My shoulder has been giving me pain for the last three weeks or so; and after surfing with it amongst the rough and tumble of the Californian swell I finally gave in and had it check out. This is an x-ray of it.

I need to get an MRI next but there is a bone chip in there from an Aussie Rules injury when I was about sixteen, there is also a spur, which might be the issue. Then again given where I was weak it also might be a torn labrum/labrial (sp?) which is bad since it requires surgery. Which is not cool. (more)

The point of social health is to set a standard of access to health care that no-one is denied. I do not have a problem with a wealthy society making that distinction and bearing the consequences of implementing it. I have experienced the Australian and American systems of health. Both have their pros and cons - both are superior in some areas and inferior in others. Despite what ideological extremes claim, neither will cause the end of the world.

With all that being said, this article is typical mass media drivvle that does nothing to address the issues over the arguments between private vs public health systems. (more)