Chronicles of the schedule-swapper

[azurelunatic]

Hooray for myrrhianna. She got me blessed throat-spray, which is item #3 in my trifecta of excellence in clobbering this damnable illness. #1: Mucinex. #2, decongestants. #3, throat spray, to keep me from triggering endless coughing attacks when I cough once, and that irritates my throat, and then I have to cough more and more because it's irritated.

10 myths about Canadian health care, busted. I didn't know that some of those myths existed, but it's fascinating.

Addiction and circumstance.

Lying.

Compulsively inhaling steam from jug of hot mint tea.

Finished Precursor again. Wrote back to Mama.

OK, it is 4:30. I think I have stayed up.

Earlier, cried off from the usual Saturday fun to Darkside; he fussed some (over me, not at me). Next weekend, he will be out of town. (We'll have to work out something for our weekends; maybe I can get up early?)

Comments

[elance.livejournal.com]

Thanks for posting the 'Lying' article and the "10 Myths about Canadian Health Care". Really interesting reads, both of them.

I found the 'Lying' article to be particularly enlightening, because of all the lies I told when I lived with my family. I feel slightly less guilty about them now that I understand the context better.

[azurelunatic]

I don't think your family was at all encouraging of honesty.

[pne.livejournal.com]

I found the Canadian health care article fascinating, especially when I compared it with the situation here in Germany, which seems to be roughly comparable.

I especially found point 9 interesting, and what the author said about Canadians' attitude to taking care of their health, including things such as taking time off work if they're contagiously ill or even just have a little bug that will be cheaper if nipped in the bud with a bit of bedrest than if left to develop into a full-blown disease. Or the costs of regular dental checkups vs. actually having to deal with an aching tooth that has to be pulled because it's no longer salvageable: not only expensive but also annoying.

Makes me glad that we have federal health care over here.

[azurelunatic]

It makes me envious, and it makes me despair of the situation changing in the US.

[lacey]

Mucinex ftw. Seriously. That stuff is worth its weight in gold. I've been meaning to lay in a supply for inevitable chest gack.

[azurelunatic]

It's amazing. I can breathe.

[lacey]

It's the guaifenesin. Miracle stuff.