pre-existing condition Archives • BOOMERPDX

page contents Google

HEALTHCARE VOTE FOR CANCER COURAGE, CANCER COWARD

July 26, 2017 by David Gillaspie

What are the chances of any U.S. Senator feeling the pain of cancer, or any other pre-existing condition? John McCain is front and center with a brain tumor. Let’s watch his healthcare vote to decide if the rest of America deserves the same medical attention as a U.S. Senator. This is the Navy flier who […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: brain tumor, cancer survivor, cancer treatment, early detection, health insurance, healthcare vote, hpv16, hpv16 cancer, hpv16 throat cancer, hpv16 tongue cancer, john mcCain, p16, pre-existing condition, senate, senate healthcare vote, survive cancer, u.s. senator, u.s.senate

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, PT3: MILLENNIAL ILLNESS

May 7, 2017 by David Gillaspie

This graph shows the age of BoomerPDX readers. From a boomer blogger to millennials, I’m glad you read this blog. Not all news is good, but good ideas help open the right doors. I’m as surprised as anyone to see who shows up here, and millennials lead the pack according to Google Analytics. And they […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: aged people, analytics, blogger, BOOMER, boomer blogger, boomerpdx, boomerpdx readers, boomerpdx traffic, elderly, Google analytics, Google+, health, health challenges, health decisions, health insuranceconditions, healthcare, millennal illness, millennial, millennials, pre-existing condition, pre-existing conditions, seniors, youth

PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS, pt2: FAMILY TRAUMA

May 5, 2017 by David Gillaspie

Illness defines family trauma over time and it’s exhausting. Remember the movie Ordinary People? The family dynamic wasn’t defined by illness, but death of a child. It didn’t go well for the emotional state of all. There’s was a sudden adjustment with a lifetime effect. Living with a pre-existing condition, or around others with pre-existing […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: aca, AHCA, Christian, D-Day, Death, emotions, family, family emotion, illness, LDS church, lifetime, mercy, mo brooks, Mormon, Normandy, obamacare, Patient protection, pre-existing condition, pre-existing conditions, WWII

PRE-EXISTING CONDITION AFTER CANCER DIAGNOSIS

May 4, 2017 by David Gillaspie

The day a cancer diagnosis becomes a pre-existing condition Like we learn everyday when things change, everybody is different. What you do after a cancer diagnosis isn’t the same as someone else. They might go along their way as if hearing a bee buzzing nearby. Shoo, cancer/bee. Or they might fall down on their […]

Filed Under: Toughen Up Tagged With: AARP, aca, bible belt, cancer, cancer diagnosis, cancer treatment, Civil War, congress, health insurance, health insurance policy, hope, house of representatives, hurrican katrina, insurance, insurance policy, national prayer day, obamacare, obamacare repeal, power of hope, prayer, pre-existing condition, the south, the southland