feel ridiculously stupid for even bringing it up again.

She did tell me there were alternatives to the pill, but I wouldn't really "qualify" for those and then she gave me the most assanine reasons as to why I wouldn't "qualify".

I AM SO UNBELIEVABLY TICKED OFF.

WHAT KIND OF DOCTOR DOES THIS?

Last time I went in to see a doctor about changing my prescription he threw a BUNCH of options my way... and told me that with birth control, it's pretty much hit or miss. You just have to keep trying different alternatives until you find something that works for you.

But apparently this doctor has never heard of any other type of birth control BESIDES Yaz. Apparently, according to her, they just don't flippin' exist.

Whaaa??? I mean... REALLY?

I will not go back there. I am changing doctors, I may even change clinics... although the vengeful side of me would like to stay at the clinic and request a new doctor giving the reason that my previous doctor was completely INEFFECTIVE and UNWILLING to work with me.

Kinda mad, can you tell?

I need a new drug...

I realize my posts have been more political lately. I also realize they've been a bit more angry. But that's just because I am angry. I am so ticked off at what I see happening in our nation that I have to spout off about it somewhere and so it happens here.

You'll have to bear with me. If you don't agree with my views, then don't read the political posts.

'Nuff said.

Moving on to non-political matters, I just got off the phone with my doctor. Actually, that's not true. I just got off the phone with the receptionist who is supposed to relay my message to my doctor.

You see, I had been in to see her in September to change the prescription I'm currently taking. Cause, I'm on the pill. As in, "The Pill".

You see, I went on The Pill shortly before I got married. The prescription I had at the time worked fine, but it also made me crazy. As in... CRAAAAZAY. As in, "Shield your children away from me, 'cause you don't want them exposed to this kind of crazy" crazy. I mean, it was bad. Every month around that time, I became SOOOO cranky, and SOOOO moody and just plain crazy, that I was just plain horrible to live with. Anything could set me off. And I mean anything. A wrong number, an off-handed joke, a news commentator I happened to disagree with, batteries that no longer worked... I mean, it was bad. Bad to the extent of throwing plants and other miscellaneous objects across rooms in fits of rage.

Yeah. That bad.

One second I'd be crying, the next I'd be throwing a tantrum better suited for a 3 year old, and then I'd start laughing hysterically for NO REASON AT ALL. I literally felt like I was going crazy.

So, I went in to get my prescription changed. This was last winter. My doctor at the time changed my prescription over to Ocella, a generic form of Yaz.

The change was dramatic. My mood swings were gone, my insanity had vanished, and I was feeling normal again.

Yay, right?

Meh... not so much.

Fast forward to this September. I get a call from my friend in the hospital. She's there because of a blood-clot. A blood-clot caused by only being on Yaz for a total of four months. FOUR MONTHS, people. It was quite a serious situation, and to put it bluntly, she could have died.

Now, I know there are side effects to every medication. And I was aware of the side effects of Ocella. But they down-play the whole blood-clot thing so well, I never even considered that side effect.

Until my friend was in the hospital for it. She told me to get off of it as soon as I could.

So, I did some research, and lo and behold, there are quite a few YOUNG, HEALTHY, NON-SMOKING women who have suffered blood clots from this stupid medication.

I make an appointment with my new doctor and tell her the situation. I tell her I'm not comfortable taking this prescription anymore, could I please get it changed?

Well, she goes through this big, long schpiel about how I don't seem to have any risk factors, and my friend probably did. And if I had been taking it successfully for 6+ months, why change a good thing? She said she could write me a new prescription, but as far as oral contraceptives were concerned, she recommended I just stick with what I had.

So... essentially... she talked me out of it. I was like, "Okay! Sure! I trust you!" (Note to self, it's not about NOT trusting your doctor, it's about what I'm comfortable with...)

But you know how it is... the doctor sort of tells you you're being silly, there's no reason to be concerned... and you don't want to contradict them or shove a finger in their face with a "Now you listen here, BUB." So, you sheepishly agree that yeah, you're probably being a little silly, and pretty soon you're nodding and smiling and telling them "Whatever you say, doc!"

So, after that pathetic display of self assertion, I end up going home with a renewed prescription for... Ocella.

Go me.

I rock.

So, I keep taking this stupid medication. But evertime I take it I think, "Meh... I'm still not comfortable with this... I should really get this changed."

And then yesterday, I receive an update from my friend about the whole health situation. She had another blood clot in a new location.

MER.

I realize I may not have any risk factors. I realize I more than likely have NOTHING to worry about. But that's not the point. The point is I'm UNCOMFORTABLE taking this junk. I don't want to take it. I don't want it wreaking havoc with my insides. And I ESPECIALLY don't want to keep worrying about it everytime I take a flippin' tablet, and constantly asking myself, "Was that odd pain in my pinky toe a warning sign of a blood clot?" I just want to be off the junk. I'm too neurotic to be on something with such serious side effects.

SOOO... I finally worked up the courage to call the doctor to see if I can get a NEW prescription. Now I just have to wait for her to call me back, and hope I can stand my ground and tell her, "Um, thanks, but no. I need a new drug."

