tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872979606052290781.post2880644614516827807..comments2023-11-05T07:22:47.834-05:00Comments on Everyone but the Devil means well: Dying at homememeticisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06391852694742133226noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6872979606052290781.post-89786701987181629152008-01-26T00:01:00.000-05:002008-01-26T00:01:00.000-05:00i think you were right the first time. your fathe...i think you were right the first time. your father is lucky. it's possible to do all the "smart" things, and still get screwed by the american medical establishment. <BR/><BR/>even though he got good grades, serve in the Air Force, went college, ran a business, worked with kids, went church every sunday, worked 6 days a week for most of his life, was a pretty good husband and father.<BR/><BR/>he still got screwed because people shopped at Home Depot, so his business went under, and his house got foreclosed on, and so was his father's (my grandfather's), which he built with his own hands.<BR/><BR/>and get denied for a motorized wheelchair by the VA because he can still walk further than 100 feet, although it takes 20 minutes and he's panting at the end. and not be able to afford that expense, so live without it, even though it limits what little quality of life he has left.<BR/><BR/>your father, and those who care for him, are lucky. i am happy for you, and furious at the medical establishment on behalf of myself, and the millions of other people out there, who aren't lucky, we are't lucky at all.Angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01677270669264847960noreply@blogger.com