Comments on Blondetwit: I Was There For You

Thank you for writing this. I too am a background...

2009-08-23T10:31:40.797-07:00

Thank you for writing this. I too am a background help person. By that I mean a person who quietly does what needs to be done and rarley gets credit for it. In fact, I've seen others get (and sometimes take) credit for what I do. I too have a chronic disease. Two years ago at age 46 I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid Arthritis. I've been in pain for longer than I can remember, but now it is different and slowly working its way through my body. I am also at a point in my career where I am looking to start anew. I fear this because I am afraid that the RA will force me into an early "retirement" or that when I start anew someplace different, I will not get insurance because I have the dreaded pre-exisiting condition. However, like you, I will continue to do the work in my community that needs to be done because this is who we are and what we do.

BTW, you should see the looks I get from people when I park in a "handicapped" (how I loath that word) parking spot and get out of the car with 2 arms and 2 legs and a disability that doesn't present itself visibly.

No fight is better than the good fight and in this...

2009-08-23T04:42:27.571-07:00

No fight is better than the good fight and in this you seem a champion.

Here's the thing...all of us should be sharing...

2009-08-22T22:30:15.547-07:00

Here's the thing...all of us should be sharing REAL Stories...stories about real people...because this is not a just an Issue about the Budget or money etc..it's about REAL people...

50 Million of us are UnInsured...and Millions more UnderInsured...and 14,000 a day, losing Healthcare,...and 22,000 per year dying without care, ( over 167,000 died without care during the Bush Regime years)....This is Our Chance to make sure Millions of really good people have Healthcare....and let them know they matter...

thanks for writing this. will continue to share and send...

Thanks! I am completely revived with energy to fi...

2009-08-22T13:59:37.943-07:00

Thanks! I am completely revived with energy to fight for a single payer system because ultimately no one should go without healthcare and it is a right. I'm tired of the dehumanization of the 46 million uninsured in this nation!!

God you're a beautiful person. Yes, I will pa...

2009-08-22T13:12:40.262-07:00

God you're a beautiful person. Yes, I will pay much more attention to paying it forward.

Reading all thius from London, England. We have b...

2009-08-22T10:44:36.185-07:00

Reading all thius from London, England. We have been doing our best over here to get the message across the pond that lies are being told to you about our free health care system. Sure it's overstretched and sure we moan about the waiting lists and sure they make mistakes - but it's there. I have never paid a penny for a doctor in my life. I have a daughter of 25. I have been in hospital once for an operation, once to have a baby and once to get a double fracture fixed. (Broke both bones in my wrist falling off a motor-bike) my daughter had to have her appendix removed when she was a child and spent a week in hospital. I've never paid a penny. Of course it's harder to cure cronic problems but I know - if I get run over tomorrow no-one will ever say 'do you have Insurance?' and I know that if I'm sick they will do there best to make me better regardless of the state of my bank balance. The fight for this in the US should be won - along with the best possible research into health and how to maintain it.
Wishing you all health x isabel losada

Thank you for sharing this heart felt sentiment. I...

2009-08-22T10:36:38.511-07:00

Thank you for sharing this heart felt sentiment. I love following you. Keep up the good fight. People are in a rage on the right at this moment. The last 8 years has taken it's toll on us all. They figure "let's take it out on the next man" without thinking about the hurt in it's wake. Don't let them destroy your spirit. Your friend BONEKNIGHTMARE.

thank you for writing this...well said...Obama onc...

2009-08-22T10:31:55.608-07:00

thank you for writing this...well said...Obama once said that there is an Empathy deficit....and now we see it...it's real...but there are more that do have compassion and do care..and they are rising up to speak for all of us...have hope...

we will have healthcare for all....inspite of hate and greed...

Thank you for writing this. I hope and pray we can...

2009-08-22T10:15:25.341-07:00

Thank you for writing this. I hope and pray we can fix our sorry health care system soon. And that people learn to look at life without their blinders on.

I am so sorry you have had to be exposed to this c...

2009-08-22T10:09:06.809-07:00

I am so sorry you have had to be exposed to this craziness. We have become so opinionated and so easily influenced as to those opinions that neighbors forget that they are talking about real people. When I moved to my small town..I was in the habit of yelling at people not driving up to my standard..cursing, fist shaking..one day after I finished a rant, we both pulled into our local post office. My kindly elderly neighbor and his wife got out of the offending vehicle..their crime: not talking the turn fast enough for me. That recognition that everyone I yelled at was a real person shamed me into better behavior. Your townspeople may mean no harm, they've just forgotten that foolishly shouted or written opinions affect real people in hurtful ways.

Thanks for sharing that. I feel the same way, but ...

2009-08-22T10:06:20.298-07:00

Thanks for sharing that. I feel the same way, but you're much more eloquent. Thank you.

I've been a registered nurse for many years an...

2009-08-22T10:02:35.849-07:00

I've been a registered nurse for many years and my legs are failing. I fear the next 7 years until I am eligible for medicare.So I suffer along working in a system to help others, as I have done my entire life.I know if I quit working I am doomed without insurance.Who will be there for nurses like me? I must give up my home and wait 5 years for any benefits. Do they understand our pain?

Wow, Blondetwit Which I'm sure you're not)...

2009-08-22T09:59:21.513-07:00

Wow, Blondetwit Which I'm sure you're not).

I have mild Cerebral Palsy, and it's causing a premature aging syndrome that tires me out. But nothing like you've been through. I think part of my fatigue is discouragement, and somehow you've managed to transcend the worst symptom of chronic disease in an awesome way.

Do you have any advice? What's your spiritual discipline, if you have one other than service?

Thanks for all that you do, and very best wishes,
Marina

Your heartache is everyone's. If people don...

2009-08-22T09:55:20.665-07:00

Your heartache is everyone's. If people don't feel that ache, then there is a void at their very core. I wish you would consider sending this in response to your local newspaper.