softbeard

I just have to comment that I had to get my dog off craigslist, because I too had difficulty finding a shelter in my area that would adopt to apartments or first-time dog owners. The fact that I used to babysit both rottweilers and mastiffs during my summers was irrelevant.

I understand that shelters don't like getting burned with returns, but ownership criteria can get really ridiculous.

Is Ohio north?

My aunt was paying $900 a month for her personal insurance last year as a clinical psychologist. The ACA is saving her a boatload of money.

Thanks for throwing the question in his face in the most polite way possible. Your hardship reminds me of the plight most middle-class families would go through for an extreme medical emergency. I hope in our lifetime we are able to dedicate more resources to assist people with medical needs.

I do not consider physical therapy a medical luxury for you. It is a medical need that could increase your independence. That's an investment, not a handout (besides which, I don't care if it's a handout).

If someone's talking about you, you're doing something right eh?

I strongly agree with this statement.

I heavily empathize with your struggles. I had a horrible blood disease, followed by chemotherapy and a bone marrow transplant when I was 16. It radically changed my idea of healthcare and basic services in this country. That said, I recovered, so I can only imagine what you're going through.

I've found that people often feel sorry for me when I tell them this story, but that's not what I want, nor what most victims of medical emergencies want. People feeling sorry for me was so unimaginably annoying, because they stopped treating me like a whole person.

Have you found it more difficult to interact with others on a personal level besides your husband and family because of they way they treat you? Thank you for blowing away the everything happens for a reason bullshit and using your situation as a microphone. People say that crap so they don't have to confront reality that it could happen to them and their family, too.