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49. that is BULLSHIT

Tue Feb 12, 2013, 11:44 AM

Feb 2013

I was told that the shingles are HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS. That is why there is a shingles vaccine (which cost about $500!). If you get it before you are younger than 60, it is 70% effective and efficacy declines with age (so the older you get the less effective the vaccine is).

In any event, HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS I was told. I was not told this fact until after being heavily exposed and was told I am likely immune. I don't know about that ...

HOWEVER, I still plan to get the vaccine when it is affordable for me. It is not affordable for me now with all of these "new" changes in my health insurance policy otherwise I'd have gotten it by now!

Shingles is the silent epidemic that we thought went by the wayside with the likes of polio, small pox, etc. However, it is beast to get rid of and I really feel sorry for anyone that gets and esp. bad case like I have seen.

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Best health care system in the world my fuckin ass! [View all] Glamrock Feb 2013 OP

our health care system is awesome if you are a congress person or the president and his family. or msongs Feb 2013 #1

Dear me... MrMickeysMom Feb 2013 #2

Another sad thing is this isn't unusual. I hear it frequently. nt snappyturtle Feb 2013 #3

Yeah, tavalon Feb 2013 #4

Wait until you see the bill just1voice Feb 2013 #5

20 Grand? That's just for a band-aid. Fuddnik Feb 2013 #10

My wife's been suffering with shingles for years and the shot did nothing for it. xtraxritical Feb 2013 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #31

I can't believe how much I'm hearing about shingles just recently LibertyLover Feb 2013 #46

that is BULLSHIT CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #49

Shingles is Chicken pox. It's only contageous to people who haven't had them Viva_La_Revolution Feb 2013 #50

I found that out CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #51

I have had Chicken pox twice. i think i should look into that vaccine Heather MC Feb 2013 #88

Doctor wouldn't let me get the shingles vaccine until after I turned 60 csziggy Feb 2013 #52

This message was self-deleted by its author CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #53

I had to pay over $300 for the vaccine csziggy Feb 2013 #58

that is plain SAD CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #59

It really stinks csziggy Feb 2013 #63

I'm afraid I'm up against the same thing CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #65

Change is needed so badly csziggy Feb 2013 #87

relax. barbtries Feb 2013 #68

I had shingles last year arikara Feb 2013 #89

Remember This --- This System Is Just The Prototype For What The GOP Has In Mind TheMastersNemesis Feb 2013 #6

This System Is Just The Prototype For What The GOP Has In Mind CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #54

I've got one for you KT2000 Feb 2013 #7

Jesus christ! Glamrock Feb 2013 #9

one thing I learned from this KT2000 Feb 2013 #21

Not you, why did the basic ER not route her to a regional trauma center? nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #8

Get in the car and head to Mexico. JEB Feb 2013 #11

I'm very sorry for the problems you and your family had... cynatnite Feb 2013 #12

Yes, echos of Cynatnite's expression nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #16

I'm hip to what you're saying Glamrock Feb 2013 #32

That price tag also covers the uninsured... cynatnite Feb 2013 #47

what you said may apply to you orleans Feb 2013 #36

I never said all. I said most. I do agree that a few are real fucking assholes. n/t cynatnite Feb 2013 #48

True about hand injuries. meaculpa2011 Feb 2013 #40

Are most hospitals really public or non-profit? enlightenment Feb 2013 #55

No statistics, but for-profit corporations... meaculpa2011 Feb 2013 #97

Wish they were barred in my city. enlightenment Feb 2013 #102

These circumstances are far too commonly reported to be burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #78

You don't think that we in the health care have to deal the hand we're dealt with? cynatnite Feb 2013 #92

The conditions you describe burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #95

You're right. It sucks! And this is a common scenario. Not rare. America does NOT have the greatest judesedit Feb 2013 #13

Actually, we're 51st in the world, by CIA World Factbook figures: LongTomH Feb 2013 #62

But it IS the best! Exen Trik Feb 2013 #14

Hospitals are not what they used to be.... ReRe Feb 2013 #15

Whoops.... NOT a good idea. at all. nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #17

