Hi Daryl!
BM> Yes - early detection is easier to treat, but sort of back to the "I
BM> feel fine so why waste the time and money". OTOH if there is a
BM> familial history then should be an impetus to have checked; that's when
BM> those "But Firsts" kick in!
DS> As noted earlier, I doubt any family has escaped the scourge of
DS> cancer.
Probably not. May not know it/be official listed as people died earlier
and from misclassified causes
DS> Well, as I noted, I decided not to do it. I keep it locally,
DS> but those reading the area, have to be a verified user in good
DS> standing, and at least 18 years of age. Plus, the area is set to
DS> READ ONLY.
BM> If any articles marked in a way stating 'free to redistribute' go
BM> ahead.
DS> I'll have to ask them...but I am giving credit, like with what
DS> one does in a research paper/term paper in college.
That should work. Seems like would get either a "thanks, and continue
posting/distributing our information" or a cease-and-desist reply.
DS> I saw a meme where a guy was in a scuba diving or hazmat suit,
DS> to do his shopping at Wal-Mart.
BM> To me extreme but makes sense: a mask filters the air whereas having
BM> ones own supply of air, well, don't have breathe potentially
BM> contaminated air!
DS> But, re-breathing your own CO2 is not good.
Nope. SCUBA-type outfit releases the expelled air to the outside (as
seen by the bubbles when underwater); the wearing of the five gallon
water cooler container as protective gear won't expel the CO2. ...Hmm:
could have one of those portable oxygen generators: if the amount of O2
made is more would displace the CO2..... Or the generated O2 is piped directly
to the nose: breath in O2 through the nose, exhale CO2 through
the mouth.....
DS> There was a meme where it noted "Let's make the calendar end in
DS> 2012. That'll make things interesting". <G>
BM> Some people just have a wicked sense of humour!
DS> That was my late wife. :P I should've known better than to mess
DS> with her...but she admitted "I like a challenge". :P
Similar to my little Rube Goldberg oxygen device earlier!
BM> If it makes money it becomes good! ...Reminds me of years ago Iowa put
BM> a tax on (illegal) drugs: still against the law, but now they could add
BM> a charge of not having the tax stamp on. Was sort of funny: when the
BM> stamps first became a requirment a lot were sold -- to stamp
BM> collectors!
DS> There are some things where they've said "go ahead and make it
DS> legal, then tax the [crap] out of it".
I'm thinking 'cigarette/tobacco tax' where one of the ideas of the tax
was to make it so expensive as people would decide it wasn't worth the
cost. Doesn't seem to have worked that way.
DS> There now is apparently a Notice Of Proposed Rulemaking that
DS> the FCC has put out, wanting to CHARGE a $50 fee to:
DS> 1) Get a new or upgraded amateur radio license
DS> 2) Get a new sequential or vanity callsign
DS> 3) Get a printed copy of your license
DS> Needless to say, since most ham radio operators are "frugal cheapskates",
DS> this will go over like a wet balloon. :P
Isn't that 'lead balloon'? To me $50 seems rather high, as probably a
lot of others. $5 would seem like a reasonable fee, especially for the printed
copy option; maybe $10 for the first two options, though an
additional charge for the new license sounds counter-productive. (A reasonable
charge for the license makes sense, a charge on top doesn't,
unless special, such as vanity.)
BM> delay was gone: the money had to be in the account now.
DS> Plus, there is a $35 stop payment fee, and at least that for an overdraft
DS> fee. If you have overdraft protection, they'll pay it,
DS> but every time you get hit, that's another $35 you're out.
And they like to go from biggest to smallest amounts, so while a couple
of $5 and $10 checks may have gone through but a $100 would not they'll
push through the one $100 check first and then hit the customer with all
the little ones that now aren't going through.
BM> That would create a major problem! I know before the remodel Hy-Vee's
BM> register system would go down but only took half: usually they checked
BM> out at the 'right half' so when saw them at the 'left half' us regulars
BM> knew something broke. I haven't been there or know of when the entire
BM> system went down -- they probably would have offered to store the carts
BM> in the back's refrigerated section.
