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Where I am in summer we also get 40°C plus days. It’s miserable. I remember riding home on a bicycle one day from work in that. Where I had to stop for traffic light crossings with no shade was horrible.
Good on you thinking of poor animals in that heat, I do as well.
Trying to come to terms with some recent health news. I've always been very fit, and healthy, and have never smoked, and alcohol, has always been a very occasional thing at best. I went and had a CT Coronary angiogram to get a Calcium Score, as it's a requirement in my country to get access to Statins, to lower my cholesterol (stubbornly just above normal limits). The report afterwards, showed I had a little bit of atheroma/plaque, but nothing to worrisome, and started statins, which have been great, and lowered my cholesterol below 2, and a change in diet (long overdue).
However, the CT scan showed that my 'Aortic Root' was dilated, and so had to be referred to a Cardio Thoracic surgeon for an opinion, and with my healthcare knowledge/experiences and employment, thought he'd just say, let's keep an eye on it, with yearly/6 monthly scans etc. But in my appt 2 days ago, no mention of that, simply, this is the surgical option, they can rupture at anytime, don't be running too often, or too hard, no weight training, blah blah.
Which has placed me in an awful predicament; no surgery and wait and see, or surgery, knowing that I don't have enough a/l or sick leave, or finances to survive paying rent, bill and living costs for 3 months, and an Australian system which doesn't help for my demographic.
However, the CT scan showed that my 'Aortic Root' was dilated, and so had to be referred to a Cardio Thoracic surgeon for an opinion, and with my healthcare knowledge/experiences and employment, thought he'd just say, let's keep an eye on it, with yearly/6 monthly scans etc. But in my appt 2 days ago, no mention of that, simply, this is the surgical option, they can rupture at anytime, don't be running too often, or too hard, no weight training, blah blah.
Which has placed me in an awful predicament; no surgery and wait and see, or surgery, knowing that I don't have enough a/l or sick leave, or finances to survive paying rent, bill and living costs for 3 months, and an Australian system which doesn't help for my demographic.
Sorry to hear that. I hope you can find a solution that works for you. Best of luck with it.
Really sorry to hear this news. There’s no short term disability available while you recover from surgery?
Seemingly not. Yes for a long term (2 years) but only job seeker allowance and rent support, adding up to 'next to nothing'.
This is a similar reality for many here in the States as well. In most sane peoples minds, the goal of a social safety net is to prevent financial ruin - to never get there, however in the states eye, nothing significant can/will be done until you reach financial ruin and have nothing left. Then and only then does the states social safety net (if you want to call it that) kick in. It is antithetical to most's assumed understanding but that is exactly how it works. I've watched it go this way many times: get the needed medical treatment & incur large, financially ruining medical debts, use that series of medical bills to leverage government safe harbor laws to pay for said bills via hardship withdrawals depleting retirement savings and in that endeavor lose their assets. At this point, where you have zero wealth, this is where the state kicks in with benefits.
I am sorry you are going through this.
By most world standards and measurements, the lack of a functioning public health care system in the U.S. has been a significant detriment to the population. The primary cause of bankruptcy here is medical debt. Nowhere else in advanced countries of the world quite like this.
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I dont want to get my hand slapped with political opinion but I do agree that the out of control costs of healthcare in the US can be destroyers of family/generational wealth & I have seen it many times - as a parent, do I live and bankrupt myself or do I die and pass my assets to my kids. What a choice to be faced with.
Anyhow, I have always been a fan of a combination of private/public coverage vs outright subsidized govt healthcare but to many the view is that HC is a human right (I dont necessarily hold this view) thus everyone should get the same services. So with that ideology, a baseline public coverage + addtl paid for (through your employer for example) private services package is outside that stance and considered unethical (which I obviously disagree with) thus difficult to ever get there politically. Truthfully, so many spaces in the medical insurance space desperately need reforms from artificially closed markets that stifle competition (increases pricing) to restrictive licensing regulations (ie: who can provide services increasing costs & reducing access) to weak anti trust laws in the medical space (which reduces physical location access) to provider tort reforms (overall cost of litigation) - all of this for the most part is derived from current government legislation that is on the books, hence the need to reform them. Understanding this, why would we ever choose to hand over 100% of our healthcare to the govt fully?
That makes little sense to me, yet on the flip side, I see the human cost of our system on our fellow citizens facing destruction of their life savings & that breaks my heart. I am ignorant to the Asutralian systems in place, so cant speak to that but here in the states, while working ok for most generally healthy and stable people, for those facing these huge medical costs, it is a complete mess; its a monster.
For anybody interested in how US health care policy compares to other developed countries and in ideas for reforms, this book, written by a Washington Post journalist and meant to be accessible to non policy wonks(!), is a good read even though it was published in 2009:
The healing of America : a global quest for better, cheaper, and fairer health care : Reid, T. R : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-267) and index
archive.org
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Sorry for the news. Despite your efforts to stay in shape, this is happening? Could it be attributed to a genetic disorder? Can they at least explain why it happened? Also are you at a normal body weight for your age and height?
How warm is it? Call out a service engineer.
Personally I live in a country that’s getting hotter and not many homes have AC. We just use fans, keep the blinds and curtains drawn and generally get by.
Agree.
Exactly.
Had a most pleasant chat for over an hour with Decent Brother.
I was trying to set up my 10-year-old iMac up for my wife to use.
Then I noticed that my Raspberry Pi 5 was faster, and with the right OS (Ubuntu with Cinnamon Desktop), just as easy and fast to use.
I set up a user for her, and she sat down for an hour or so, quite happy with it.
I think I just saved myself a new Mac Mini.
Then I noticed that my Raspberry Pi 5 was faster, and with the right OS (Ubuntu with Cinnamon Desktop), just as easy and fast to use.
I set up a user for her, and she sat down for an hour or so, quite happy with it.
I think I just saved myself a new Mac Mini.
Did an amazing concert of avant-garde music tonight. All solo piano and drums (not at the same time obviously). I almost never go back and watch the video immediately after playing, but I did this time, there are some great moments. An hour and a half of 100% improvised music. I went so hard on the piano that my fingers were actually bleeding! Never bled at a performance before. As one audience member interjected as I wiped it off in between pieces, "It wouldn't be a real performance if there wasn't blood." I suppose that's true!
Our country is generally cold, except for the city where I live. It's right in the middle of Cilicia, and we turn our air conditioners on in April and off in November. It's 35 degrees outside right now. Unfortunately, no industry in Türkiye functions properly. Even air conditioner repairs. They only provide service by appointment, but they don't schedule appointments. They also rip you off during maintenance. When they don't do what you want, they leave the air conditioner half-finished and leave. The air conditioner is an LG Beko. It's a 15,000 BTU air conditioner, and it's been installed for 18 years. Made in Korea
They charge $100 for refueling and $70 for cleaning. That's why we fix our own appliances. I know air conditioning, I install and refuel, but I couldn't figure out what was wrong with this one
It was between 30-32 here on and off for a few weeks. Grim. Especially if you like to exercise like I do!
Where I am, we usually get 5 days in the 40c's, and and many, many days in the late 30's
I have the next few weeks off; a stay-cation of sorts and am contemplating how I will structure the honey list as to accomplish it.
Wish me luck
Wish me luck
We go to the my shop early in the morning, we get out of the car before evening, we are under the sun, I wish we could exercise.
What’s a honey list?I have the next few weeks off; a stay-cation of sorts and am contemplating how I will structure the honey list as to accomplish it.
Wish me luck