Drown

Sorry folks! I've been in no mood for blogging. The end of winter has me in the dumps. I am ready to move onto summer. I am also trying to overcome phase 1 of disability acceptance. I am stuck in denial/isolation. I so try and move past it but it just drags me back down each cold day.

I have had a few interesting social media debates these past weeks. One was on medical spending and its place in economy downfall. It was had between myself, a ECMO attending, and another Respiratory therapist. The doctor sided with big business but offered a great debate. We RRT's sided with the regular joe. The hospital bills are just one great atrocity, the pay of certain staff and underpay of others is part two. I feel that PharmD , Pharmacists, are way over paid and CNA's , nurse aides, are under paid. The education between these 2 jobs is great but $8 an hour for the hardest job in a hospital is too low. over 100k a year is too high, some make up to $100 an hour at your local CVS, to count pills most of the day. Yes they do more than that but you will never see one lay hands on a patient, provide any life saving service, or generally leave the pharmacy of the hospital. France has a great medical system in place. Cuba does too, oh no I sided with the reds and the frogs!!!!! In the mid to late 2000's an anesthesia doctor made about 90k a year in France and lived as well as anyone would ever need. In USA they get at least 20k more a year. Why? Ask the government. Medical overhaul is a good thing. Getting peoples salaries under control is just a small part. Am I saying pay doctors like a person with just 4 years of education? NO! We have eliminated the middle class by allowing doctors and VP's of banks,hospitals, and big business to get raises while we the average American maintain on the same amount we had in 2008. It was great debate and we each made points that made the other kinda say thats right. It ended in a stalemate.

The other was about the great evil. ABORTION!!!!! This was a twitter war. Fanatical Christians ruin the Christian name. People slam Planned Parenthood like its a Nazi death camp. They do abortions, yes. Would I want my wife to have one? No. Would I tell her what to do with her body ever? No. Would I as a man try and ever tell any woman what to do with their bodies? No. I am secure enough in my religion and masculinity to admit those things. PP* does many things and abortion is just 3% of those things. Cancer screens, STD treatments, and basic health care for poor all rank higher on the pie chart than the the A word. People don't care! They see one thing and focus all the hate on it. I debated with a progressive tone and my enemy surrendered.

I hope to to get my ideas out more via this blog. I stated 2 posts ago that I was now going for quality and quantity. This will maintain but I hope to blog more than every 3 weeks. Until next time....