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Jun 4, 2002 | 08:09 AM

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BrianZ

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Hey, that kinda looks like beef jerky!

Jun 4, 2002 | 08:13 AM

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Originally posted by rouxeny
Actually, the American way is to live the way you like and have other's pay for the consequences. I don't smoke. Should I have to pay for the health care of those who do? It may be an addiction, but to some degree, there's still some choice involved.

You got that right. Of course the problem is that just about everything other people do affects you, because the government is so pervasive and YOU pay taxes.

What about all the kids with the loud steroes in their cars? I'm the one who's gonna be funding their hearing aid when they're on welfare because they couldn't stay in school to educate themselves because they were out having kids that I have to pay for. I don't have any children, but I pay taxes so other people who have kids, and pay less taxes, can send theirs to school on my nickel. That's how all social programs are: somebody is paying for somebody elses free ride. Of course the alternative is everybody pay their own way, and the difference between the "haves" and "have-nots" will get bigger and bigger and then everybody will scream for taxing the rich more, and where does that money go?

There's no way out of this mess because people have become so dependent on the government and because almost everybody is a "victim" these days.

Freedom comes with a price: RESPONSIBILITY.

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Jun 4, 2002 | 08:33 AM

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Yeah Doc Bonz, whoever the person is they are pissed..I say he's got only a short time to live...better buy a z and make the best of it I say

What would you say that smoker has...soemthing made up and fun like nico-thorax or hemo-pneumo-nico-tar-thorax

Jun 4, 2002 | 08:44 AM

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How about FECAL-THORAX

Jun 4, 2002 | 08:52 AM

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And that's why they call you Doc Bonz!!! Perfect name.

Cuz it really is nasty in there.

I dealt with some gal the other day in the ED, was drunk out of her mind and on something, and all she could ask for was her smokes...this while shes threatening to beat up an EMT trainee and telling me she doesn't like my name because it starts with a particular letter....ha ha

Nasty habit. And sometimes it makes for nasty dispositions in pt's if they don't get their fix.

Jun 4, 2002 | 09:23 AM

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I didn't know you were in the medical field Excilio. Are you a doc or an ER nurse or what?

Jun 4, 2002 | 09:52 AM

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I am in the hunt for a position as a PA.

I'm looking at either doing surgical pa or a ed pa. I am just starting out actually...I love it. I got my EMT a little while back so now I am trying to get the xp I need to work as an ER Tech while I go to school and get my edu pre-reqs out of the way.

For now though I just continue working at my regular FT job in the glmaorous world of high tech...ick. Until next spring. Then I will quit and be a FT student. So I am trying to get the xp I need through volunteering or working as an EMT on a rig.

So much crap going on right now it is hard to keep up..my friends theink I am crazy to want to shift careers and especially be around eviscerate wounds and blood...but it is a real rush..one that I did not expect...I'm loving every sec...but they won't let me be a full fledged ER Tech until I have a year of direct pt care...which is reasonable I guess...but it's hard to get that xp while working ft...

Long rant, sorry.

Jun 4, 2002 | 10:06 AM

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damn exsilio, what was her name?
I probably know her - hehe

Sounds like this hoochie-mama some friend brought over to my apt last weekend... came in with half a bottle of bacardi in her hand (had already drank the other half), talkin about how her dad is the biggest drug dealer in Fairfield, and then I find out later she's 3 months pregnant while she's outside chainsmoking!
Some people...

Jun 4, 2002 | 11:28 AM

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That's cool. Hang in there. If it's really what you want to do and you really enjoy it, the time is well worth it. A busy PA makes some pretty good bucks salary too!

Jun 4, 2002 | 11:53 AM

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I make a better salary now. heh heh

It's not about the money though. I know it is important to put food on the table and roof over my head...but I am making the change because as corny as it sounds...I feel as though it was something I meant to do.

If I was a bit younger I would go to medical school. But I think being a PA will give me a certain amount of latitude and flexibility. I wontmake what a doctor makes, but I won't work the same hours. And I can change specialties fairly easily.

So we shall see, it's a long road...but I am already making the move. Got my EMT, selling my BMW and going to simplify other things as I prepare for school.