That makes sense, it’s a lot of pressure to use the heftiest painkiller you have. In vet med, we are always worried about which cost might be the one that tips a patient into “too expensive, just euthanize” so the pressure is more even.

My experience is vet tech, not human medicine but to me morphine seems like an odd choice for a first treatment for shoulder pain. Every doctor and hospital has their own preferences, of course, and maybe she's not mentioning the broken collar bone?

Hope the poor kid only had a cold.

I assume she’s thinking of the flu vaccine’s variable coverage? Poor kid thinking she’s still due to get ‘lesser’ forms of measles and rubella.

I’m sure the quack doctor just coincidentally had the same blood type as Sheen. Quack Doctor didn’t invent injecting Sheen with disease-free Doctor blood as a cover for the slight of hand switch necessary to inject all participants with their own blood.

I would bet it wasn’t only women that were uncomfortable — especially if there were some wives and girlfriends in the mix. Men who see this as stupid and ugly don’t have any better chance speaking up than a woman would — a betrayal of ‘bro culture’ can be career suicide.

They are just the at home version of booth babes at trade shows.

So, it's okay for kids to watch grown men injure themselves and each other for the entertainment of others — but if those kids see cleavage they are traumatized? Americans are weird.

Yep, I could totally stab those people but odds are better I'd vomit on them then fall over. Please feel free to take your meds and then stab them on my behalf.

I still run into people (even real medical types) who still believe that migraine is just a exaggerated headache, too much stress, eating that one thing Dr. Phil said not to eat, always totally controlled by meds advertised on TV, actually a hang over, drug seeking behavior, lack of trying hard enough to get past it,…

I think it’s important to shatter the misconception that abuse only happens to weak people who don’t stand up for themselves. It’s a pervasive for of victim blaming and makes it harder for victims to accept help.

Some depression symptoms match up with what she’s reported (aches, exhaustion). It might be that depression is the primary illness but she's looking for a more socially acceptable diagnosis.

As someone with chronic migraines (another ‘imaginary’ disease) I really hate it when health issues are misrepresented. It just leads to more people doubting those who are suffering, and more people spouting stupid cures.

Every combative subject gets shot. It must be a damned short training course.

I think officers need some training in spotting illnesses too — a bystander might not recognize an epileptic seizure and know what number to call. That's no excuse for the police to apply a taser because the seizure victim won't respond to commands.

Right now paramedics are asked to go into many of the same situations as police officers —differently worded 911 requests, domestic incidents, or just coincidental violence on a call. They only rarely have armed backup but still manage to negotiate heated situations.

I have insurance, but I’ve learned not to ask for painkillers the times I’ve ended up in the ER (for migraines). They’ll offer painkillers if I ask for fluids and anti-emetics but if I ask for painkillers they'll give me Benedryl.

Hey, I know a Wisconsin politician that sure seems like a scumbag to me . . .

Where should they aim?

It scares me that there might need to be a law forbidding shackling of prisoners with mobility problems, prisoners with wounded limbs, prisoners with seizure disorders ... Pregnant women are not the most vulnerable group out there, they are just the most politically expedient.