I am lying on the couch typing on an old laptop connected by Lynx to my other computers because I think I am too tired to sit up right. It’s very hot on my lap though and I’m always hot…and tired. Excessive bleeding, joint and abdominal pain, frequent shortness of breath, elevated blood pressure and pulse, trouble sleeping, frequent bowel spasms and activity and nausea at any time for no apparent reason are no fun either. I could put up with all this but the 3 nearly fatal choking incidences this week due to my triple sized thyroid has convinced me that it has too be shrunk before I die stupidly before my time. I now see the wisdom of the damned radioactive iodine. The freaking PTU does little for my symptoms and nothing toward shrinking. It’s that or surgery. Surgery is too drastic at this point unless they know its cancer. There have been several bossy people trying to tell me what to do or implying I’m not really sick. I wonder why they feel the need to do that? Everyone’s situation is different and nobody knows what it’s like to be someone else or have their exact set of circumstances and symptoms. So I’m not looking for any medical advice here. I have a brain and a certain amount of medical knowledge as well. I have studied this situation from all angles.

I recently saw Michael Moore’s “Sicko.” His basic premise is correct. Our medical system is unfair and leaves many people behind. You can nitpick and find fault all you want but how can you reasonably deny the basic premise? There is so much Michel Moore hatred out there. I don’t understand. Okay I guess people are going to let me have it on this one. Comments are welcome but no Anonymous ones. If I have the guts you can too. Go ahead and listen to my remarks on the healthcare system at http://belinda_subraman.podomatic.com before dishing it out, okay?