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No fentanyl for me. I guess the new strategery for pain management is 10mg Bootstrap pills once ever 12 hours.

Hey, it's almost time, where's my boots?

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Basically, republicans want everyone except them to die.

They have no clue who is going to mow their yards for them and no clue who is going to swab out their nasty toilets, do their filthy laundry and work on their cars when they break down but they believe that once all of the non-republicans and non-whites are dead, 'murika will be the perfect Utopia.

No more darkies and no more durdy libs will mean perfection.

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I heard about a woman in West Virginia who was more concerned about gay marriage and abortion than her own horrible healthcare situation. Weird because IMHO people always do the thing that benefits them the most. Probably no one in her family was gay, likely to marry gay, or have an abortion (or at least one they'd tell her about) but taking care of herself apparently was not on the agenda. And not the martyr type, either.

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That's "I've got mine, now fuck you." A phrase that applies to so many Greed Over People actions: efforts to repeal the ACA, tax cuts for the rich and corporations, taxpayer dollars funding private religious education, having public rallies to enlarge one's um, ego, and refusing to do any work since no one holds them accountable and they get paid anyway. Because 'Murica.

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I have known a guy like that. I still can't understand it at all.

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Bless their hearts!

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"Sorry" is Republican for "Fuck you"

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She and Debra Messing are getting into it on Twitter, as I understand. She had the sheer, unmitigated gall to call Messing "self-righteous." Fucking Cow! She needs to take a whole row of seats!

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Yeah, people really seem to like the preexisting conditions protections. Funny that.

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Thank you, friend. It is most comforting to hear from those who've been there. I've been told I needed this surgery for over 20 years but through pain meds, lots of yoga, and mindful living I've been able to put it off until now.

I'm fired up and ready to start recovery.

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Hat Tip to you and the rest of the scar laden wonkettariat for the wise and caring advice.

Wonkette is my kind of WEB MD. Thank you everyone, this is tough.

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Just discussed it with them, thank you sarafina.

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They have heard my (and sarafina's) complaints. To be fair though, being "comfortable" after such a barbaric procedure is unlikely no matter what.

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All correct. Except they wouldn't say "sorry".

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The GOP's appetite for making policy with a cost sharing, re distributive system like health insurance can be boiled down to the words 'I got mine and I'm not sick today and if you are sick, sorry.'

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Bitch about that. Loudly and constantly. Make sure the doctor knows.

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