Michael Moore for once is right. We are SICKO in a health care system that sucks-o.Last night I posted an imbedded link of cellulitis. This morning I get a call from the dumb-o receptionist of the GP to the stars. He hits you with a bill so high you see stars. The girl shouldn't be in an office of such an expensivo doctor. I know how receptionists in five-star doctor's offices operate: very personal, very friendly, catering to your every need. Same as expensive Rodeo Drive stores: water? Evian? Pelegrino with a twist of lemon? No sh**, Sherlock. It's just like that, even if you don't look rich in your bermudas, Green Day T-shirt and sneakers. I would say the chick in Dr. Five Star had a verbal aptitude of a fourth grader learning English as a second language speaking with a losangelino accent. F'r shure.
She had told me yesterday he didn't take insurance(we pay over 700 bucks /month insurance combined.) She calls twice to relay the same information. This time she adds,
Since you already have done bloodwork, a physical will be a thousand dollars. With more tests it could be a thousand five. Do you want to keep the appointment?
Wench, I want to keep my house, not to spend a mortgage's worth to keep a doctor. My husband keeps me. I call her a few minutes later saying my husband nixed the expense. He would've anyway. He's French, radin, they are so bad.
So I go to the shrink. I asked him for copies of my records. He says there are services that will copy them. For me to call.
Uh-huh, so?
They are common, they work for lawyers and doctors all the time.
I say he is a doctor and he should get it done and charge me or I could bring my copier in. People just get spacious, slang in Rio for those who try to do the least and have you do the most for them. Just because. My shrink and I are like an old-time marriage with the minus he made two children, and the boy has to get Bar Mitzvah'd even if my doctor is a Buddhist. A Bar Mitzvah costs about 50 K in posh Pacific Palisades. The richer folk, like Spielberg, go to a temple in Beverly Hill, not to the Pac Pal one.
From there, my husband brings me to my GP, the one with the really bad-ass 'tude nurse. She's Persian. It's too bad I know only niceties in Farsi, and the one profane Arabic expression I know is too heavy, ibn Kelllp.(son of a bitch.)
Doc confirmed my suspicions. Cellulitis, both legs, keep them up, increase diuretics, start antibiotics. Increase intake of minerals. Increase dose of Glucophage©. My A1C relates to how well the pancreas produces insulin. It has gone way too high over the years. Reduce stress, hahahahha. Joke of the day. Come back Friday.
What I can tell you, my friends, is that the same way the sun can shine up a monkey's arse, bad genes can make for many clouds pouring fire and brimstone on my head. And I ain't got no hat.
Hey, everyone wants to go to heaven; nobody wants to die. I would strongly suggest a visit to Freaky Deaky's blog. The latest posts were super. Leave a note, please. One was on Father's Day; the other is a review of this Silver Surfer movie and the Fab Four. Silver Surfer rocks.
Finally, congrats to Lula for allowing Apple into Brazil so the best computer in the world is cheaper there. Congrats to YouTube for having a channel for Brazil only. Does that mean I can't watch putaria anymore?
Whats the matter with you, fool? Just type http://www.youtube.com.br
Don't feel sorry for me. I'll always have Paris :P And Ipanema, NYC and California. Memories. Jean-Paul Sartre said hell is the others. I say to hell with others. Not you, dear reader. As the Bard said, "All's well that ends well." We go to the French restaurant, to have salad, what else, Santa Monica water, 100% free, and the Moroccan waiter confirms there are over 100 words for God in Arabic.