Comments on: A Morning With My Own, Personal Glass

By: Meredith

Meredith — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 16:26:44 +0000

I love this! It makes me want to take note of my own personal glass throughout the day. Excellent way of framing things.

By: Donna Hull

Donna Hull — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:33:41 +0000

Enjoyed this piece, Ruth. I started out thinking I knew where you were going but then you surprised me, as you always do.

By: Melanie Haiken

Melanie Haiken — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 08:16:29 +0000

This is so great; funny and moving at the same time. Your back and forth structure reminds me of this children’s book I read as a child, then hunted down in a used book store for my own kids. It was called Fortunately….Unfortunately… and related a series of related cause-and-effect events in which one fortunate event would then trigger the opposite, unfortunate consequence. It was hilarious and very perspective enhancing and I often think of it to this day.

By: Kris @ Big Island On The Cheap

Kris @ Big Island On The Cheap — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:32:35 +0000

Ruth, I always enjoy reading your take on the day to day.

By: Claudine M Jalajas

Claudine M Jalajas — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:26:07 +0000

I’ve been living in NY too long. I always ask outright, “do you take my insurance” because I know that taking the card is not an indicator that they’re billing anyone for me. C’est la guerre

By: Sheryl

Sheryl — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:41:18 +0000

Ruth, I was having lunch around the corner on that day, celebrating a good friend’s birthday. When we walked out of the restaurant, we saw the crime scene and were told someone got shot and killed. All I kept thinking was, “How sad, while I was enjoying my lobster ravioli and lemon tart for dessert, someone was losing their life.” It did really shake me up.

By: Jennifer Margulis

Jennifer Margulis — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:04:39 +0000

I don’t think you should have paid that bill Ruth. I think those doctors are crooks and their behavior was totally unacceptable. I think you should have told them to bill you and then fought it. But this post is about so much more than that. You are alive and healthy, not gunned down like a 19th century buffalo. I’d say the glass is full. And I appreciate the reminder to think positively in spite of the crooks in our health care system!!

By: Ward

Ward — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 04:25:33 +0000

Thank God our government tells us we have the best healthcare system in the world! No fixes needed. What you need, Ruth, is a tax cut. That will fix everything that ails ya.

By: Tessa

Tessa — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 17:15:18 +0000

Holy shit! a thousand bucks for a few simple tests? Ruth, I had exactly the same type of physical carried out last week, with a Pap test thrown in, for zip, zero, nada dollars, courtesy of Canada’s universal health care system. Yet ordinary Americans are being bamboozled by Faux News etc. into protesting against a public option on health care reform. Colour me gob-smacked.
(One thing common to both countries’ health care system, it seems, is snotty and/pr bad-tempered doctor’s assistants!)

By: Anne Gibert

Anne Gibert — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 01:28:35 +0000

I was interested in the comment from the doctor’s wife. Gosh, I thought, as I read that, poor thing. She and her physician husband are just a couple of victims of nasty insurance companies and careless patients who should get over their emotional confusions and keep their minds on the main thing.
It’s money, honey.