Well both docs agreed to do the surgery together!!! Scheduled for January 17th. Let the bills commence!
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How’s your insurance?
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High deductible. I’m guessing it’s gonna cost me round 10k unfortunately.
Ouch. I get that the system you have over in the US appeals to some, but it’s kinda nice knowing that if the same thing were to happen to me the cost would be about 150$. I make a decent wage though, but if I hadn’t been 10k would just be a crushing expense. I wish you a speedy recovery after the surgery!
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But can you walk in, get the scans/tests, and then schedule the needed repair for in the very near future?
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Hey Jack been MIA for some time… just saw the video of the trampoline.
Damn man.
Long time to mid january, hope you’re doing fine.
Just skipped to the end of of your log, have I missed anything else?
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Not too much mort. Just training around the injury. Not too bad overall. Started taking HGH to hopefully speed the recovery and it can’t hurt in the gainzz department either. Thanks for checking in. You been good?
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Depends on the severity of the injury
Free healthcare is a literal lifesaver.
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Free is a misleading term. How much tax is taken out of your pay for these free services? If I’m smart with my taxes which I am, I take home over 80% of my income. I’d rather keep it and choose how to spend it than let the government make those choices for me.
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This is a very good point and something people often overlook. The problem however can come when people live to their means and don’t put away some money for those what if moments. You may take home more pay but how many people have $20k put away for a illness or injury. ?
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Yeah, I’d never sell anyone on the idea of taxes with the argument that they get free services, but rather that anyone - no matter what hardship befalls them and theirs - gets access to care that is free.
I’m not well-read up enough to know what the process is if say one’s child ends up in the hospital in the US but if I were a parent then that’s a situation in which I’d be glad to not have to worry about the expense. Illnesses, accidents, or whatever is usually enough of a pain on their own to deal with.
Anyway, sorry @jackolee, I wasn’t trying to turn your log to a politics thread and just meant to check-in to see that you were okay financially.
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Thanks man! I appreciate it. It’s a hit for sure but we’ll be fine. Just happy to get it over with and only have to go under once. Have a good weekend everyone
The problem here is that this already happens. If you go to the ER then you will get treated and billed. Illegal immigrants and people in welfare don’t pay their bill. The government can’t garnish wages for people who don’t exist (illegal immigrants) or people who don’t have jobs.
Lots of people abuse our services and it drives the cost up for the rest of us.
I have a $750 deductible. Once I hit that, I pay 20% of my healthcare expenses. I have a $2500 max out of pocket expense (the most I will pay). I hit that in June with my surgery so my physical therapy has been free for the past five months.
Healthcare plans vary greatly. They’re used by employers as incentives. They might not pay more than another company, but they offer good benefits which can end up being better.
Healthcare is also becoming more privatized and I think that’ll help those of us who manage our money well.
And to add to that, I have a happy, healthy 3 year old who wouldn’t be alive without that service. I don’t know what the exact bill would have been for his care but i’m reasonably confident i will never pay enough tax in my entire life to cover it.
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Yeah I get ha there. Insurance payed over a million bucks when my wife was fighting cancer. I really can’t complain about it ever again lol
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11/25
Woke 168.8
Road trip to Chicago for the week to see my brother and his family and… I forgot my dumbbells!!! That was a dumb move but oh well. I’ll just get creative and do a bunch of body weight calisthenics type stuff.
10 and 1/2 more hours in the car today. Good news is that I picked all my meals so I wont have to deal with the terrible feeling after a day of driving and crappy food!
Probably will be MIA till next week. Hope everyone has a good thanksgiving.
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11/30
Woke 170.2
A week with limited training opportunities and far less structure to my diet and life added a few lbs but overall I’d call it a success.
We got home from Chicago last night and oh man did my bed feel good. Been sleeping on a futon at my brothers for the week.
It’s hard for me to tell how the HGH is treating me. I feel pretty lean but the weight is staying steady somewhere between 167 and 170. Hopefully that means that I’m putting on some gains and loosing fat at the same time. I think the only true test will be if I compete again in the spring. I know my contest weight was around 159 so if I come in heavier than that then success!
Unfortunately my shoulder has been bothering me quite a bit as of late. It’s on the back side of the delt and hurts worst when reaching across my body like reaching over to scratch behind the other shoulder. Hopefully it’s just a strain and nothing major. There wasn’t a specific incident where I know I did something.
Today’s supposed to be shoulders so I’ll do a lot of warm up and stretching and see how it goes.
Today’s work will include
Plate raises
Barbell ohp
Dumbbell ohp
Arnold press
Dumbbell front felt raises
Cable rear deltcpulls
Dumbbell reverse flys
Cable lateral raises
Dumbbell lateral raises
Should be plenty to destroy them.
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12/2
Woke 168.6
Right back where I need to be… the week of no work sure was refreshing and I’m feeling ready to get back into my routine.
Today’s chest and triceps. I miss leg day, but don’t think it would be smart to risk further injury just to have a ho hum workout.
Flat cable press 3x15
Incline cable press 3x15
Flat cable fly 3x15
Incline cable fly 3x15
High Iron cross 3x15
Low iron cross 3x15
Tricep push down 3x15
Rope tricep push down 3x15
Overhead Riso tricep extensions 3x15
Kickbacks 3x15
Skull crushers 3x15
Pushups to failure
This sessions gonna be a test of will. I’ll give it everything I’ve got that’s for sure.
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Had to google cable press. Looks interesting? Is it much different than dumbbell press?