tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post1193604750438269156..comments2023-11-02T01:57:27.182-07:00Comments on Nic Buxom: It Comes, It GoesNichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02593334628526074000noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-16277109641339093192013-06-28T10:53:03.889-07:002013-06-28T10:53:03.889-07:00I've just been CRAZY busy. Too much travel and...I've just been CRAZY busy. Too much travel and work, no days off. :(Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593334628526074000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-25348772887777751092013-06-28T10:21:25.417-07:002013-06-28T10:21:25.417-07:00Been while since you updated. Is everything ok wit...Been while since you updated. Is everything ok with you?DeafSkull69https://www.blogger.com/profile/06157034752324632642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-41700187999175995082013-04-16T18:16:06.870-07:002013-04-16T18:16:06.870-07:00Leigh, thank you for chiming in... I have just rea...Leigh, thank you for chiming in... I have just reached a point where more and more I want to quit and give up and just live with the limp... PrettyBoy is being very forceful about me continuing to try and I know he's right but I just feel so discouraged. Reading your account gives me more motivation that I need to pursue care if I'm going to live my life the way I should...Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593334628526074000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-26029566574723467122013-04-16T18:03:50.013-07:002013-04-16T18:03:50.013-07:00I'm sorry to hear about your knee, because I k...I'm sorry to hear about your knee, because I know exactly what that's like. I hurt my knee as a kid (probably an ACL tear) but no doctor really bothered to look at it because I was about 15-20 pounds overweight so that must be why it hurt, and besides I had a high pain tolerance. The leg got worse and worse for ten years until I could take myself to a doctor. Unfortunately that doctor (only one on insurance) was very sexist, and said that, as a pretty woman, I didn't need that extra function, and actually ended up aggravating the problem and adding loads of scar tissue.<br /><br />Eventually I found a truly skilled doctor at Rush in Chicago and had several partial transplants and screws put in. I'm in debt up to my eyeballs, had to temporarily give up on school and will always have pain, but I won't be in a wheelchair by thirty anymore, either. Plus the surgery scars are pretty sweet looking. ;)<br /><br />Anyway, my point is that I really hope that you won't give up on your knee, as absolutely draining as it is going to be for you. It's going to be awful but I don't want anyone else to have to deal with a decade of bitterness and health repercussions. You aren't alone in these healthcare cracks, and certainly not forgotten.Leighnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-17207491981754702692013-04-16T16:15:53.494-07:002013-04-16T16:15:53.494-07:00I read through all of your comics in the last coup...I read through all of your comics in the last couple days. I love you're work. My girlfriend and I will most certainly be making a purchase In your merchandise soon. Can't wait to read more comics.bluebartnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-87999571421219342782013-04-15T07:08:36.641-07:002013-04-15T07:08:36.641-07:00many many hugs being sent to you both xxxmany many hugs being sent to you both xxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-27926212983781181982013-04-15T05:11:47.474-07:002013-04-15T05:11:47.474-07:00Geeze, I knew medical care was bad in the US, but ...Geeze, I knew medical care was bad in the US, but not THIS bad! <br /><br />I might be living in a former Communist country (not by volition, mind you, when "Uncle Stalin" sends his tanks to your doorstep you can't really say "no") and our medical system might be lumbering, decrepit and corrupt, with the best medical personnel leaving for other countries where the hours aren't as long and the pay better, and vital supplies getting waylaid so the money could fill pockets up at ministry level, but at least you get taken care of first, and only then they present you with the bill. The prevalent attitude is "let's get you on your feet first, and then we'll figure out something" <br />I've never heard of any case where people were denied procedures because the Insurance Company said "no", quite the contrary, I've seen and heard countless cases where the bill presented was either smaller or waived in it's entirety because the patients couldn't afford it. <br /><br />Is a state run Healthcare system more efficient? Hardly. In fact it's a lumbering beast that haemorrhages money at every turn, but at least it means you're recognising the basic fact that the workforce are the most important resource a state has. Without people there would be no economy.<br />It's simple arithmetic - since you can only have one, what do you value more, people or money? I believe the answer is painfully clear in the case of the US...<br /><br />Also, would someone please explain to me how owning a gun is an unalienable right set in stone in the Constitution, but if you can't afford to pay your hospital bills you're simply left to suffer, because a comprehensive state-run Healthcare program would usher in "socialism", and that would make baby eagles cry and mom's apple pie to become sour? <br /><br />I've lived under Socialism. <br />Hell, I lived under one of the most brutal communist dictatorships in Europe, inspired and on par with North Korea! And yet never have I felt so exposed and vulnerable as in the United States. I've only had brief stays in various parts of the country, but during those stays I was bullied by the police, I nearly got shot by accident and was regarded at times with suspicion and even hostility simply for being a foreigner. It reminded me a lot of how things used to be here before '89. <br /><br />If this is the path "freedom" and "liberty" led you down upon, why be afraid of mere "socialism"? Hell, you've already constructed something much, much worse!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-50500531093417263852013-04-14T21:38:35.334-07:002013-04-14T21:38:35.334-07:00Sending you love and hugs and other things! If I c...Sending you love and hugs and other things! If I could bake, I'd send you a muffin basket. ;-;Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-91950884613002197822013-04-14T12:34:32.294-07:002013-04-14T12:34:32.294-07:00Really! I have an adblocker so I didn't realiz...Really! I have an adblocker so I didn't realize this, hmmmmm.... I'll look into it...Nichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02593334628526074000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-53638915588527400892013-04-14T11:52:07.968-07:002013-04-14T11:52:07.968-07:00I love that 2nd panel! Just saying.I love that 2nd panel! Just saying.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64083521685860480.post-39737622664625382852013-04-14T09:29:18.751-07:002013-04-14T09:29:18.751-07:00Your site has about ten times as many popups now. ...Your site has about ten times as many popups now. fyi...Lorihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16660657255910634748noreply@blogger.com