Neighbors Should Talk to Each Other

“Hi! I need to know who did my husband’s physical therapy appointment this morning so I can find out if he was able to walk further today.” It seemed like such a simple request. I had finally learned that I was allowed to venture up the hall to the nurses’ station to ask questions. The … Continue reading Neighbors Should Talk to Each Other

Is That Too Much to Ask?

Wouldn't it be lovely, I often think to myself, if I could log on in the morning, perhaps from home while having my first cup of coffee, to see how my husband slept last night at the rehab facility? What a delight it would be to see what he had for breakfast, and whether he … Continue reading Is That Too Much to Ask?

The Weekly Panic Update

Well! That was a quick week. The first notice of non coverage was received on 6/25, sixteen days after the transfer from the hospital to the SNF (Skilled Nursing Facility) for rehabilitation. It might seem a bit optimistic to think that someone with multiple medical problems who was admitted unable to walk or speak a … Continue reading The Weekly Panic Update

The Weekly Panic

An insurance company is not a charitable social service organization. An insurance company is a business. A business like any other, providing services for compensation in order to produce profits for their shareholders. The higher the profits are, the happier the shareholders are. Higher profits also mean higher compensation packages for upper management. How do … Continue reading The Weekly Panic

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My World This Morning

There’s something particularly jarring about opening your computer in the morning and seeing a screen displaying what appears to be a man bound and tied with rope being thrown into a river while an angry crowd looks on. It’s made more jarring by the juxtaposition of this image with an ad for an “essential” nonstick pan.

It turns out that the man is actually a colonial slave trader statue which has been torn down in the UK. The fact that the event occurred in another country makes it feel even more jarring. The protests against police brutality are worldwide. I hear “this time things must change,” and try to be hopeful. We’ve heard these phrases too many times before.

Is the Covid-19 pandemic any less of a threat now that it was when the world closed down three months ago? The death toll worldwide has passed 400,000. Businesses are opening up and people are excited to get “back to their lives.” The threat feels greater than before, as people pretend that it is gone, going out to dinner, to the gym, to crowded protests. I fear that the number of asymptomatic people out there thinking they’re safe has increased dramatically while all of this goes on. They’re not feeling sick. And they don’t believe that they can pass the virus to other people.