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buzzycrumbhunger

(927 posts)
35. My son lost a leg at 17
Tue Jan 7, 2025, 07:28 PM
Tuesday

Rampaging Strep infection that took six surgeries in seven days before they finally took the whole thing to get ahead of it.

Thanks to the Shriners, we then spent six weeks in their Tampa hospital (a parent is allowed to stay in a motel-type room for free!) getting rehab and fit for a prosthetic. They eventually made a second leg and provided a cool wheelchair because they knew once he turned 18, we’d be fucked—and we were.

He outgrew his prosthesis in his mid 20s and it wasn’t until he was over 40 that he met someone at work who put him in touch with a clinic that did a few freebies. He now has a new, improved leg (nothing terribly fancy, but a better knee than his first ones) at no cost. All these years, he’s tried to apply for help from SSI, etc. and no one would help him. He was able to get around, feed himself, and go to school, so would never qualify for aid. It took a random encounter to get free help.

It’s disgusting. The so-called healthcare industry serves no real purpose but to skim money off people for providing as few services as possible in order to reward stockholders.

Just another reason these arseholes should fear the coming Luigi imitators. It’s beyond time for healthcare for ALL.

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And these CEOs wonder what precipitated the tragic murder of one of their own... hlthe2b Tuesday #1
+ riversedge Tuesday #10
I'll BUMP the hell out of that post........... Bengus81 Tuesday #13
Every last CEO running a company that takes AllyCat Tuesday #2
You want it to go away? OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #6
Wtf? Voltaire2 Tuesday #9
I don't have health insurance. OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #30
Insurance mamacita75 Tuesday #32
In many ways, it is exactly that. And, we let it keep on keeping on. (n/t) OldBaldy1701E 18 hrs ago #37
You want it to go away? AllyCat Tuesday #24
Well, my suggestion was less messy... OldBaldy1701E Tuesday #29
Mine makes a greater impression. AllyCat Tuesday #36
The greed is out of control. Joinfortmill Tuesday #3
Medical Necessary bmichaelh Tuesday #4
Bean counters practicing medicine...... Eff 'em with a cactus. lastlib Tuesday #5
Thus confirming health insurance does actually cost an arm and a leg ColinC Tuesday #7
The obvious answer is to rip the limbs off of a few executives Orrex Tuesday #8
Mario is coming... Prairie Gates Tuesday #19
Universal healthcare for all. Eliminate health insurance permanently. Internal and external review of program mechanics. Magoo48 Tuesday #11
⬆⬆⬆THIS⬆⬆⬆ Think. Again. Tuesday #27
The cruelty is the point. 2naSalit Tuesday #12
Yep sadly...as they laugh and clink their drink glasses together in a toast Bengus81 Tuesday #14
Years ago I had a friend whose daughter was born without an arm. milestogo Tuesday #15
OMG. AllyCat Tuesday #25
So, they wouldn't even consider the child's Ilsa Tuesday #28
Add to that - because its a growing child milestogo Tuesday #31
Business model is now openly " just pay us and shut the F up" Attilatheblond Tuesday #16
Then the people who made this new policy should have a limb removed. sakabatou Tuesday #17
Prosthetic limbs will hereinafter be called Vanity Limbs Prairie Gates Tuesday #18
Exactly mamacita75 Tuesday #33
If he hasn't already done so, Michael Adams needs to reach out to Colorado's Second Congressional District generalbetrayus Tuesday #20
Maybe if they lost limbs they would understand the need and importance of prosthetics? Pachamama Tuesday #21
Insurer: "As long as you can hop on one leg, sorry. Request denied." Vinca Tuesday #22
It's just a flesh wound JoseBalow Tuesday #23
SERIOUSLY? Jilly_in_VA Tuesday #26
Where's the investigation? CEOs should be dragged in and made to answer. IcyPeas Tuesday #34
My son lost a leg at 17 buzzycrumbhunger Tuesday #35
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