Still sick.  Getting better sloooooooowly.    My nasal symptoms have disappeared, and I don't get fatigued quite as easily now.  But I'm still coughing more than I like, and I get tired a lot quicker than I should.

I did see a doc on Saturday.  Went to a new clinic in town.  $48 for everything, including a full prescription instead of a handful of trial packs.  Only downside is that it's run by missionaries, so I had to sit through a (fortunately brief) spiel on their discipleship program.  I know they're doing a good thing with the clinic, and they think they're doing the right thing with their preachyness, but I'm in agreement with George Carlin.  I refuse to be in a group who's symbol is a dead naked man nailed to two planks of wood.

However since we now have 2 low cost clinics in town, I'm dropping my medical insurance.  As a non-full time Rural Mail Carrier, I have two options for insurance: paying the full cost for the good stuff that the full timers get (which is nearly $300 a month), or get the crappy one that they offer the rest of us for $90 a month.  I took that one since I figured it would help if I needed anything, cause I am a fairly healthy guy.  I was wrong.  When I went to the doctor a while back and used it, I had to pay everything up front, then they reimbursed me $75, which was the max they pay out for a doctor's visit, though I racked up a $150 bill.  Then when I went to the ER with a severe migraine they didn't pay for shit, and I'm stuck with a $700 hospital tab.  So if they won't pay for hospital visits and I can go to a low cost clinic when I need to see a doctor, they're just suckin my from my account for no reason.

If it weren't so friggin cold up there, I'd move to Canada.  I can live with a 3 year wait for optional surgeries if the rest of my health care is free.