In Response

Below is the post in question. This will be the last time this will be discussed on my blog. I will not give anonymous the satisfaction after this post. I'm tempted not to hit publish and give the satisfaction at all, but alas my personality must defend myself. In the end, it's MY blog, and I can say whatever I want to on here. Yes, it's public, you have as much of a right to say what you want to in response, as I've done myself on other blogs (Hey Farmie and Bre), but I had also already commented on those peoples' blogs several times before so they knew me and I've ALWAYS signed my name to the comment. It's only decent. Anonymous is either a lurker whose been reading for awhile, or one of my regulars that just didn't want to put their name out there, because they know that I have a medical issue requiring alot of care, and I haven't spoken of that for awhile on here. So, without further ado...


"Have you ever had the desire to look at someone and say "You are barking up the wrong tree, dude?" I had the oppurtunity to do just that last night, and took it. One of the women in our church was complaining about how her daughter-in-law's private pediatric practice had to hire another doc just so they could split the malpractice insurance four-ways instead of three. So, now instead of $33,000 a year, it's $25,000 a year! She then made a statement about how the money they charge for medical care is somewhat justified between the malpractice insurance and their schooling. My response was "You've obviously never been sitting on over $50,000 worth of medical bills, have you. We are, and believe me, what they charge is anything but justified." She shut-up about it real quick."


This was the comment left from anonymous a couple posts ago...

"Are you sure that you have all the facts on this subject? Do you know how much the doctor truly gets once the health insurance has cut out their portion? That women's daughter is only trying to make a living just like everyone else in this world. It is not that doctors fault that you have a disease that requires a lot of medical care. I don't think you were justified in saying anything but, that is just my opinion. You seem to feel you are knowledgeable in most all areas of life but I don't think you have all the facts on this one. Just because you are upset that you have medical bills don't take it out on other people."



"Are you sure that you have all the facts on this subject?"

I'm not sure what facts you're speaking of. All I did in the post was state what was said in the conversation. There were no facts really to speak of.


"Do you know how much the doctor truly gets once the health insurance has cut out their portion?"

Well, my insurance does send me statements with the amount they were billed and the amount that they adjusted the bill to. And since you brought it up, why is it that the medical system will take the lower amount from an insurance company, but last year when I was without medical insurance for almost a year that they still billed me for the higher amount. This has never made any sense to me.



"That women's daughter is only trying to make a living just like everyone else in this world."

Yes, you're right, she's only trying to make a living. I never said otherwise did I. The thing is, is that most docs make way more than "a living". My family and I also would like to be able to make "a living", but with the med system in this country the way it is, that is an impossibility for anyone with any health issues.



"It is not that doctors fault that you have a disease that requires a lot of medical care."

Oh geez, I don't recall ever once blaming any doctors for causing my Crohn's disease, but then again my memory's pretty crappy these days, maybe I did! What I do know for sure, is that it definitely wasn't said in that post!!



"I don't think you were justified in saying anything but, that is just my opinion."

...and you're entitled to it, just don't ever put it on my blog again without a link back to you.



"You seem to feel you are knowledgeable in most all areas of life but I don't think you have all the facts on this one."

I don't even quite know how to respond to being called what basically boils to down being "a know-it-all" which I'm sure totally surprises anonymous since they apparently think that I think I know everything. And once again, what "facts" do you speak of! I was just repeating a conversation I had!!



"Just because you are upset that you have medical bills don't take it out on other people."

Okay, I won't take it out on other people. I wasn't taking my medical bills out on someone else. I was simply stating that the money that is charged for someone to have care to stay healthy (which in every part of the world should be a right, not a privilege IF you have the money or insurance to pay for it) in this country has gotten totally out of hand. Trust me when I say all of feelings about this issue are more for others than for myself. Yes, we owe ALOT of money. Total, we owed around $90,000. Right now it's about $51,000. We pay docs before anyone and anything else most months. BUT, there are many, many people in this country that owe more than we do, and unlike myself who now has good insurance, have no chance at getting insurance and will end up in bankruptcy. Unfortunately many of those same people without insurance are those that make just enough money that they don't qualify for any help at all like we did last year when I had no insurance.






So, in closing, it makes me so sad and angry that there are people in this country that apparently feel no responsibility to hold up someone who is in a very hurtful and seemingly hopeless situation. The fact that someone could possibly invade MY blog anonymously, and make me feel that I have no right to be frustrated with the medical community after what I've been through show's me that we as people have a ways to go in teaching other's what compassion means.

The more I think about it, I actually feel sorry for anonymous because they obviously have no compassion.