Mad World

Has the sun found you?

Yeah. It's nice here today.


Unfortunately unable to enjoy it and looking at probably losing an organ I've been trying to save, for several years now through careful attention to diet.

With that said, nothing is worth this level of pain. Not even life. I'm holding out because I really don't want to go to a hospital. I totally avoid hospitals when there isn't a flu season and pandemic going on..so the irony is extra sweet.

Had a few sips of coffee to bed down this caffeine headache and hoping for the best.

Feeding the meme again?



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I'd volunteer to become one of 'Nature's Monsters'if I get to kill monsters like that maniac.

Do to him, what he did to others. Only fair.


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I might be one of the few people here, that hasn't seen that movie.

Seems to me that 'Nature' may be trying to rebalance the equation.

Who would choose to hold the responsibility for 33 millions+ deaths?

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God dam.

Hope you're okay Seer - and recover well in whatever form that may take.

What are the hospitals like in US? Waiting times and all that fun stuff

Better than I was.

Point is..no matter how much I want to keep my 'general's regulator'..it will probably kill me if I don't get it removed.

The pain is horrific. Like wearing an inner tube of fire that never stops burning.


Hospital is USA are obscenely expensive, full of sick people and super bugs.

Last Edited by Seer777 on 02/17/2020 06:42 PM

Generals regulator...?
Hmm.. Well if it has to be done...
Sounds very unpleasant - experiences inner pain before but never too the extent it needs removal, can only imagine how bad that would be by comparison.

How about your wait times and things like that? With the amount they charge is at least fast?
There is virtually no charge here, but for minor things you may have to wait an hour or two to see a doctor. Sometimes longer if emergencies come in - worst injured first served lol.

Well that's good.

And then not so much... You have a chronic condition with your biological system, and you believe removal of an organ is the best way forward, as you seem to have exhausted the options available?

Hmmm...

Females that have experienced both child birth and gall bladder attacks, claim the gall bladder attack is worse. I believe them. Mine has moved into my pancreas as well which doubles the fun.


Wait times vary due to severity but hours in not uncommon.

If I had gone in today..I would probably be laying in a hospital bed. It is dangerous and can kill and that severity of pain is serious..

I was trying to wait it out..which hopefully I've done. It still hurts a lot..but not mind blinding like it was.


The average cost for a gallbladder surgery in the United States is $24,000.

It likes to trick me that I think I finally get it under control through diet, supplements and such..then it blindsides me.

I have accepted I am losing that war.

For now I think I'm kinda high on endorphins from the days of horrible pain.

$24K.... God dam your system is fucked.
I understand your dislike of hospitals (amen sister), but if its that severe leaving it may exacerbate the problem...

Nice thing about childbirth at least you have something to show for it, at the end.

Usually.


One thing I am certain of..I feel no regret not passing on my horrible digestive system to any progeny. My gift to them/

That's the average cost.

When my dad bowel perforated from diverticulitis..in 2 months his bill was over a million dollars.

$1,000,000.

He didn't pay that of course. The insurance companies did.

Bless their hearts./s

huh?

That's one hell of a nice racket they've got...

Healthcare in the U.S. is about twice as expensive as it is in any other developed country. If the $3 trillion U.S. healthcare sector were ranked as a country, it would be the world's fifth-largest economy...

...Even with all this money being spent on healthcare, the World Health Organization ranked the U.S. 37th in healthcare systems, and The Commonwealth Fund placed the U.S. last among the top 11 industrialized countries in overall healthcare.

..."the administrative costs of running our healthcare system are astronomical. About one-quarter of healthcare cost is associated with administration, which is far higher than in any other country."4

One example Cutler brought up was the case of the 1,300 billing clerks at Duke University Hospital, which has only 900 beds. Those billing specialists are needed to determine how to bill to meet the varying requirements of multiple insurers.


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A racket is exactly what it is. Good call.

They provide the means for people to get sick and injured and then fill their pockets, when people eventually do get sick and need care.


It is as evil a system as any devil or demon could devise.

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Quite.

I have an old book in front of me called "The Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine"
By Dr. Max Warmbrand
PG. 87
"This type of care has been instrumental in saving thousands of gallbladder sufferers from needless surgery"

There is a good bit of traditional, nonconventional wisdom in this book...

I willing to try most anything. I'd like to hear it.

The best thing for me..seems to be regular fasting. After this last bout..not sure when I'll ever feel safe eating again.

PTSD from eating, is a real bitch. Especially how narrow and restricted my diet already is.

Last Edited by Seer777 on 02/17/2020 08:04 PM

How about, oh I don't know, sharing said wisdom?

Brilliant!

Were you only eating onions for the last 2 weeks? If you have to go to the hospital go to the hospital. Get an ultrasound to know if it's rupturing or on the verge of rupture. Because that is what it sounds like you are going to get if you keep holding off. If you have never had it checked then you don't know. If you were having a gallbladder attack which means you have a stone stuck and blocking bile movement then you would be vomiting and turning yellow and your urine would be turning very dark orange, red.

That was excellent.

Love Adam Ruins Everything.

You could try drinking Hyssop tea. But I think you need to go get it looked at just to be on the safe side. You don't want it to rupture because that will actually kill you.

Hyssop is used for digestive and intestinal problems including liver and gallbladder conditions, intestinal pain, intestinal gas, colic, and loss of appetite. It is also used for respiratory problems including coughs, the common cold, respiratory infections, sore throat, and asthma.

In the Old Testament hyssop was used to sprinkle blood as part of the Passover. Hyssop was mentioned in the Bible for its cleansing effect in connection with plague, leprosy and chest ailments and symbolically in cleansing the soul.

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