Agreed. n/t cynatnite Feb 2013 #19

Sorry Bud... ReRe Feb 2013 #24

But it's also a good idea tblue Feb 2013 #26

She was in there for 2 & 1/2 weeks... ReRe Feb 2013 #28

It is scary undergroundpanther Feb 2013 #33

So, if one documents poor care, care gets worse? blueamy66 Feb 2013 #27

i don't think he snapped a pic of the staff orleans Feb 2013 #37

Message auto-removed 5133PY Feb 2013 #44

Nurses (RNs) are the most expensive item in the budget. Guess what gets cut the most? Hekate Feb 2013 #20

They are? nightscanner59 Feb 2013 #23

Ahh, but there are more than 3 nurses per hospital -- many many more.... Hekate Feb 2013 #77

They literally treat animals better. UnrepentantLiberal Feb 2013 #22

I hear ya! I was once denied a cancer test tblue Feb 2013 #25

All the best to your Mom. jambo101 Feb 2013 #29

that is horrible!! CountAllVotes Feb 2013 #30

Here are a lot of hugs to your Mum and to the rest of your family. Hope she will have a speedy idwiyo Feb 2013 #34

Having worked 40 years in hospitals across America newfie11 Feb 2013 #35

It's not unusual to have to wait days for broken bone surgery, anywhere in the world. Quantess Feb 2013 #38

It's common to wait days to surgically clean, reset & close a compound fracture? I don't think so. HiPointDem Feb 2013 #41

You're probably right. I overlooked that it was an open "compound" fracture. Quantess Feb 2013 #99

I was once in a minor traffic accident that looked worse than it was because both maddiemom Feb 2013 #74

Depressing reality abelenkpe Feb 2013 #39

This not hospital related OwnedByCats Feb 2013 #42

The U.S. is the most self-deceived society in the world. burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #79

That stuff like this happens so often here in this country is sickening libtodeath Feb 2013 #43

I blame doctors and nurses sorefeet Feb 2013 #45

BS marions ghost Feb 2013 #61

They are not the ones who are controlling things. The MBA's are controlling things. SharonAnn Feb 2013 #93

I am curious why she was sent to a second hospital. Were they dumping her, which is illegal, or still_one Feb 2013 #56

File a complaint with the hospital and if need be, with your state's Health Department. DearHeart Feb 2013 #57

Great technology- worst delivery loyalsister Feb 2013 #60

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Feb 2013 #64

That all really sucks. Only thing I'll say though in their defense is that you can't Evoman Feb 2013 #66

I see a Letter to the Editor of every newspaper for 200 miles around. RC Feb 2013 #67

I know you're upset, Glamrock and I'm sorry about your mom. Th1onein Feb 2013 #69

Wendell Potter on "the best health care system in the world"...spinmeisters succeeded antigop Feb 2013 #70

Your mom has joined the club I have been initiated to. Hugs to her. appleannie1 Feb 2013 #71

That's disgraceful. Sorry that your step mom had to go through that mike dub Feb 2013 #72

You should have driven her from one hospital to the next. matt819 Feb 2013 #73

That is one horrid story. I had a similar injury to my arm when I was 11, in 1963. truedelphi Feb 2013 #75

You and your step-mom have my greatest empathy. crim son Feb 2013 #76

K&R&I'm so sorry your mom and you had to go through this. We do have one of the best Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #80

america has the most expensive health care system in the world riverbendviewgal Feb 2013 #81

As an American tourist in London, I had to go to the hospital for an emergency emsimon33 Feb 2013 #82

They were going to pay for your taxi ride to the hospital? tclambert Feb 2013 #84

Yes I was going to mention the S word newfie11 Feb 2013 #85

I don't run from the word DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #91

They could only reimburse. They had no process for accepting payment for services. emsimon33 Feb 2013 #103

Any health care system based on profit is doomed to failure magic59 Feb 2013 #83

I know. If i listed all the crap that they did wrong when my mom had a stroke glinda Feb 2013 #86

We do not have a health care system DissidentVoice Feb 2013 #90

For years, mass indebtedness burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #96

Medical anarchy. jambo101 Feb 2013 #94

All I can offer is.. sendero Feb 2013 #98

Every time I go to the doctor I'm afraid to say anything. Ganja Ninja Feb 2013 #100

ditto burnsei sensei Feb 2013 #101