March 1, 2009

Today I am still mad....today my anger is toward the pimps we call insurance companies. I actually have been mad at them for sometime now, I am just getting around to expressing it.

My husband is without work, so we go on COBRA...(code name for pimp supplant).
The premium (codename for pimp reward) is a hefty amount each month but we pay it because we actually have no choice. You see my surgeons don't take the state offered insurance so no reason to drop COBRA and risk losing the best care possible....so I continue to be pimped.
The hospital has charged me a copay (codename for pimp receiver) which is an outrageous amount and you guessed it, we will pay because we have no other choice.

I am busting my hump to work and I thought FICA (codename for pimp master) was my only pimp....apparently not. You can be pimped by just about any industry known to man and it's perfectly legal in this country. Where's the justice?

I'm off that soapbox and today....I am preparing for my surgery in 16 days. How you say? I am going to eliminate caffeine and sugar from my diet. Drink lots of water and walk to expand my lungs. Ya see, anesthesia is not kind to my body and these things will lessen my reaction to them. It's not medical advice for everyone, just me.

I read the Book of Ruth today...hahaha....yup the whole book, about 4 pages:) And I learned that the loyalty and bond the women had in this chapter creates the authentic blessings we all experience in life. We have a special bond with women even if they are a size 6, long, shiny, flowing hair, and skin like silk. We say we hate them but we share a bond that is unmatched, even the male bond. Our bodies can do things men are incapable of doing and for that our bond is forever sealed. So to all of the women in my life, even the ignorant woman I wrote about yesterday ~ I say thank you. Particularly today to my sister friend Gina L. who taught me yoga in San Diego ~ I say thank you. Yoga has saved me from choking the s**t out of particular individuals recently and I have learned to uncross my legs with minimal discomfort:)

Prayer, Yoga and authentic female family, friends and strangers is turning out to be a part of what will SAVE MY LIFE.....