Where Have All The Doctors Gone?
I have done no research on this topic other than personal experience. Being an old geezer, I regularly visit a number of doctors who specialize in various branches of medicine. Other than my G.P. doctor, I attend a cardiologist, an endocrinologist, a neurologist, and an urologist. Within the past year, the following has occurred: The endocrinologist sold his practice to another practice which has three locations in the area. The other three M.D.'s have retired. The endocrinologist's practice has been taken over by a group of Indian and Syrian doctors, who were educated overseas but got their board certifications and residencies in the USA. I have yet to find a replacement neurologist, however, my G.P. is doing a good job as a substitute. I have interviewed several urologists and so far, have I have not been satisfied. I did find a cardiologist. He is a young local man educated in Florida. He's not a M.D. but a D.O. However, his references are A1..
As my wife and I searched we had a revelation. There were in our area, hardly any American educated M.D.'s practicing in my here. As you all know, the internet is the mighty Wizard of Information who puts the whole world into my computer.At first, mainly out of curiosity, I tried to find American educated M.D.'s or at the very least a doctor who spoke English in a way that I could easily understand. I searched within my town, then adjacent towns, then cities further away. Finally, I wound up at the largest city in the area, but it was over 30 miles away.
Has anyone had a similar experience?Has becoming a M.D. lost its prestige or ability to produce income? Was Obamacare a contributing factor? What, if anything, is going on?
As my wife and I searched we had a revelation. There were in our area, hardly any American educated M.D.'s practicing in my here. As you all know, the internet is the mighty Wizard of Information who puts the whole world into my computer.At first, mainly out of curiosity, I tried to find American educated M.D.'s or at the very least a doctor who spoke English in a way that I could easily understand. I searched within my town, then adjacent towns, then cities further away. Finally, I wound up at the largest city in the area, but it was over 30 miles away.
Has anyone had a similar experience?Has becoming a M.D. lost its prestige or ability to produce income? Was Obamacare a contributing factor? What, if anything, is going on?
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But the air conditioning was not working.
The next day I was assigned to the infirmary.
The air conditioning was still not working.
The next day I was assigned as rover to a cell block.
During that shift I stepped inside the infirmary to discover that the air conditioner was fixed and working.
And I was working for my least favorite supervisor. The day he transferred to another prison was a really good day.
"You can evade life, but Death you cannot evade. -- T.S. Elliot
I have my blood taken every three months which gives me a handle on what is going on. Liver is OK , kidneys OK but gotta be careful. I am aware of the side effects, but this is the compromise I have decided in order to deal with my pain. Ibuprophen is the alternative to acetaminophen but it causes bleeding. Thanks for the advice.
The only place an inmate on a usual day had air conditioning was in the infirmary. Come to think of it, that was not a usual day.
It's got to be an opium mixed with green tea or some such bland substance because on its own it doesn't do much more than baby aspirin. However, it does have withdrawal symptoms when you are delayed getting it. Damn! All this time and I didn't know I was a junkie.
I have never understood why anyone would want to compound the pain of rejection in a relationship by resorting to violence.
To shoot to stop we are trained to aim at center mass. That way if you miss the center, you still might hit the target anyway.
You may really think is really messed up is how I was trained to be a killer when drafted into the Marines in 1969. I'll never forget the first time I fired a M1911 semiautomatic pistol. My target was rolled away like a running man. As ordered, I shouted "Halt!" twice and then shot the target seven times. That was the only time I fired a pistol in the USMC.
That's NOT at all how one becomes NRA qualified to shoot anything..
So I strove to treat them all the same. I was not the judge, I was not the jury and almost all of those inmates could not wait to tell me how innocent they were.
Funny how you begin to nurse a special respect for the ones who admit they were guilty as charged.
My health has been going south ever since.
I long ago recall noticing that at about the age of 30 that I was maturely different upstairs than during my mid-20s.
I'm also a lifelong tobacco addict but I haven't smoked for five years thanks to a Chantix prescription. Couldn't' quit on my own.
As a kid I could buy a pack with chump change from a vending machine placed outside of a gas station back when someone filled the tank, checked the oil and cleaned the windshield without asking for a tip.
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