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Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet

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quester - Dec 14, 2012 3:32:17 pm PST #4591 of 30001

Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Thanks, Allyson.

Typo Boy - Dec 14, 2012 3:36:59 pm PST #4592 of 30001

Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.

Who has two thumbs and cataracts? Yeah, normally I try to avoid medical stuff on my birthday, but eye exams seem so routine - until they find something besides "need new glasses". Was off the internet, first because I was I had to let my eyes recover and then because I was bummed. It is not that they can't do something about cataracts, but because of my plan if I need surgery I will end up paying most of the cost.

Anyway, seems like the news today dwarfs my little personal problems. And while I'm glad ita ! is resting, I'm still mad at her doctors. Hope a patient advocate or a lawyer or the press can doing something. Anyone planning to contact press should probably talk to ita ! to make sure it is OK with her.

P.M. Marc - Dec 14, 2012 3:37:06 pm PST #4593 of 30001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Thanks, Allyson.

I cannot believe, or, rather, I wish I could not believe, that the ER has done this to her.

I keep thinking that, were she white or male, they'd be a hell of a lot more willing to follow her doctor's orders. And then I get really mad.

quester - Dec 14, 2012 3:41:10 pm PST #4594 of 30001

Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

She really NEEDS an advocate of some kind to be on call for her. If her doctor is being such a jerk and the ER is being this unreasonable, I don't know what else we can do for her. I would be willing to scream in the face of anyone treating her badly if I lived near by.

Consuela - Dec 14, 2012 3:41:22 pm PST #4595 of 30001

We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix

I keep thinking that, were she white or male, they'd be a hell of a lot more willing to follow her doctor's orders. And then I get really mad.

I suspect a black man in ita's situation would be treated no better. But that's just me speculating wildly.

quester - Dec 14, 2012 3:42:39 pm PST #4596 of 30001

Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I can't believe this is happening to OUR ita !

She used to be able to kill them with her pinkie!

Stephanie - Dec 14, 2012 3:46:01 pm PST #4597 of 30001

Trust my rage

I have had this thought a few times but have always resisted because it feels like it might cross boundaries. But realistically, what is a medical advocate and who does that sort of thing? Are there people besides friends/family? I'm not that kind of lawyer but I have seen "I'm a lawyer" open doors before.

Stephanie - Dec 14, 2012 3:46:01 pm PST #4598 of 30001

Trust my rage

shrift - Dec 14, 2012 3:59:09 pm PST #4599 of 30001

"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

Joe and I are supposed to be in court Monday because he doesn't want to pay child support.

Wow. I really can't think of a polite thing to say about this, other than hoping it forces Joe to be a goddamn grown-up.

P.M. Marc - Dec 14, 2012 4:04:24 pm PST #4600 of 30001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I suspect a black man in ita's situation would be treated no better. But that's just me speculating wildly.

That was supposed to read white *and* male. I will let my thinko stand.

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