homework 34

birth is a special beautiful thing most couples could possibly go through. birth is the event of yet another human being coming into the world. they say that a person is born every 10 seconds and a person dies every 30. birth is a procreation of life. it all starts with the the water breaking and the women going through possibly hours of labor. she has to sit there in a lot of pain for her to diolate to 10cm, and then start pushing until the baby is crowning. most of the time the mother is then happy its all over with and now has a beautiful baby boy or girl.

but then there goes the cons about birth. for some, birth is a rememberence of what happened to them. for example rape. girls get rapped and end up pregent, but dont believe in abortions, they give birth to the baby. but now everytime they see that kid, they remember how they was concieved. another senario is if its a teen couple and they accidently get pregnent, they would give the baby up for adoption. the women has to go through hours of pain to then give the baby up to another family.

in my family birth is a good thing. the whole family gets excited and is filled with joy. they help each other out and do for each other. they go and visit each other more often than what we would normally do.

homework 29

different domains:

1) accepting fait and the fact that you could be dying
2) attacking the illness head on
3) being around love ones..family and friends
4) being in debt from medical bills
5) different options of treatment

homewrk 28 comments

lora:

i think that what your doing is a good thing, with wantin gto spend more time with your family and trying to get them involved with each other. after reading your blog, i think i would feel the same way you do now after knowing that your grandmas life is becoming harder and harder and she cant really do much for herself, but yet she tries. at least that shows that she isnt being completly useless. i noticed how you said in your blog that it was hard to see how they were becoming helpless. i think that is true with most people that get sick or old, but your grandma is living her life everyday and is enjoying it.

matthew:

i read your blog and i thought it was good. i could relate to you and having a blind family member. i have two of them. both of my parents and yes it is hard to watch to see them struggle and go through life having to depend on people. but along with that, they suffer from clinical depression, and my mom had breast cancer as well. but how close are you to him? and how would that affect the way it makes you feel?

homework 27

so over the break, i went out and visited a person who was ill. the person is living with three different types of cancer. breat, ovarean, and skin. she got diagnosed with breast cancer when she was about 14years old. followed by ovarean, then recently skin. she doesnt do any kemo or radiation treatments. she believes in natural healing. she doesnt want to do any surgery or anything. she feeds off the emotions of others. she there is good spirit and good energy around her she feels a lot better. there are times where she is having a bad day because she is in a lot of pain, but she sticks it out. she doesnt let her illness stop her from living her life. she takes it and uses it as an energy source to keep her motivated to do her work, go to school, take care of her family, and then still have time to chill with friends and significant other.

she doesnt seem to be a big fan in resting too much because she figures she would rest forever when she does die one day. she had even made a bucket list. a list of certain things she would love to do before she dies. while she still has the chance to be happy and herself. she doesnt show any symptoms of being sick. she looks just like an average person and you wouldnt believe she was even sick at all unless she told you. at first when she found out she didnt tell anyone. she didnt know how to embrasse it. but she got over it, she wasnt going to let her illness beat her. she wasnt going to become the bitch of the situation and have her illness take controll of her.

so till this day, she is living at home and is feeling as good as she can be. she is enjoying her live, and is doing just about all the things she wants to do. she is going to college, and is working in the city. she is looking forward to her 21st birthday and all the ones to come after that. she has never been more of an inspiration in my life and i would love to live life like her if one day god forbid i got really sick.

homework 26

ideas/insights: not everybody has medical insurance, people who do haved it are sitll in debt because their medical insurance doesnt cover for everything (from the moovie sicko), people deal with their illness in different ways (class discussion), once you learn how to die, you learn how to live (tuesdays with morrie)

the number one source was that movie sicko that was very helpful. i didnt really understand why people were always complaining about the health care we have in the united states and how they always think that canada is better. its because they dont have to pay for anything. people in the us have to pay for a lot of stuff and its a question as to why are we the only people who have to pay doctors to take care of us? the classroom was also a good source because when the speaker came in, it also gave us a point of view on the family perspective. the book i was reading, was full of a lot of insights. however, my favorite one was once we learn how to die, we learn how to live. this book personally gave me a whole new outlook on death. i felt like i got a personal one on one interview with morrie and to learn his phylosophy on life was very touching.

maybe some things we could learn or focus on is maybe talking to someone who is actually dying. i know someone who is dying of cancer and i know she would be happy to talk to the class about what she is going through. maybe we could talk to someone who knows a lot about the medical care in the united states. possibly read another book about illness and dying.

homework 25

in class, we watched the movie sicko. a movie by michael moore. it showed about how people with health care are still having to be billed expensive costs for the services by the doctor. even though they have health care and they think they have to pay little to no cost, it is actually the total opposite. people with health care are still having to pay thousands of dollars for their medicine or doctor visits. there was also how people are getting rejected from health care because of past injuries or pre existing medical conditions. a lot of health care insurances wont cover just about anything. for example, they would reject you if you have even a sty. but however in other countries for example in england, or canada, they dont have to pay for health insurance. their country pays for everything. they dont recieve bills or get rejected for anything. they get great service and dont have to worry about how they are going to pay the next bill.

i thought that the movie was very imformative. i wouldnt have guessed that our countries health care was that bad. i think that it is totally wrong how they would reject people because they have a pre existing conditions that they could not do anything about. people shouldnt be punished for having health problems that cant be prevented on their own. our country always talks about how nobody should be left behind, or how everyone is equal, that is a lot of bs.

since i had good health care, at first, i didnt want to believe it because that means it could happen to me. but i dont know if that is true or not because so far i have gotten everything covered for me and never had to pay anything. so now im scared that one day im going to need a major surgery and its not going to be covered and im going to be stuck with a huge bill. being in debt because of medical expensives is stupid and shouldnt be allowed. if we cant have free medical care, they obviously our country doesnt care if we die or not because all they really are is money hungry and trying to scam everybody out of their last dollar.

homework 24

i must say one of the most favorite quotes in the book is "when you learn how to die, you learn how to live"(page 104) i think that is a very powerful quote. it might be short, but it is very true. people take lives for granted. we feel like we could do whatever we want and think that we are not going to die. even though death is all around us and everybody has heard of at least one person dying, however if its not a person thinking they are not going to die, then its them thinking that they are going to live for a very long time. for example like 120 years old or so. and around that age they are going to be very healthy and still do whatever they want.

so thats why it takes us years to actually take care of our bodies. when we are young we go out get drunk, smoke, eat fatty foods, pretty much destroy our bodies and think its going to be okey because we are going to have time when we get older. so then we pay for it when we get around 30. but when we are about to face death, that all changes. we try to save ourselves and change our lives around. we still think we have time to undo the damage that was done to us. but its really too late to change anything that was already done.

all you could do is learn to cope with what it is you have in live and work with it. not around it. its not until reality hits you that you are just like everyone else and that you are going to die, to then want to be a better person to society. death is like a event in your live that then gives you a reality check to life and how you are living it. it makes you think weather you want to continue with what you are doing, or do you want to change it.

in another part of the book, they were talking about family and how with out family there really was much of a reason for morrie to continue fighting with his illness. that family gave him joy in his life, and that family is something that can never be removed. you have people and friends in your life that come and visit you here and there to check in or say hi and then leave. but with family, they are there forever weather you want them to or not. and they give you all the love and joy in the world when you need them the most