HW 32 Comments

For Leah,
I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts throughout the semester because they have been very interesting and have made me think about things I never considered before this unit. I enjoyed the lines, “One of the most nightmarish about our social practices is that we as people take in so many medications and put so much chemicals in our body. Can we wonder if it's really helping us?” It is true that we take different medications and things but I’m not sure we really understand what some of those things are doing to our bodies. We take medications for acne, pain, and many other things but it’s important not to become too dependent on medications. I also liked that you said you would try a spiritual healing but I’m sort of confused about what you mean? Are you referring to religion or allowing our bodies to heal on their own? Keep up the great work!

For Michelle,
I really enjoy reading your blogs because they provide background information. This blog focused on health care insurance and the atrocities of insurance companies. I liked how you encouraged the reader to think about how they would handle their situation if they suddenly found out they had a life threatening disease such as: cancer or heart disease. We never know what’s going to happen to us but we pray that we stay healthy. I also agree with the idea of home death because I would rather spend my last moments with people that I love, rather than nurses and doctors that may not be making me feel comfortable. I am also very sure about death because I have become more comfortable knowing that everyone is going to die someday, we just never know when.
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From Michelle,
"I agree, "we begin to classify them as their illness, rather than the person fighting the illness." This was your best line because in a reading from class it talks about the several ways not only to the sick but anyone who is stigmatized. For the treatment of the elderly was also new to me, had no idea how harsh it can be in these institutions, facing death in a strange place that is not your home."

From Leah,
"I like how said that we don't treat the sickness/dying people the same because they are their sickness just like Michelle had said. I agree because i know with personal experience, i have done that in the past with my sick family members. Maybe ill try it differently this time. My favorite part was when you said "We should not pity people for having an illness, neither should we reject them because they are different, but instead we should treat them as our equal because they are just like us, human." The nursing homes was something that came unexpected to me as you mentioned."