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Dustlawyer

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87. Thank you! My son's cousin was born a week after him and he also has CYstic Fibrosis.

Reply to riqster (Reply #8)

Tue Jun 25, 2013, 08:40 PM

Jun 2013

His doctors immediately installed a port that he could be fed through his belly button. He later became the Louisiana state champion in his weight class in wrestling. My sons doctors never suspected that a whole lot of digestive enzymes would eat away his colon. It's real hard to find doctors who give a shit. I feel this man's pain and I know that more time will help, but that is the only thing. I was a basket case for 2 years. My wife blamed herself and changed to orthodox Judism and a vegan. We divorced a couple of years after. That is a time in my life that I would love to forget. I better stop here bc it is bringing up things that are better left to the past. Thanks again!

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One Year Ago Today, America�s Profit-Driven Health Care System Killed my Only Son (NSFW) [View all] riqster Jun 2013 OP

Well-aimed profanity. Thanks riqster. Scuba Jun 2013 #1

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #11

Thinking of you today. Borchkins Jun 2013 #2

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #10

K&R Gidney N Cloyd Jun 2013 #3

I am sorry for your loss. TRoN33 Jun 2013 #4

Thanks, and all the best to you and your boys. riqster Jun 2013 #13

I'm so sorry for your loss. area51 Jun 2013 #5

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #14

I feel your pain riverbendviewgal Jun 2013 #6

My condolences. riqster Jun 2013 #9

On December 21st will be the 20th anniversary of the negligent homicide/malpractice that killed Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #7

Hugs to you. riqster Jun 2013 #8

Thank you! My son's cousin was born a week after him and he also has CYstic Fibrosis. Dustlawyer Jun 2013 #87

Only for the Dick Cheneys of the world.. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #12

*1 nt riqster Jun 2013 #33

I am so sorry. I can't imagine the pain! sabrina 1 Jun 2013 #70

I'm pissed off right with you. We are disgraced as a nation for the death of your son mountain grammy Jun 2013 #15

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #18

I'll add another "FUCK YOU"... OneGrassRoot Jun 2013 #16

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #17

K&R Most of us could afford single payer... midnight Jun 2013 #19

Yes, we need single payer riqster Jun 2013 #24

No real grey area.... Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #20

A very good analogy. riqster Jun 2013 #25

Obscure sailing vessel references... Half-Century Man Jun 2013 #45

wow heaven05 Jun 2013 #21

No argument there. riqster Jun 2013 #27

one mtasselin Jun 2013 #22

Even the millionaires are vulnerable riqster Jun 2013 #28

I am so sorry for your loss. cate94 Jun 2013 #23

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #29

I didn't realize Mr B&C was YOU. So sorry about your loss. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #26

Yes, that is my blog riqster Jun 2013 #30

You are awesome, and you say things that I am thinking but don't dare say myself. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #56

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #57

My sister also died from denial of care. daisy1957 Jun 2013 #31

Oh Hell Daisy, I am sorry. riqster Jun 2013 #32

I am so sorry for your loss. blue neen Jun 2013 #34

Thanks, and good luck to you riqster Jun 2013 #37

I cannot even imagine.... IdaBriggs Jun 2013 #35

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #41

Speechless! SIX HOURS???? WTF??? IdaBriggs Jun 2013 #49

Interesting thought riqster Jun 2013 #50

Well, my gosh, you had insurance that you dared to USE! blue neen Jun 2013 #60

Thank you riqster Jun 2013 #61

K&R ReRe Jun 2013 #36

Thanks, and the same to you. riqster Jun 2013 #39

I am so sorry for your loss Jarla Jun 2013 #38

^^^This^^^ riqster Jun 2013 #40

absolutely. The death panels are here *now*. BlancheSplanchnik Jun 2013 #74

I am sorry for your loss Rigster.... prairierose Jun 2013 #42

Thank you for the kind words riqster Jun 2013 #46

hugs to you RainDog Jun 2013 #43

Thank you riqster Jun 2013 #47

I send you love and energy. peace13 Jun 2013 #44

Thank you Kim. riqster Jun 2013 #48

So sorry for your loss LittleBlue Jun 2013 #51

I am sure of it. riqster Jun 2013 #53

First, do no harm. johnnyreb Jun 2013 #52

Insurers do not have to abide by Hippocrates riqster Jun 2013 #54

Peace to you, riqster... KansDem Jun 2013 #55

And upon you. peace. riqster Jun 2013 #59

Worthy of Ashley Morris himself! KamaAina Jun 2013 #58

If this isn't the time for profanity, and plenty of it . . . Brigid Jun 2013 #62

Thank you Brigid nt riqster Jun 2013 #63

I'm so very sorry for... one_voice Jun 2013 #64

Me, too. I find some solace in activism. riqster Jun 2013 #65

Du is broken: I can only rec this once! Warren Stupidity Jun 2013 #66

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #68

Riqster, private insurers also destroyed my family. Totally. Fuck them. freshwest Jun 2013 #67

Sorry for your pain riqster Jun 2013 #69

And yours. Thanks. freshwest Jun 2013 #72

I'm so sorry, freshwest. pnwmom Jun 2013 #84

I am so sorry. Puglover Jun 2013 #71

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #77

I am so sorry for your loss, and Ilsa Jun 2013 #73

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #78

One year ago today = = Scarsdale Jun 2013 #75

+1 riqster Jun 2013 #79

DU is a site for grownups, tolerant of well deserved profanity Warpy Jun 2013 #76

Agree with your post riqster Jun 2013 #80

Nowhere near what you have had to endure. Warpy Jun 2013 #82

My daughter died for the same reason Stargazer99 Jun 2013 #81

I am sorry for your loss. riqster Jun 2013 #93

I am so sorry, riqster. I know there is no bigger loss. pnwmom Jun 2013 #83

Thank you. riqster Jun 2013 #92

I'm so sorry. Just Saying Jun 2013 #85

Thanks for the kind words riqster Jun 2013 #94

I want to send good thoughts and positive energy to all the people on this thread who lost loved.... LongTomH Jun 2013 #86

Thank you. And Amen. riqster Jun 2013 #95

I wish you peace and strength, riqster. SunSeeker Jun 2013 #88

Thank you. So much. riqster Jun 2013 #96

I'm sickened by the priorities of this country. Arugula Latte Jun 2013 #89

Indeed. riqster Jun 2013 #97

I hope ( and believe) some good will come from this. rurallib Jun 2013 #90

Thanks. That same hope is why I wrote it. riqster Jun 2013 #98

I so sorry, riqster. Damn, sometimes I hate this country..... tpsbmam Jun 2013 #91

Agreed. I am proud, though, of the strength riqster Jun 2013 #99

Thanks to everyone for their support and good wishes riqster Jun 2013 #100

Your loss is America's shame DissidentVoice Jun 2013 #101

Makes you wonder how far we really have come riqster Jun 2013 #104

I'm not so sure we have. DissidentVoice Jun 2013 #109

Yep. riqster Jun 2013 #110

I'm feeling for you riqster jimlup Jun 2013 #102

Exactly. Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #103

Hugs. idwiyo Jun 2013 #105

Thanks. riqster Jun 2013 #107

Very sorry about the loss of your son. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #106

^^^THIS^^^ riqster Jun 2013 #108