I had “the worst herniated c5-c6” my surgeon and ortho docs had ever seen, and I could not feel or use one arm, I could barely breathe or talk and I couldn’t fucking move. parts of my disc were traveling up and down my spinal canal causing spinal cord injury symptoms. my surgeon decided to operate immediately or else I might. Idk. become permanently quadriplegic?
but my insurance, not understanding the severity of my illness or not caring, wouldn’t cover the surgery to fix it unless I went to the hospital and sat in the emergency room and waited for twelve fucking hours. that was the only way they would cover the surgery within a week.
I had HOURS for nerve damage to become a permanent issue. I wasted so many of them because of this bullshit. this country is absolutely deranged and makes being sick and disabled so needlessly traumatic and morbid. It’s such a horrible fucking joke
for the Europeans/Canadians/Aussies— this is literally a best-case-scenario for Americans in my exact same circumstances, too. This was a “good” hospital. I have “good” insurance. This was a “good” doctor who was on my side and literally wanted me to have the surgery. and it still(!!!) didn’t work out in anyones favor except for my insurance company.
to save MONEY
disabled Americans are all being held hostage by a capitalist death cult and not even our doctors can save us
