{"id":4765,"date":"2012-11-16T12:37:03","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T17:37:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beginnersheart\/?p=4765"},"modified":"2012-11-16T12:37:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T17:37:03","slug":"day-16-of-a-month-of-thanksgiving-medical-technology-insurance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beginnersheart\/2012\/11\/day-16-of-a-month-of-thanksgiving-medical-technology-insurance.html","title":{"rendered":"day 16 of a month of Thanksgiving: medical technology (& insurance) ~"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Despite what it may look like, this is NOT a torture device. And it’s not\u00a0really\u00a0<\/em>a toe screw (which IS \u00a0an official instrument of torture). \u00a0Nope, this is what I’m grateful for today: my newest in a long line of weird foot gear…<\/p>\n

It’s subbing for another painful, disorienting, and EXPENSIVE surgical procedure. So I’m verrry glad to have it. Even if it doesn’t work — and it seems to be, albeit verrry sloooowly — it doesn’t HURT.<\/p>\n

But here’s the deal: without insurance? I’d just have to gimp along. Painfully, as that’s the way one gimps w\/out joint replacement, when they (the joints) wear out. Luckily, I have insurance, and the joint replacement to prove it. And yet another addition to my collection of ‘boots’ (sigh… sooo not the cowboy boots I once wore!) \u00a0Still, \u00a0today I’m very grateful for the wonders of medical technology and the insurance that allows me to avail myself of them. Even if this is NOT a fashion statement.<\/p>\n

My toe screw (I know — I said it wasn’t a\u00a0real\u00a0<\/em>one, but that’s what we call it :)) is a mixed blessing, as are many of the things I find myself contemplating these days. Aging — great to know more stuff. Not so cool to be gimpy. Retirement: great to have more time, but where is it?? Autumn: wonderful fall colours and weather, but that means winter is right around the corner…! Thanksgiving with wonderful family… etc. You get the drift.<\/p>\n

So this 16th day of this month of Thanksgiving, what do you find to be grateful for? Even if it’s a two-edged sword,…?<\/p>\n

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