str8ner

OG, I wish you both a speedy recovery.

Tacet-Conundrum

That's all crap because your doctor can authorize a refill before the TIME lapses. Usually you can't get a refill on a prescription with refills before the 28th day, four weeks. That is for schedule IIIs and up.

D-Uber Cars

Paul,
Wishing Sean, your wife and you the best.

ADias

I have family and friends in Canada. They complain bitterly about wait times and serious rationing. It's also well known that several Canadian MPs routinely come to the US for high-risk health procedures... Of course, the Feds are forcing the Canadian health system upon us, and that's what we should worry about and vote against.

Re OG... do not worry about the bureaucratic pressure. Let things run their course, make sure your insurance payments and co-payments are paid on time and all will be well.

kyrocks

Don't judge until you've experienced both systems personally. People in the US are very closed minded (in general) when it comes to other countries. That's right, "all will be well" if, and only if, you have money in the US.

Tacet-Conundrum

Please, keep this thread on topic. Don't let it devolve into a health care debate. I could go on for hours on the subject but let's face it, its like beating a dead horse.

Snowboarder54

Paul, best of luck to you my "old" friend. I have two sons of my own and two young grandsons, 23 months and 8 months, my thoughts and prayers are with you. I can't imagine what you are going through!

MarkD

+1

take care OG

amaist

Thanks for sharing your story.

I hope it will all work out fine. The good news is your son is 16. Everything heals better when you are young.

And this is just another useful reminder how I should stay ever vigilant regarding my own sons' (6 months and 3 years) safety. All too easy to miss something or give up on something. All the stupid stories about how in the old days we didn't need any safety devices are getting annoying. Sure, all of us here survived. But how many kids needlessly died or got permanently injured because they didn't use some safety device? A helmet doesn't even get in the way of fun after one get's used to having it on.

It's not that as a father I should be an annoying mother hen. But I am supposed to be the adult in this matter and do or insist on what I think is right.

And please don't take it the wrong way. It's very difficult to convince kids to do the right thing. None of us are perfect and accidents will happen. People are too quick to judge parents when something happens. It's very easy to say that one should insist on this or prohibit that. My best friend's mom always prohibited him from having a motorcycle. She found out he had one after an accident a week after which my friend died.

Good luck to all of you and get well soon.

C4S993

As I was reading the story line about your son I was thinking of my sister's late husband who after a few too many fell in the living room and nailed the edge of a chair. Some blood and a head ache was the result so he took a nap to sleep it off and never woke up; he had a slow bleed in his brain (Hemotoma) and a visit to the ER, and a simple release of the pressure, would have saved him.

Larry Cable

+1

Larry Cable

what sort of health coverage did the horse have?

Tacet-Conundrum

San Francisco Health...