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Quantess

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5. I remember a hospice nurse for my dad back around 2004 or so.

Reply to southernyankeebelle (Reply #3)

Sat Feb 4, 2012, 05:57 PM

Feb 2012

She was very friendly, seemed skilled, but she made occasional RW comments and...she had a "W" sticker on her SUV (grrrr...)
But we were just nice to her back. I tried not to let her see my rage bubbling inside me whenever I thought about this woman being a G.W. Bush fan.

But really, politics (especially regressive politics) need to stay out of health care.

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Two reactions on Komen reversal [View all] xfundy Feb 2012 OP

Can't you ask for another nurse like nurse 1? southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #1

Really...I wouldn't let the second one in my house for all the tea in China. Ecumenist Feb 2012 #2

Well it is easier said than done. We had a healthcare person to come. The insurance southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #3

I understand I am dealing with stage 4 cancer myself. I was lucky Ecumenist Feb 2012 #4

There are many good nurses. My mother-in-law had many good ones. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #8

I remember a hospice nurse for my dad back around 2004 or so. Quantess Feb 2012 #5

Totally agree. Really that isn't why they are there. If a nurse said something I would cut her southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #7

She saw the navy portrait of my brother from the 1980s, Quantess Feb 2012 #9

Yep, my father-in-law, father, and husband were all lifers in the military and all were democrats. southernyankeebelle Feb 2012 #11

They cannot send you someone based on their political affiliation obamanut2012 Feb 2012 #6

The truth is, Komen didn't reverse anything. EFerrari Feb 2012 #10