I was going to not mention the health care bill passing but alas I have had a recent run in with socialized medicine that has me pretty scared for what I will be returning to in the USA. Long story short- I went in to get an ultrasound of my gallbladder to see if I had gallstones ( I don't). The Dr performing the scan Hated me from the getgo- I gave him a brief history of my perforated appendix a few years back and some other gall bladder tests I had. Anyhow- he turns to the nurse and says in a pompous fashion, "those American are so use to using expensive tests to diagnose routine medical conditions." Turns out the machine they used on me in TX they have like 1 of them in London . He kept asking me where I had the test done- assuming it was the Mayo Clinic or some internationally renown hospital. I had to laugh as I said a Plano TX Hospital. So excuse the pessimism as I fear will be paying higher copays and more taxes for a lesser quality of medicine. ( would LOVE to be proven wrong on this). On the + side- great news for preexisting conditions and the uninsured.
Other Signs Of Trouble
1. Sony exec- suggesting selling cutup vegetables at movie theatres. ( and yes I know I said to do this while kids are watching a show but its the cinema) Ridiculous can't we let kids eat popcorn and a fountain drink in peace. Next we will have biking in the seats so we can spin at the movie theatre. (could this be a mney making idea?- gymcinema- need to get a patent)
2.Jesse James- what a jackas$- Bullock needs to drop him like the razzie she won.
3.Lost- I am so frustrated - way too out there that Sawyer was a COP in his parallel world. Please make it more believable. All u Alias fans out there will we recall that the last season went South with crazy story wrapups ( did we ever solve the Rimbaldi crud?)- This show is angering me.
Our house is happy right now- MSU nailbiter victory, a dance recital in sight, 3 egg hunts this week, and a trip to Legoland on the horizon, and the appearance of the SUN
(we were outside all day sunday taking in the sunny weather)
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I hope your gallbladder is ok! What a mess that your care there made your hospital stay in TX seem good!!!
I love reading your blog- I looked at all your pics on facebook the other day and loved them! When do you head back to the USA?
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