I grieve.....

I grieve..........

For the people who fall through the cracks.
The people who don't get the proper care that they deserve for what ever reason. The young, the in-between, the old. Improper care falls on all ages.
For the people who just get tired of having to fight to feel well, and watch on the side lines at those who do feel well and take it for granted.
For the hardworking people who get lost in a medical system that's fallen like the ruins of Rome.
To those who accept not feeling well for so long that they adapt into a new "lesser" lifestyle, thinking, "well that's just the way it is".
To those who've been falsely promised better lives around the corner, and encouraged to try new medical technologies only to have them fail.
To those who watch their dreams fade away because of health problems, rising health costs, and the deluge of medical debt that they tread in daily. Oh, I know you are tired......
For the people who after being beat down repeatedly,
throw up their hands and surrender.
For the frustrated, tired people who just don't care.....
and realize simutaneously that if they don't care about themselves why should anyone else?
What a dangerous line to cross when you
finally reach that point.

Which way do you turn?


4 Comments

i do too...

by brokenheart - 2009-08-28 05:08:24

You are so right Angelie....i also grieve...because sometimes i find myself there too. Hoping for a change. Surrendering to....what life has given me. We may be without strengh, lost, in despair...and destroyed but definitely not defeated!

you are so right

by jessie - 2009-08-28 09:08:22

the other night i was reading an obit . the lady was 65. it is the same age i was when i almost arrested. i couldn't help but wonder if she went in and didn't make it. i was so in the right place at the right time. i changed the appt time x 2 and there was a cardiologist in the buillding when i walked in with a pulse of 28. i felt like death warmed over. my husband was called and then they prepared me for a temporary p.m. racing against time. i was fully awake and was so relaxed no fear for me. funny i feel i was chosen to stay. that is why i want to do good. make my last years good ones. god bless everyone! jessie

human regardless of age and condition

by lamoureternelle - 2009-08-28 10:08:20

My situation is no where near dramatic, although even I have ups and downs. I appreciate different perspectives, which reflect what we are: Human. We and others affect one another - Be it fatigue, pain, or anger, or grief. But let it also be joy, laughter, compassion, and hope.

This club is humanly perfect.

Thx :-)

by ppt - 2009-08-28 10:08:23

My timing couldn't have been better either! Went from RBBB to CHB in the ER ! They too put in a temporary PM in my neck. I just got back from California to be there at the birth of my granddaughter. I would never have seen her if I hadn't been at the right place at the right time. Treasure the sun, the flowers, the grand children, our pets etc etc. Cheers and inner peace :-)

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