Hospitals`

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Dear 36,

You make a very good point about choosing doctors and hospitals. If I had

stayed with my origiginal doctor I wouldn't be here today. He was perfecting

willing to see my counts crash time and again and never tell me. I didn't know

until years later when I had educated myself by learning as much as I could and

looked back at my old cbc reports. I advise everyone to retain your records

since diagnosis and all subsequent tests. Get a 3-ring puncher and keep all of

your records in a note binder.

Wasn't there something in the evening news last week about the biggest

hospital in Vegas re-using the pumps for injections on HIV patients. Now they

have alerted anyone who received injections from that hospital for the last

several years to be tested for HIV or liver disease. I'll bet a lot of people

who were treated there are hot to trot to file a malpractice suit and the

lawyers will have a field day. I am not disparaging lawyers, I was a legal

secretary for 23 years and I still have lawyers in my family. Just my 3 cents.

Lottie

Dr. Seuss says: " Be who you are and say what you feel 'cause people who mind

don't matter, and people who matter don't care. "

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I know this is off topic, but I wanted to share it with you because in a way it

is very funny, not the act, but the stupidity of some people. This was in our

newspaper yesterday, and if yours is associated with the NY Times, you may have

seen it. Seems this man was on his way to anger manaagement class when he

became angry and struck a woman at a bus stop. Boudin pleaded guilty to

5th degree assault and can expect a sentence of up to 120 days. Boudin was

waiting at a bus stop when he accosted a 59 year old woman and others. " Why

don't you show me some respect? " yelling at the woman. When she took out her

cell phone to call police, he hit her in the face. A 63 year old man tried to

stop him, when Boudin turned around and hit the poor man with a blue folder,

which then fell to the ground and he ran away.

That's the sad part, that people can't feel safe waiting for a bus without

being acosted by a stranger for naught. The police tracked him down through the

blue folder he left at the scene. Seems the blue folder had his anger

management homewowrk and his name. How thoughtful was that to leave this clue.

That's the funny part.

cheers,

Lottie

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