DS> Two words...technology, phooey!!
It does have good points and bad points.
DS> I call them on the phone, I tell them to let me know if "now is
DS> not a good time for a call or a visit", and I do NOT call people
DS> after 9pm local time.
BM> Seems right. :) There needs to be a balance and consideration of the
BM> current situation. Thinking of when we had a bomb threat at the store:
BM> P.A. announcement to evacuate; some customers left, some continued shopping
BM> -- maybe didn't hear/comprehend? I did tell them to leave
BM> (and why) - some left, most stayed. I didn't have the authority to
BM> kick them out; if they wanted to be stupid that's their problem -- as
BM> long as I warned them. I eventually left the building and went to the
BM> designated emergency spot.
DS> Similar to warning them of an approaching tornado. In Arkansas,
DS> a tornado and a divorce have the same thing in common. Either
DS> way, you are going to lose the trailer. :P
<groan!>
For some reason reminds me: we had a new store manager, still learning
the ropes though sometimes thinking she knew better because the book-
learning said so. Tornado warning, sirens going off. The Fire
Department had designated the Fitting Room by the Lingerie Deparment on
the north side of the building as the safest area for various reasons,
so we start going there. New store manager argues with us and tells us
to go to the center of the building. Actually one of the unsafest parts because
the 'penthouse' where the chiller, etc., is is above: could fall through,
crushing us, burst pipes, etc.
Most of us (including myself) did make a compromise: to the center but
not under the penthouse section. We knew where a re-inforced wall was
-- held carpet samples from when was Furniture Department before the
remodel. After we did file a grievance; we were right and she was
wrong. (She eventually got fired for other issues.)
BM> My guess is even if they are able to gain instant results the surgery
BM> team is still taking extra precautions just in case the results were
BM> reported incorrectly. And in some instances surgery can't wait for
BM> COVID-19 results to come back.
DS> That's true. I just hope I don't need any more surgery. I'm to
DS> get full blood work next week, and find out if my Hemoglobin A1C
DS> is still at 6.1 -- but if it hits 7.0, then I've become Type 2
DS> diabetic, and that'll be a major game changer.
Then you'lll need the sugarless cough drops!
BM> ... Paradox \par'-u-doks' Two physicians
DS> Can I take a turn for the nurse?? <G>
BM> You're going to if I approve or not!
DS> Wouldn't you?? ;)
Well..... <g>
BM> I prefer being early anyway: takes care of any travel issues, and if I have
BM> a history of being early maybe should I have to be late they'll be lenient.
DS> The thing is, if you're more than 10 minutes late, you have to
DS> pay a no-show fee, reschedule, and be lucky to get one before 6
DS> months down the road. But, they can be running 3 hours late. One
DS> woman presented "her bill" after sitting in the waiting room for
DS> 2 hours.
From my viewpoint actually makes sense: a person's time is valueable.
Maybe not monetarily but does have a value. Let us patients in the
waiting room know what's going on and offer to reschedule: do that to
one, two or three of us and caught up again. Also thought having a 'no
appointments' time mid-morning and mid-afternoon would make sense: use
that time to get caught up when running late, or use for paperwork or
those emergency appointments.
DS> Once that door was closed, I had to chuckle and snicker. <G>
BM> One does need to know the entire story! Well, not the details, but in that
BM> case there is prep needed for surgery, and she was probably seeing one
BM> doctor while you were seeing a different one.
DS> She was just irritated that I was going back before her.
Yup. Again her problem; she didn't know the complete story.
BM> ... What do people in China call their good plates?
DS> That's the $64 million question.
We were watching an old show last night and part of the episode was
about the lottery being at $17 million. At the time a lot of money, now
seems most lottery players consider that chump change. (Heck, I'd be
happy with $10 million! Even a million would be nice!)
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