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OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 07:24 AM Sunday

We are now in the new place.

I wish I could sit here and smile happily, but as usual, when one issue eases, another steps up to the number one slot. I have not slept worth a crap in days because I keep waking up with my arms in pain from poor circulation. I guess it won't be long now. With Healthcare now a pervue solely for the wealthy, I have no chance of seeking help for it. I cannot afford to even see my GP.

Insurance? Don't make me laugh. Again, that is a plaything of the rich. My so called insurance is just another pipeline for them to milk us for more money while doing as little as possible in return. (We are a capitalist nation, after all!)

So, we will see how long this lasts. It never rains, but it floods.

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We are now in the new place. (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Sunday OP
Delay, Defend and Deny, the 3 Ds of insurance multigraincracker Sunday #1
Yep. OldBaldy1701E Monday #5
We spend way more on health care than any multigraincracker Monday #10
And, very few actually blink at this. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #11
I'm so sorry. I hope your health improves, soon. Hugs to you. 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Sunday #2
Thanks. OldBaldy1701E Monday #6
I hope now that you're moved in you can give your arms a rest. crosinski Sunday #3
On a scale of one to ten... OldBaldy1701E Monday #7
Be sure that you are taking in enough liquid, i.e., water day & night. No Vested Interest Sunday #4
Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself. OldBaldy1701E Monday #8
(((Hugs)))💙💙💙. Life is hard. It just is. LiberalLoner Monday #9
I respectfully disagree. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #12
I'm so sorry. I was thinking of all the physical illnesses we suffer, etc. 💙💙💙 LiberalLoner Tuesday #13
Oh, I agree totally. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #14
You are very correct! I wish our society were much more fair. It makes me sad and angry that it's not. LiberalLoner Thursday #15
As my favorite entity 'Q' once said... OldBaldy1701E Thursday #16

multigraincracker

(35,835 posts)
1. Delay, Defend and Deny, the 3 Ds of insurance
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 07:51 AM
Sunday

When McKinsey Comes to Town. The world’s most powerful consulting firm no one has heard of.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
5. Yep.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:18 PM
Monday

'For profit heathcare' should be illegal. So should those who support and encourage that practice.

But, that's just the opinion of someone who is being fleeced by them...

multigraincracker

(35,835 posts)
10. We spend way more on health care than any
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 11:10 PM
Monday

other civilized county, yet we are 48th in life expectancy.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
6. Thanks.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:20 PM
Monday

Everyone's support and encouragement has really helped me through this.

I am sometimes without words to express how grateful I am.

crosinski

(596 posts)
3. I hope now that you're moved in you can give your arms a rest.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 02:34 PM
Sunday

Do you have a lot of unpacking to do?

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
7. On a scale of one to ten...
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:21 PM
Monday

I'd say our unpacking falls around thirty.



(So much stuff. Memories and minutae.)

No Vested Interest

(5,249 posts)
4. Be sure that you are taking in enough liquid, i.e., water day & night.
Sun Jun 8, 2025, 10:53 PM
Sunday

As an aging senior, I have found that tingling in my fingers and feet is stopped when I take even a smallish amount of water or other liquid.
I have tended to cut back somewhat in recent years re liquid intake, plus my circulation is likely poorer, resulting in resulting in tingling in extremities, especially when sleeping.
Good luck!

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
8. Yeah, I have to keep reminding myself.
Mon Jun 9, 2025, 01:23 PM
Monday

I always struggle to stay properly hydrated.

Stubborn old farm boy, I am...

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
12. I respectfully disagree.
Tue Jun 10, 2025, 07:38 AM
Tuesday

Life is made hard. It doesn't have to be this way. We just think it does.

The programming worked.

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
14. Oh, I agree totally.
Wed Jun 11, 2025, 11:37 PM
Wednesday

But, the suffering and all that would be much less if our society was more... interested in people than paper.

LiberalLoner

(11,361 posts)
15. You are very correct! I wish our society were much more fair. It makes me sad and angry that it's not.
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 08:02 AM
Thursday

OldBaldy1701E

(8,042 posts)
16. As my favorite entity 'Q' once said...
Thu Jun 12, 2025, 05:17 PM
Thursday
"Fairness is such a HUMAN concept!"


Yeah, and we would be so much more as a species and as a people if we practiced more of it!
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