Those old hippies are at it again! The last time they mobilized they changed the world, stopped a war and brought everyone some incredible rock and roll. Those hippies are now seniors and they are mobilizing again. This time against the healthcare system that is killing them long before they need to exit the planet. This time the old hippies are going to change how seniors live and how they are treated for their medical issues. And, this time the seniors are gathering the support of the younger generations. This movement is about making marijuana legal. The groups truly understand how cannabis is one of the best drugs on the planet. They have watched their peers become zombies due to the prescribed pharmaceutical drugs. I know this for a fact. They tried to do it to me.
I’m a senior. Will be 73 this November. Never been sick a day in my life until three years ago. One day while walking to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee, I ran out of breath it was so bad that I had to stop in the dining room and sit down to catch it. I did and after a few minutes got up, got my coffee and started back to my office on the screened porch. This time I didn’t get very far. It scared me to the point so that I called 911. An ambulance arrived and took me to the nearest hospital. I was told that I had a 98 percent blockage in my heart and they put all kinds of hoses and things in me. My daughter drove down from Baltimore and my best friend drove in from Knoxville. My condition was so bad that the doctors told me daughter that it was up to her if they should pull the plug. She was emphatic that that was not going to happen. She knew her mother was a fighter.
I am and I was. After a stent was put into my heart and I was put on meds to recover I did. So, I went home. Wasn’t there but a week or so when I noticed that my toes were turning purple. Called my doctor, he told me to come in immediately. I went and he told me that I had gangrene.
That blew my mind. Gangrene! How in the hell did I get gangrene? I was sent to a podiatrist who looked at my toes and then instructed her assistant to make an immediate appointment for surgery. She told me that I would have to have some of my toes amputated. What? How on earth did this happen to me? She told me that sometimes when you have heart problems the doctor doesn’t get all of the plaque out of the veins and it causes a lack of circulation. It would only get worse. Her recommendation was partial amputations with having all of the toes on my right foot and the pinky on my left foot amputated. I told her I wasn’t planning on wearing any toe rings and agreed to the operation.
Those Old Hippies
Are At It Again!
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