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Manifestor_of_Light

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1. I'm paying off a hospital bill.

Reply to athena (Original post)

Mon Nov 4, 2013, 05:45 PM

Nov 2013

Eight days in ICU with pulmonary emboli (technically a stroke) and uncontrolled diabetes verging on organ failure.

It's in the hospital's best interest to keep me alive for a hundred more years, because it will take me 100 years to pay it off at the rate I'm going ($25 a month).

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Why the ACA's lifting of caps is a big deal [View all] athena Nov 2013 OP

I'm paying off a hospital bill. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #1

I wish you a speedy recovery. athena Nov 2013 #2

I'm glad they didn't remove your sense of humor in that hospital frazzled Nov 2013 #3

Ha ha! Excellent! Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #4

That is some scary stuff frazzled Nov 2013 #5

I need to find someone in Houston who will let me use their kitchen. Manifestor_of_Light Nov 2013 #6