On Sat 21 Feb 2009 11:35:42p, sf told us...

> On Sat, 21 Feb 2009 22:37:20 -0500, "cybercat" >
> wrote:
>>
>>"Blinky the Shark" > wrote in message
>>news
>>> Tonia wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> "LindaR" > wrote in message
>>>>
>>>> ... On Jan 28, 5:09 pm, Blinky the Shark >
>>>> wrote:
>>>>> I feel like shit. I may have about ten minutes, here
> <snip>
>>>>
>>>> Well hell, if I had codeine tablets I wouldn't be worried about
posting
>>>> on here for some
>>>> home remedies......LMAO! Jeez, let me know who your DR is because I
>>>
>>> I don't have a doctor.
>>>
>>
>>This is just upsetting.
>
> Yes, it is. On more than one level too. Where were his real life
> friends or family? He didn't have to die! Emergency rooms are used
> as Dr's offices by the uninsured in California. We also have free
> clinics scattered around and cities like LA have many - some of which
> are affiliated with teaching universities.
>
> Unfortunately, I know just how he felt because I've been there. He
> didn't have enough energy to get out of bed and endure sitting in the
> ER for whatever time it took to be seen. Getting there would have
> been impossible unless he called a cab (with no energy, even that's
> too hard) - or someone who insists and assists.
>
> What I don't understand is he was a productive citizen, so what
> happened to his health insurance? He could be a poster boy for
> national health insurance!

I've missed a lot of the threads related to Blinky's passing. Was it ever
established exactly what he died from?

--
Wayne Boatwright

"One man's meat is another man's poison"
- Oswald Dykes, English writer, 1709.