In these difficult economic times we should be pulling together, but there are segments of our society that think they are the only ones who are hurting. The Fresno Bee editorial board points out that "attitude counts for a lot." Unfortunately, there's a lot of whining going on, especially among government officials.
Click here to read the editorial that was published Sunday.
Jim Boren, to my ear the whining of the economically comfortable is being drowned out by the weeping of hungry children, and the sighs of those who are poverty stricken and physically helpless. And there is really nothig I can do at my advanced age, but share as good as I can afford. But too big a slice of my meager charity dollar goes for overhead, wages for whiners.
In my humble opinion everyone is hurting either physically, emotionally or spritually and it is our calling to tend to their needs as best we can.I had an epiphany a few years back during a self talk whining session that my life was about every one but me and it seemed to put things in perspective...for me.I'm much happier now and realize that whining is unattractive...and a waste of time which is dear to us all.
My grandparents and parents always told me to suck it up and do what needs to be done. No matter how hard, how uncomfortable it will be or how tired you are. My grandparents sucked it up when they were living in the back of a pick-up truck with their five children under age 10. They sucked it up when they cleared and farmed land that no one else wanted. They sucked it up when they ran out of food and sent the kids out with baskets to collect wild mushrooms for dinner. When they stayed up night after night with a shot gun guarding their harvest from being stolen before they could get it to market. My parents sucked it up when they lived in a one room apartment with us kids while they saved for college educations and a home. No monetary riches were handed down the generations just the knowledge that hard work will eventually reap rewards and to never give up. That is the best gift we could have been given. When it gets hard and I want to whine (believe me there are times...) I stop and think. Aw just suck it up. Everyone from us as individuals all the way to our "leaders" in Sacramento need to stop whining, suck it up and get the job done.
Twenty insurance companies are trying to make mastectomies an outpatient procedure.
I don't know where to file this one. But I hope it is an important message to everyone at anytime.
Subject: FW: Proposed Mastectomy Law Change
LINK AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE Subject: FW: Proposed Mastectomy Law Change (written by a surgeon);
I'll never forget the look in my patients eyes when I had to tell them they had to go home with the drains, new exercises and no breast. I remember begging the doctors to keep these women in the hospital longer, only to hear that they would, but their hands were tied by the insurance companies.
So there I sat with my patient giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank you' they muttered.
Let's give women the chance to recover properly in the hospital for 2 days after surgery. This Mastectomy Bill is in Congress now. It takes 2 seconds to do this and is very important. Please take the time and do it really quick! The Breast Cancer Hospitalization Bill is important legislation for women.
The bill called the Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act which will require insurance companies to cover a minimum 48-hour hospital stay for patients undergoing a mastectomy. It's about eliminating 'drive-through mastectomy' where women are forced to go home just a few hours after surgery, against the wishes of their doctor, still groggy from anesthesia and sometimes with drainage tubes still attached.
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"So there I sat with my patient giving them the instructions they needed to take care of themselves, knowing full well they didn't grasp half of what I was saying, because the glazed, hopeless, frightened look spoke louder than the quiet 'Thank you' they muttered."
Nosocomial Infection Rate and MRSA is good subject matter to begin with when one is attempting to understand why out-patient ideas should be explored.
Insurance companies probably understand he risks of hospitalizaion more han "we" shall ever. Regardless of what surgical procedure men, women and children must endure, hospial beds are already in shor supply. Under he presiden's new healhcareless program he que is abou to ge longer, if you qualify (add "t" if appropriae for you.)
"add "t" if appropriae for you." HA! You poke sleeping puppies and teeter beginning toddlers too don't you. Quit teasing each other you two... people are going to think you're infatuated with each other!!! HA
Though infection rates are an issue. I think given the trauma of a masectomy a longer stay is worth the risk. In many families women are generally the care givers whether self imposed or not and do not extend that care to themselves as they are busy keeping everyone else happy. I think a longer hospital stay would force rest that would assist a quicker recovery. In addition, the psychological toll such a surgery can take would be aided if they felt cared for. Now I know women are used to giving birth in a field and finish harvesting the crops before coming back in to show everyone their new baby but I think a masectomy is a fair compromise for a little extra care don't you?
I am positively enamored by blithering idiots. And the more they spout off their blithering nonsense, the smarter I get to look.
Easy laurels for me hahaha!
A worried but inexperienced husband, sibling, relative or inlaw is not a good caregiver hours after a mastectomy. You are so right Kim Tanksley, those two days in the hospital can make all the difference in the long recovery ahead. Very few can afford hiring a nurse. And the system does not provide for post mastectomy in home care. But the system demands that hospitals get more antiseptic than they have been since the commencing of aerosol spray cleaning instead of scrubbing clean. And the best hospitals in the nation are scrubbing again.