Do things EVER GET better from here??? Part 1- more to come...

I absolutely know that those directly effected by Hurricane Harvey, along with 2 more, one a category 5 STORM now, and the horrid nature of fires burning our entire Pacific Coastline nearly; along with other natural and man made disasters, we all wonder what the heck is next!?

As the news talks about the horrid events now days, they make it so utterly scary that many of us don't want to even walk out of our homes... between terrorism that comes in small, medium and HUGE FACTORS, how Mother Nature is reeking havoc in almost every state in the USA, and even across the waters into Europe. and the Asian countries, each day I wonder, will it ever get better? Are we just "doomed" to never see the "light" of day again, under all of the horrible things going on?

Our Federal Government is a total mess! That is stating it in a mild way. We are bound if we sit around, and allow it to be in a 3rd War soon, and none of us will be able to afford health care, and as some of us feel, we think the government just soon us "die" than to have to care for those chronically ill or elderly. That is a terrible statement but that is honestly how they come off now when they talk about "Obama" Care, and the ACA, and so forth.

We "used to be" the greatest nation in our world. Yet we are greedy, narcissistic, petty, arguing, not caring, or have no patience or compassion for the many of us suffering, whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. Oh yes, everyone "comes together" when a huge disaster strikes, but on a daily level, of everyday life, people in general, not ALL but many could care less about their neighbors, people they work with, and even family members, much less strangers off the street.

While the entire world watches, the maniac in No. Korea is pounding and stomping, ready to annihilate our nation and others. I realize that although many wanted the current person as President of our country, I feel now there are those that wished they had not made that decision. He has no tact, he didn't in the running, he has no "people skills" and relies on his "team" that keeps either leaving or getting fired to "mop up his mess". How we can sit around and allow our President to "tweet" just anything he "feels" at the moment is beyond my comprehension. People griped about Hillary's emails" - well as far as I am concerned, what the "current" Leader of our nation does daily trumps (love it the word play there) LOL!  .. any email Hillary ever had compromised....

From the insurance ordeal, to him making more "enemies", to his "brushing" off the common daily person, with his attitude, to how he continues to cause this nation to possibly be in an all out war... he is just a train wreck waiting to happen.

"We" as a nation, seem to live now in one type of horror, or more than one these days. Whether it be physical illnesses, often chronic, acute health issues requiring emergent care, getting robbed, having some type of "terrorism" so close to us, knowing that there are those that just as soon "completely rid" the world of our country's people, high prices, and less wages... we live now in a society that nothing is ever "calm" , without stress, or have days that we are not worried about one thing or the other.

These are times of complications every where we turn. Health care costs are soaring. When a medication that is "necessary" to keep us with a good quality of life, in in the HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS A MONTH, OR WE MUST JUMP THROUGH HOOPS, anytime we have a health problem/ The days of bullying is at an all time high. Kids no longer can be "kids"... from the time they are very young, we in these days must teach them "how to not be harmed".. whether it be physically, mentally or emotionally. Now the "bullies" lurk not just face to face, but on the internet, causing so many of our children to be terrorized at a young age. Kids must watch out for those with "guns", knives or other weapons, in the time of their life that those things should not exist.

New Federal Task Force to Address Opioid Prescribing

New Federal Task Force to Address Opioid Prescribing: By Pat Anson, Editor

The federal government is forming another advisory panel to study and
develop 'best practices' for treating acute and chronic pain. And for the
first time, the feds are seeking nominations from the public for members to
serve on the panel, who would represent



SERIOUSLY MAKING A NOMINATION OF MYSELF TO BE IN THIS SPECIAL TASK FORCE!

Take Action: Tell TX and LA governors to activate the Emergency Prescription Assistance Program

Take Action: Tell TX and LA governors to activate the Emergency Prescription/Assistance Program

Contact:

Texas and Louisiana Governors and ask that they request the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to activate its Emergency
Prescription Assistance Program (EPAP). This program will ensure that
eligible patients can receive their desperately needed prescriptions at
no cost from participating pharmacies. 

Here are more references to assistance for those who need their vital medications after such a loss due to Hurricane Harvey...

• Infusion Center Locator (https://locator.infusioncenter.org/) - Allows the display of infusion facilities as temporarily closed (live and up-to-date)
• Healthcare Ready's RxOPEN page (https://www.healthcareready.org/rxopen) - Resource that displays operational capacity of retail pharmacies within impacted communities
• This group (https://www.facebook.com/groups/HurricaneHarveymedicalsupplies/) was created by health advocates active in their health communities. They are taking donations & mobilizing volunteers to fill untapped needs for patients with chronic conditions
• Disaster Relief Resource Pages: (https://www.healthcareready.org/resources) & (https://infusioncenter.org/disaster-relief/)
• FDA resource pages on safe drug use after a natural disaster:(https://www.fda.gov/Drugs/EmergencyPreparedness/ucm085200.htm )
• Please also see this resource that may help with future planning:https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/emergency-preparedness-tips-for-the-arthritis-community/ 
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• PLEASE pass these onto those you feel may need the assistance and others that may forward it to others..

Just a Small Portion of the damage from Hurricane Harvey!!!!

My daughter took these yesterday near the town of Rock Port, where her husbands Aunt, Uncle, and cousins "road out" this horrendous hurricane. Thank goodness they are "okay" but almost were swept away by flood waters... they were in a building with a concrete foundation very well bolted down, and it came off of that foundation and literally "floated" into the neighbor's home....  She said the photo's do not even begin to show the true nature of what this storm did... that HUGE BOATS, LIKE YACHTS WERE TOSSED UPON THE SHORE LINES AND THROWN AROUND LIKE TOOTHPICKS!!!!

AS HURRICANE HARVEY MAKES LANDFALL SOON, MY DAUGHTER AND FAMILY ARE RIGHT IN THE PATH OF THIS HORRENDOUS STORM!

AGAIN MY DAUGHTER AND HER FAMILY, IN JIM WELLS COUNTY ONLY 30 MINUTES FROM CORPUS ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS HORRENDOUS HURRICANE!!! 

PLEASE KEEP MY FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS AND ALL OF THE FAMILIES IN THOUGHT AND PRAYERS AS THIS STORM COMES IN AS PROBABLY A CAT 2, WHICH THE WINDS, STORM SURGE, AS WELL AND LIGHTENING, POSSIBLE TORNADO'S THAT CAN SPAWN FROM THESE, A HUGE AMOUNT OF RAINFALL, FROM 15 INCHES AND UP, MAJOR FLOODING.....

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ABOVE IS THE LINK to the major news channel in the area, their Facebook page..,,