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Healthcare and Politics

Posted on June 15, 2007 By Tom 1 Comment on Healthcare and Politics
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Like George W. Bush, I have a hole in my head. And like Al Gore, I have an inconvenient tooth.

This week certainly didn’t turn out like I thought it was. Wednesday morning was spent in a dentist chair for a deep cleaning – loads of fun. All of Friday morning was spent removing a cancerous spot from the top of my head.

My family has a history of sensitivity to the sun, and it’s an affliction I’ve had to deal with before, too. I had gone to the dermatologist for a regular check-up, and had pointed out a particularly troubling spot that had just arisen. He must have had some concern, too, because he immediately scheduled me for out-patient surgery.

The young surgeon had a very twisted sense of humor – I liked him. He came in wearing a bowtie with skull-n-crossbone symbols. He and his staff were amazed at my array of gadgets – iPod to while away the time and take my mind off of what was happening above, and Blackberry to check on work e-mail while I waited. At one point, the doctor was highly amused at my appearance with a pair of forceps sticking out of my head, and said he wished he had a camera. I produced my Nikon S50, and he snapped a couple of shots…

Like I said, the guy’s twisted. At on point, I asked if he had ever watched Men in Black.  I told him I felt like Edgar getting his skin stretched.

By late morning, I left with the entire top of my head wrapped in bandages and a 3 cm hole in my head, 16 stitches, prescriptions for some heavy-duty painkillers, and the good news that they had gotten it all.

However, I couldn’t indulge in painkillers just yet. Laura and I had tickets to a rally for Barak Obama for the afternoon. I donned a ball cap that just barely covered my bandages, and we headed out.

There was quite a crowd, and they kept pushing in closer and closer. I tend to be HIGHLY claustrophobic in crowds. After standing in close confines for about hour with my head throbbing, I was beginning to question our attendance. There was some preliminary entertainment, some photo-op machinations, and finally Obama arrived, 30 minutes late.

Obama is an excellent orator, and leaves one with a sense of hope. However, apart from his sincerety and upbeat message, we couldn’t remember any specific points or issues. Perhaps it’s a bit early for that. Regardless, I certainly think we could do worse (and have done) in our choice of president.

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One thought on “Healthcare and Politics”

  1. fitzthecat says:
    June 16, 2007 at 9:38 am

    For most of Greenville, Obama is somewhere to the left of Joseph Stalin. Or maybe even worse …

    About a month ago, an acquaintance (a very well off and successful person) asserted to me that since Obama went to school in Indonesia for four years there was a distinct possibility that he was a radical Muslim plant. When I said (with what I hoped was some incredulity) “You mean a Manchurian Candidate?” he had no clue what I was talking about.

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