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ikr.. health care in the US.

Can't you go to... how to call them, freelance doctors for such easy cases?

ya, walk in clinics.

i could go, but, just like with my ingrown toenail where i got pissed an fixed it myself.. i think i will try to do that with my ear.

I went to a walk in clinic a few times, they were pretty useless. One was for that massive swolen lip I had. Guy just told me to change my diet.. was like uhh ok. I still believe it was something I came in contact with, working in the "warehouse" at Target, some chemical. It started happening around then, and hasn't come back like that since. Probably got exposed to some bad shit.

Here there is an obligatory national insurance that covers some (few) stuff and also you have to wait for long time for appointment etc etc etc.
There are also private insurances that you pay and have extra privileges/covers with a specific private hospital and doctors network each.
Finally, you can always go on your own at any doctor ( there are maaaany many freelance doctors here ) and just pay what it costs.
Clearing your ear from wax would cost sth like 20-30$ and take 10 minutes or so.

ya in the US cleaning the ear of wax is probably $500+ by itself, not including the appointment/doctor time etc.

US = Waste, Fraud, and Abuse.

health care system is jacked up.

I should have insurance, that's for sure. The company I work for doesn't have health care (yet), we didn't have enough employees. But now with more employees, my boss wants to get a plan for every1 etc.

I personally got tired of paying for health insurance, due to the situation with my mom. I spent *alot* on it, burned me out i guess. It definitely helped her, she needed it, and it took a while before she could even get it (ACA/Obama helped).

For myself, it'd be like $2500 a year I imagine.

I grew up without health insurance.. I think when you grow up without it, you just never think about going to the doctor, because you only went to the doctor under extreme cases. This could get extreme, then i'll have to find a doc. But, when I was younger, you could just find a doc/make an appointment very easy. Now you can't. Earliest appointments to see these ear docs was late september/october etc. It's just very different now.

I remember when I dislocated my pinky toe in like 2006.. I called a podiatrist, got in, she was too weak to reset it, she called up a male doc, got me an appt immediately, i went over there, and he reset it. Everything  seems way different now. I noticed it with my mom. She'd have something major happen out of nowhere and no one would give her an appointment, so she'd often have to go to a hospital/ER.

I'm not a fan of the US health care system, among many other things.

ok so i've felt like I have some earwax build up in my right ear for the last 1.5 weeks or so.. been getting annoyed by it so, decided to get some ear wax removal drops (debrox).

ok this shit made my ear deaf for like 5 minutes no joke. then it just popped and i could hear again.. then it went deaf again.. repeat.

now i can hear out of it but less than before.

lots of "oil" dripped out of my ear.. i think the drops worked somewhat but, probably caused some wax to break up and drip into some other cavity/spot and cause some temporary issues.

really freaky/scary.

ear is worse now than before the drops, but sometimes it 'pops' and i have some temporary signs of hope, hearing is alot better for a few seconds.

not going to use the drops again unless it improves.. if it doesn't improve, need to see a doc.

fuck.

HEH.

 

ps: I wear ear plugs etc.. could have jammed up some major wax in there over the years. maybe it's like a wall of compacted wax.

not going to wear them tonight when i sleep.. well, i'll try not to.

lol

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1 hour jog
6 miles

Weight: 245.2

Down 40lbs

melting.

 

Quote from: vag on September 06, 2018, 04:32:26 am

In other (related) news, I signed up for a 5K at this event : http://www.thessalonikihalfmarathon.org/index.php?lang=en.
Unfortunately it is a major event that all the city goes to run at it, and it is a ~1M city. So from what i hear the start is awful, queues are huge unless you are in the 15' group and there are people all over the place throughout the whole duration of the event. Doesn't matter, its my first official event!

 

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awesome, should be fun. looks like a fast race/big event.

i don't think it'll be as bad as they say. once you actually cross the start (when chip timing begins), maybe ~30s of traffic then it'll probably clear up. so ya there might be a traffic jam before you get to the actual start line, but once you do, should open up and you'll be good.

05/09/18

12pm:

Standing Press
bar x 10, 30 x 5, 45 x 5 x 5

12-15-21-15-12 for time:
61cm box jumps & push ups
Total Time- 9:36

Emmet Louis Side Splits
A: Tailors pose 3 x 10 @ 10kgs with 20s iso on last rep
B: Horse stance squats 3 x 10 @ 10kgs with 10s iso on last rep
C: Isometric side split holds - 3 x 45s

7pm
Social netball game- so many jumps and cuts during the game which went surprisingly well considering how my legs feel which is pretty much:

hah. would have never thought of that scene for a leg pain gif.

I will increase my jogs to 30 minutes.

niiiice

Nadal / Thiem was absolutely incredible.

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