jeolsz

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1. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I think you are making weight loss and life style change more complicated than it should be for most people. Certainly continuing on the same path of self destruction can be just as dangerous if not more.. I'm not talking about doing triathalons in ...

2. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   And I'm sure that motivated her and gave her the reason to change. But with out that inner strength and sense of self control, it might not have been possible.. Point being.. motivation is different for everyone.. it is very personal.. support can he...

3. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   Don't get your back up !.. Sounds like a drink now and then might do you some good!.. Actually according to the latest studies, a drink a day might actually be good for you. And yes I do have time to be sedentary to watch TV in the evening, because I...

4. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I beg to differ here..All the insentives and support will not help a person change, who chooses not to. I still see blaming one's work schedule and such as an excuse.. The sooner a person realizes that most everything in life is based on choice and n...

5. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I do not believe I have been, and if I came across as such I apologize. However, when you change yourself in a positive way such I have in the past, it is kinda like finding religion.. You want to scream it out to anyone who can hear you. Don't think...

6. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   Oh please, fat discrimination!. You know what got me to quit smoking and start running?.. It wasn't a group hug!.. It was the constant birage of ads on TV and people reminding me how I was going to die if I didn't quit.. I think the clincher was when...

7. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I did look at some of the acticles you posted links to and I liked the picture in the first acticle that shows a driver lifting free weights.. That's exactly what I have been talking about.. If he can do it so can others.. If a 23 years old can't saf...

8. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I agree that prevention is key in keeping down the cost of healthcare.. Many of you are under the impression that going to a gym or distance running are the only means of keeping in shape.. A simple walk, stetching, such as in Yoga, resistance bands ...

9. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

   jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

   I find it hard to believe there are no vegetables or fruit at a truck stop! Come on we all have issues in our lives that make it hard to be healthy.. Life tends to swallow us up at times.. it's up to us to stop and think about changing how we live an...

10. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

    jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

    So I guess we'll give all truck drivers out there a pass.. And yes life is as simple as that.. We all have choices.. I do not believe there are victims.. only victims of poor choices.. Your logic suggest all truck drivers should be overweight since t...

11. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

    jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

    Give me a break.. more excuses!.. I work full time as a nurse,( I work for an insurance Company at a computer all day) part time as a realtor... have 5 kids 2 dogs, 2 cats and a large house to take care of.. yet I make the time to exersize at least o...

12. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

    jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

    So is alcoholism.. and that really doesn't get the sympathy vote!.. I think there is just so many overweight people, that it has become acceptable and sometime unapproachable. Even doctors don't address it as often as they should. Plain and simple.. ...

13. My son was denied health insurance!!!!!

    jeolsz replied to Little Panda RN's topic in Activism

    Why is no one stating the obvious?.. It sounds like your son does not practice a healthy lifestyle. Everyone tip toes around the issue, blaming insurance companies and employers and others, but the real issue with much of our health care costs are pe...

14. Reasons Why YOU Won't Join A Union

    jeolsz replied to SBinGA's topic in Union

    Wow, I could have used your support in another thread about unions last week.. I agree with you 100%! I was beginning to think I was the only nurse in the world against working in union hospitals. I agree, there are no victims.. only nurses who want ...

15. To Unionize or Not To Unionize: Questions that every nurse should ask themselves

    jeolsz replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Union

    Never happened at the hospitals I worked at with out unions. In fact where my sister in law worked, there was a union there for years and when that hospital was bought up by another hospital group, she lost seniority and benefits. Explain that one. I...