Neither here nor there

and then doctors have the audacity to talk about patients who are “trying to game the system” to get access to treatment. it’s like, yeah if the medical system is set up like a game that only awards healthcare to people who play it well enough, patients will try their best to win that game. what is their other option?

of course people are going to learn exactly what to say and how to perform to get the treatment they need. if there is no other way to survive than fawning and soothing doctors’ egos and listing off textbook descriptions of things in order while acting like they have no knowledge at all of their own body and no capacity to make decisions on their own —then people will do that. to survive.

In the past, a week in this hospital has cost us $300 for both of us to get food we can actually prepare and eat in a hospital room. We are looking at some insane upcoming costs, even if our insurance covers everything directly related to the surgery, because it absolutely won't cover the food costs.

oh, and I'm going through a cancer scare, waiting on a biopsy. Just totally separate from all this, so yknow. Sort of bracing for things to get worse.

Anything helps with this. I made art and you can buy pieces at my kofi If you'd like to help directly, I have a gfm and my payment links are as follows. Dm for proof or details.

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- P*ypal - [email protected]

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You get the whole walk cycle and the little sprint at the end.

Sometimes her sprints last for like 4 or 5 seconds and she can shoot herself off the couch or into a wall if she gets a grip with her back claws. If she does it next to a wall, her head smacking into it sounds like someone is trying to break into the house. She doesn't wake up.