Heal Me, Kill Me

Have you noticed that there is a pill for absolutely everything lately?  Yes, every time I turn on my television I want to hear about incontinence, sexual enhancers and a host of other diseases.  Twenty years ago, people blushed at the mere mention of some of the diseases Pharmaceutical Companies are touting and giggling about.   Thirty years ago, there was no mention.

What is even more interesting is the new “disclaimer” that comes along with the commercials.  “May cause dizziness rapid heartbeat, blurred vision and in some cases death”.    These commercials run all day every day, regardless of whether the kids are home from school.  Any normal adult would be thinking …”I’m going to the doctor so that he can kill me with the newest cure”.  How do you explain these disclaimers to a child who is already petrified?  I can just hear the screams in millions of households in America  “MOOMMMMMMMMMMYYYYYYY I don’t care about the lollipop I’m NOT going!”.  I’ll tell you something kids, I’m screaming too.  Knowing that the doctor is going to be pushing the latest and greatest, I don’t want to go either.

With the cost of necessary prescriptions so far out of control that people who really require medicine are doing without it, why is this excessive advertising necessary?  Rather than demand that every United States Citizen carry Health Insurance, would it make more sense to reign in these exhibitionist  pill pushers and reduce the cost of the product?  Of course it would.

The Problem with the Healthcare Bill

I have to laugh at our “fearless leader” on television telling the world how great he is for accomplishing the impossible. President Obama has just set freedom and civil rights back 300 years.

We now have the government telling us what we can and can not do with the money that we have earned.

This is presenting a potential disaster here in the State of Florida.

Here is how getting aid goes. Depart of Family and Services knows you have no healthcare or income other than $800.00 monthly. You can not qualify for Medicaid because you make too much money. You can not qualify for cash assistance because you are not illegal, do not have 8 children with different fathers and all of them are in prison. You don’t qualify for food stamps because you make too much money. Your child gets medicaid…you are out in the cold.

Now comes the clincher. The same government that steps in and forces the state’s hand with illegal immigrants and offering them $11,000 in cash assistance while those who worked in Central Florida for years are homeless, steps in and tell you $400.00 out of that $800.00 now has to be spent on healthcare.

This is what your monthly budget for a family of two now looks like:

Rent $800.00
Electric $180.00 (thanks to Energy Commission Rent Hikes)
Food $400.00
Health Care Premiums $400.00
Luxuries (Land line, television) $140.00
Clothing $300.00

Median salary in Central Florida….$8.00 hourly!

Tell me, out of concern for all of those employees working at the Theme Parks who can only get part time employment because the powers that be do not want to pay benefits, and every company who refuses to hire outright, using the services of a temporary placement agency rather than paying benefits…WILL THESE PEOPLE GET HELP FROM THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY THE PREMIUMS?

The Health Care bill is based on a fictional society. A society that is employed, that is not ridden with foreclosures, that is not looking at faces in grammar school that have spent the night in a tent in the woods because they have no home. There is no middle class anymore, no one that can afford this program.

We have already seen the disaster that is medicaid and medicare, why do we need yet a third program riddled with corruption and problems?

If You Can’t Cure What Ails You….Try Google….

Laughter is the best medicine.  Millions of dollars have been spent on research of terminally ill patients who watched episodes of Abbott & Costello or the Three Stooges.The outcome is something our elders knew generations before.  The patients who laughed most often showed better response to treatment, and lived longer than those who did not. 

 Approaching life with a sense of humor is a must.  Learning to laugh at yourself is one of the best life skills you can develop. 

 Somewhere in your mid-40’s it happens.  You are in the midst of doing laundry.  You fold a load of towels and are going to put them away.  Suddenly, you see your child’s sneakers in the middle of the floor and go to put them into his or her room.  Once inside the room you discover a total disaster that you start working on.  When you are done, you go to the kitchen, then to the shower.  Suddenly you are looking into your linen closet knowing that you just washed a load of towels, and wondering intensely just what the heck you did with them.    Looking at the situation you can react with anger and get yourself into a tizzy over it….or you can laugh.  Laughter is the best choice.

The internet is definitely a great source for comedic relief.  There have been times that I’ve been chatting with a friend on IM and laughing so hard that I was certain that anyone who walked into the room and saw me laughing so hard that tears were running down my face would promptly call the men in the white jackets to come take me away. Last night was one of those times.  Now…while it may not be polite to laugh at the illness of another person, I received an e-mail from my mom that sent decorum flying out the nearest window and prompted my daughter to come running to see what had caused the hysterics.  The e-mail read:

No matter how bad you feel, it’s always good to get a laugh, today my right middle finger is locking in a curled toward the palm position.  It is excruciatingly painful to straighten it so I went on the computer and put in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome/Locking Finger.  I was so happy to see that E-Bay and Biz-Rite sites have bargain rates on carpal tunnel syndrome locking fingers.  Wonder what I can get for mine. I thought you would get a chuckle out of computer land.T

It is obvious where my sense of humor comes from, and amazing that my mother sent that just when I needed that break.

The conclusion….if you are faced with a medical problem, forget the expensive doctor bills…just Google it, the laughter will cure you.