Notes on life, philosophy, and medicine

it's like an apprenticeship; we have to pass our information from one person to the next somehow. ain't too shabby. Addendum: 4/3/2021  except it cost a bucket load of money  and you are thrown into a system full of not only goodness but sharks  blessed enough to care for individuals  serve them with our medical knowledge  or too fatigued to do more  shut down from public discussions and public health  because time and emotion is drained working within a system  complicated by bureaucratic ideas  policy upon policy  financial stake of unrelated third parties  so there's that too.

so today a non certified, not great vietnamese speaker was asked to be my dad's translator and the result of the evaluation utilizing said interpreter was that my father would not be able to have an awake craniotomy. and because he can't speak english very well right now (however much very well means - no one actually tested his ability), he won't be able to get a functional mri. okay so i understand that not everyone meets the criteria for every therapies or treatments, but language??? Shouldn't we be beyond that? healthcare system, i feel let down.

happiness, hopefulness, joy, content, peace...makes a difference in your health. god is the intellectual creator of our bodies and nothing man-made has come close to the intricate detail that was put into the creation/design/functionality/cooperativity that our body exhibits.