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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:42 AM Original message |
Oh my! Man With 100-Pound Scrotum Can’t Afford $1 Million Surgery |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:44 AM Response to Original message |
1. At least nobody can accuse him of not having balls. |
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wndycty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:45 AM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Rim shot! |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
3. Reconstructive? Sorry, but that sounds painful as all hell |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
6. Because dude doesn't want to be a ken doll? |
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Ruby the Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:12 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. You think he isn't celibate now? |
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LeftyMom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:18 PM Response to Reply #18 |
26. Right now he's got hope. |
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TheKentuckian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:41 PM Response to Reply #3 |
51. Wow |
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Blue_Tires (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
4. I can't even make a joke here |
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laylah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:41 AM Response to Reply #4 |
57. +1 |
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dembotoz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. there has to be a teabagger joke in here somewhere...... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:13 AM Response to Original message |
7. So don't blame the man when he goes balls out to get where he |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
8. i don't get the jokes. a life of hell. can't get medical. why the hell not? suicidal |
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RedRocco (253 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:21 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. ikr? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. I'm with you... |
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RebelOne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 03:06 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. Me too. It's nothing to joke about. The poor man is assuredly miserable. n/t |
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redwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:18 PM Response to Reply #8 |
36. I agree. |
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Change has come (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:33 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. This is what 20 years of dlc values has brought to the party. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:48 PM Response to Reply #45 |
46. i think more the anonymity of internet and increase of incivility in society. always pushing the li... |
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City of Mills (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
54. Agreed, that's horrific |
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saras (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:19 AM Response to Original message |
9. And why the fuck is this simple surgery, not that much more complicated than a vasectomy, $1 mil??? |
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TwilightGardener (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:23 AM Response to Original message |
11. Inhumane not to provide this man with the surgery he needs. He has zero quality of life. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:25 AM Response to Original message |
12. I think you're all missing the real problem..... |
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Hubert Flottz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
13. You are exactly right. |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:30 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Exactly... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. The doctor's bill on this is the least of it |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:40 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yep! We had an emergency several years ago... |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:30 PM Response to Reply #21 |
50. Which would be enough to get you bypass surgery in India... |
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elias7 (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:59 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. I don't know where you get your info from |
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JCMach1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:25 PM Response to Reply #33 |
48. Just compare fees to the rest of the world... especially for specialists... |
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demmiblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:34 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Medical professionals are not a huge part of the 1% (if at all). |
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uponit7771 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:41 PM Response to Reply #12 |
24. That's true.... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
28. "medical professionals are a huge portion of the 1%". link to that claim is needed. Most of the bill |
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ChazII (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:14 PM Response to Reply #28 |
39. Thank you for your common sense. |
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Uben (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:08 AM Response to Reply #28 |
53. I heard it on MSNBC |
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dipsydoodle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
58. I would doubt that too |
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Bjorn Against (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:02 PM Response to Reply #12 |
34. You are spot on. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:12 PM Response to Reply #12 |
35. You have hit the nail on the head - |
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TBF (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
42. If I were you I'd target the health care insurance and pharmaceutical companies - |
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malaise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:28 AM Response to Reply #12 |
55. This should be an OP on its own |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
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polly7 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:34 AM Response to Original message |
16. Very sad. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. What other medical condition warrants such mockery? |
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flamingdem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
20. yeesh. somebody help this guy! nt |
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Arugula Latte (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:20 PM Response to Original message |
27. It's his fault. He shouldn't have chosen to have been born in the United States. |
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RagAss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:28 PM Response to Original message |
29. Is this surgery available in a country with a fucking heart ?? |
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Hugabear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:32 PM Response to Original message |
30. Why does this surgery have to cost ONE MILLION DOLLARS? |
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MH1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:56 AM Response to Reply #30 |
60. I'm guessing is has to do with |
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sylvi (169 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. I'm having a hard time swallowing that figure |
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Contrary1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 04:58 PM Response to Original message |
32. I have lymphedema in one arm due to cancer surgery... |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 05:21 PM Response to Original message |
37. extremely sad if this guy can't get medical care immediately |
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Auntie Bush (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 06:10 PM Response to Reply #37 |
38. I don't know why some Dr. doesn't do it for free out of pure sympathy or empathy? |
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Liberal_in_LA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 08:50 PM Response to Reply #38 |
44. surgeon can waive his costs but that's just a portion.. Hospital, anesthesiologist, tests |
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NorthCarolina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:20 PM Response to Original message |
40. 1 Million Dollars??? |
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Motown_Johnny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:25 PM Response to Original message |
41. sell the television rights and make a reality show out of it |
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rugger1869 (71 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 07:40 PM Response to Original message |
43. Pics... |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
47. Nobody's going to tell this guy to "grow a set" |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Oct-18-11 11:27 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. Certainly one ballsy dude. |
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Grown2Hate (833 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 12:03 AM Response to Original message |
52. Heard his whole story on Howard Stern (that's where all those quotes are from). He was trying to |
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Lyric (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:29 AM Response to Original message |
56. Buy the poor guy a ticket to Cuba. |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Oct-19-11 07:52 AM Response to Original message |
59. The point is being missed. |
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