The dumb thing is, I always feel like I need to apologize to people for not taking their advice. What is with that? I wouldn't be surprised if I didn't end up apologizing to my doctor.

Because I'm awesome like that.

I'll let you know how it goes down...

They're going to have to let you die.

"We're going to have to, if you're very old, we're not going to give you all that technology and all those drugs for the last couple of years of your life to keep you maybe going for another couple of months. It's too expensive...so we're going to let you die." -- Former Labor Secretary & Current Obama Economic Advisor, Robert Reich, on what an honest, liberal presidential candidate would say about healthcare.

He then followed up all that honesty with this: "Also I'm going to use the bargaining leverage of the federal government in terms of Medicare, Medicaid---we already have a lot of bargaining leverage---to force drug companies and insurance companies and medical suppliers to reduce their costs. What that means, less innovation and that means less new products and less new drugs on the market which means you are probably not going to live much longer than your parents. Thank you." Again, this is what an HONEST liberal presidential candidate would tell his potential voters.

Don't believe it? Get the story here.

Better yet, WATCH THE VIDEO HERE.

Still want government run health care?

White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News - Political News - FOXNews.com

Um... Really? So, I take it the administration has nothing better to do?

Apparently.

White House Escalates War of Words With Fox News - Political News - FOXNews.com

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It's a MAD, MAD, MAD, MAD WORLD.

Um...

I uh...

Huh.

I don't really know how to say this without sounding like a raving mad woman...

But, screw it. If I sound like a raving mad woman, so be it.

Ahem.

The uh... The Nobel Peace Prize, people?

The Nobel Peace Prize.

For what?

For accomplishing nothing? Really? Because that's what the man has accomplished. Nothing. I probably accomplished more than he did this year.

WHERE'S MY NOBEL PEACE PRIZE???

And he gets nominated for this prize after being in office for...

Wait for it...

Are you ready for this?

12 FREAKIN' DAYS.

Who was the genius to come up with that one? What was the thought process there? "Oh, it's such a novelty to have a black man in office, we should really nominate him even if he HASN'T DONE ANYTHING YET. But he sure looks sharp in a suit and those speeches of his give me chills. Yeah. Let's nominate him!"

I realize that the real significance of the Nobel Peace Prize probably went out the window the minute Al Gore won one for a stupid movie... but STILL. I mean, the Nobel Peace Prize has been given to Nelson Mandela, Mother Theresa, MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. People that DID things, people that CHANGED things, people that made a DIFFERENCE.

Mr. President, you can give your pretty little eloquent speeches all about HOPE and CHANGE. It doesn't actually mean you've DONE ANYTHING.

And don't GIVE ME this pile of you-know-what about easing tensions between America and the Muslim world (You do realize they're laughing behind your back, right? I mean, Iran? Really? Yeah, let's scold them and give them a warning and they're SURE to give up their hateful and violent ideology, AND they're nuclear program right along with it, right?), improving America's image, (HOW? By apologizing to everyone for being a crappy nation and not treating everyone with kid gloves?), and bringing people together (REALLY? Have you seen these town hall meetings? Have you SEEN how angry people are about your Health Care Plan? Really?!).

I SWEAR this entire nation has GONE MAD.

And if I hear one more person say that we have to give his economic plan some time to produce results, I'm going to punch them in the face. Don't treat us like we're stupid. If I can't keep my head above water financially in my own household, I'm not to go on a mad spending spree. It doesn't work that way. It just MAKES THINGS WORSE. It's COMMON SENSE. So don't tell me we have to spend even VASTER amounts of money to fix the overspending we've already done.

UN. BE. LIEVABLE.

And now our government is promising bailout money to the people of Detroit. Reporters asked one woman where the money was coming from. She didn't know. It's just free money, right?

NO... IT'S MONEY FROM US TAXPAYERS. DID NO ONE GET THE MEMO?

Oh, and this healthcare plan? Let's just PUSH IT THROUGH, BOYS. Don't let anyone read it, don't let anyone see what it's really going to entail... we need it NOW. RIGHT NOW.

BUT... he's going to sit on his hands and carefully figure out what he's going to do in Afghanistan, and drag his feet on that one... because that certainly doesn't require his immediate attention, right? I mean, more soldiers are dying everyday but that inane health care bill is just that much more important.

Of course! What was I thinking?

I am so disgusted with this current administration. I'm even more disgusted with the amount of Americans sticking their heads in the sand pretending that everything is fine, nothing is wrong, and not standing up for their rights.

If this was what you were bargaining for when you voted for Hope and Change, then you can have it.

I Also Heart the TWINS!

We're in the PLAYOFFS, BABY!

WHOOP-WHOOP!

Now if we can just figure out a way to beat the Yankees...

I heart the Vikings.

Seriously, the Vikings just rock my world.

That game tonight?

Totally rocked my world.

To watch those Packers have their hats handed to them?

That's right. Go home boys. We got your cheese right here.