Sick As A Dog
By Mitch Berg
Upside: I made it to work.
Downside: Not sure it can last.
Posting will be zephyr-light. I might dig out a few pieces from my “drafts” folder, but we’ll see.
Discuss.
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December 13th, 2007 at 5:17 pm
Same boat. Nose hurts. Winter sucks.
December 13th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
If you’re going to be sick, lay your head down next to your computer and listen to these stories:
http://www.augustana.edu/wvik/listings-oralhistories.htm
December 13th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
I went home at 10 myself, but I’m on the mend in a way that Learned Foot would appreciate.
December 14th, 2007 at 6:50 am
If it’s the stuff that starts off as puking, ends up as major diarrhea that we’ve seen about a zillion times this week in my ER … rejoice, your pain will be short-lived. Awful, but short-lived nonetheless.
December 14th, 2007 at 6:50 am
If it’s the stuff that starts off as puking and ends up as major diarrhea, that we’ve seen about a zillion times this week in my ER … rejoice, your pain will be short-lived. Awful, but short-lived nonetheless.
December 14th, 2007 at 8:55 am
Used to be, when you caught a virus you’d suffer through it or die, but either way it’d be over in 14 days.
Now, due to the wonders of modern medicine, it only takes two weeks.
December 14th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Feel better..
On a “hopefully interesting” sidenote, and perhaps has a replacement…
I worked for a time as a medical claims auditor – meaning I confirmed the payments made by examiners. It wasn’t glorious, but it paid the bills.
One day, I got a call about a claim not paid by an examiner who’s name was Deann, whom we’ll call Deann to protect her identity..
The diagnosis was hypovolemia, with a secondary diagnosis of fever, and tertiary of diarrhea.. Deann didn’t pay it because the patient had been on the plan only three weeks, and well.. “it might be pre-existing.” This was the mid-90’s when predatory and bad insurance companies (like the one we were paying claims for) made outrageous claims like 1/3rd of all healthcare expenses could and should be denied for pre-existing conditions. Deann, ever the dutiful apple-polisher, was bound and determined to try to fulfill this nonsense.
So I went to Deann, and said.. Hypovolemia– look it up please, it means low fluid volumes, with another definition being, low blood volumes. This person was admitted to the ER with fever, diarrhea, and low fluid volumes.. DEANN, she had the flu.. pay her claim.
Deann refused.. so we had a chat with the Department Manager, Cindy if I recall. I explained my point, Deann explained that Hypovolemia COULD mean that she had low blood.. Cindy looked at Deann over the tops of her glasses and said.
PAY THE DAMNED CLAIM!
Sometimes, justice wins :).
Hope you feel better Mitch… don’t get dehydrated or Deann may wind up denying your claim on the grounds that she’s terminally stupid… a fate more permanent and far worse than flu… but it doesn’t seem like it when you have the flu.
December 14th, 2007 at 11:21 am
Holy effing shit.
Even in something as simple as a “blogger sick” post, Peev needs to go on for about an hour.
Here’s your cure. Laugh. Go to YouTube and look for a couple of Scots magicians called Barry and Stuart (or Stuart and Barry). A couple of bits are magic + performance art, but clever and entertaining.
That, and there’s always The Onion or DVDs of Fawlty Towers.
December 14th, 2007 at 1:26 pm
Know what’ll cure that nauseous feeling Mitch? A nice plate of oyster stuffing. With raspberry sauce.
December 14th, 2007 at 3:20 pm
Badda, blow it out your bunghole… he said “Discuss” get it.. I tried to be friendly, but in your usual style, you’re an ass..
Nothing new…and if 4 paras is “going on for an hour” to you, you must write as slowly and poorly as you so clearly think…
Whatever, you’re back to being Badda the madda blatha of just don’t matta.
December 14th, 2007 at 5:12 pm
Holy effing shit, he foams quickly. I’ll write a perscription for you so you can get ten issues of The Onion, one season of The Simpsons, and huge “Lighten up, Francis” pill.
Stat!
December 14th, 2007 at 6:13 pm
In completely unrelated news – I’m feeling much better today. Thanks.
December 15th, 2007 at 2:04 pm
But today you are “on assignment”. Get better, Berg.
December 15th, 2007 at 2:57 pm
Oh, I forgot: Clementines.