"DHMC is venerable as well as modern. But not too venerable. They don’t use leeches."
Hmmmm. gonna do a little searching on that...never know.
Interesting and not oft conveyed insights on health care access.
Found this additional account:
I have, of all the inglorious things, a malignant hemorrhoid. What color bracelet does one wear for that? And where does one wear it? And what slogan is apropos? Perhaps that slogan can be sewn in needlepoint around the ruffle on a cover for my embarrassing little doughnut buttocks pillow.
It might not be fatal.
I'm told I have a 95% chance of survival. Come to think of it -- as a drinking, smoking, saturated-fat hound -- my chance of survival has been improved by cancer.