Video: Mystery of Glenn Beck’s surgery revealed; Update: GMA video added
posted at 8:12 pm on January 9, 2008 by Allahpundit
He doesn’t elaborate, which is probably for the best. Dude. Click the image to watch.
Update: I feel for the guy, but he is … one odd individual. No way around it.
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Well I am glad everything came out well in the end…
EnochCain on January 9, 2008 at 8:14 PM
Oh a real jocker, huh?
Editor on January 9, 2008 at 8:15 PM
That’s what the surgeon said about his hands. Sorry, but I had to.
Seriously though, what kind of “butt surgery” is there? Obviously we’re not talking cosmetic here. Is there any type of butt surgery that would be done in early stages of colon cancer? Or was it an “I slipped and fell…” or “million to one shot doc” (thank you Frank Costanza, referring to the fusilli Jerry that Kramer made).
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:16 PM
That’s bizarre. I guessed a stone in the ureter they were having trouble getting at. What exactly is “ass” surgery? Internal? A mole? Not a very revealing or understandable explanation.
pc on January 9, 2008 at 8:17 PM
And the comments from huffpo are exactly what you would expect.
Do they have a script writer?
Jim708 on January 9, 2008 at 8:17 PM
guys that drank a lot as young men often get nice little shards of calcification in their urinary system as a later life reward.
pc on January 9, 2008 at 8:18 PM
judging by that smile im gonna go with
million to one shot
offroadaz on January 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM
It’s safe to say you just depressed about 95% of HotAir’s readership… and 50% of it’s authorship.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:19 PM
I definitely think that’s a reasonable possibility here, considering he was so vague… though admittedly, I really just wanted to beat everyone to that Seinfeld reference. I’ll leave the Richard Gere one alone, because that’s just too obvious… and kinda played out.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Hemrhoid surgery…it ain’t pretty. My mom had it done and the recovery is very painful.
ihasurnominashun on January 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Oh good god. My best friend was on morphine and toradol while he was in the hospital, and he was nutty as a fruitcake.
I’m glad he got through it all right. Great radio host and show, and it’s good to have him back.
MadisonConservative on January 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Could be a hemorrhoidectomy…though I hear they use laser surgery nowadays.
packsoldier on January 9, 2008 at 8:21 PM
Glenn Beck and Wife On GMA
abinitioadinfinitum on January 9, 2008 at 8:23 PM
I watched it monday and linked to it from my site. was wondering when you’d get on with it and post it. tic toc allah!
Drunk Report on January 9, 2008 at 8:23 PM
Ooooooh. That was painful just thinking about. But a reasonable guess.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:23 PM
The link goes to the Huffington Post. Please post a warning so I can avoid giving traffic to those moonbats!
Glenn Beck had hemorrhoid surgery. He went into details on his radio show.
Anton on January 9, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Forget his a**, what’s with that shirt?
d1carter on January 9, 2008 at 8:24 PM
There that settles it, thanks. I was starting to think there was something mysterious here.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:26 PM
That first video where he was all drugged up was rather disturbing. Looks like he’s recovering now. It’s disconcerting to think about sliding toward being suicidal like he did. I read his bio on wikipedia and it said he lost his mother and one of his brothers to suicide. Thank God, he came through ok.
someguy on January 9, 2008 at 8:26 PM
Apparently the anesthesiologist said it was the worst case he’d ever seen in his life.
Ouch dude!
TheGoblinKing on January 9, 2008 at 8:29 PM
I recommend that he boosts his fiber intake, cut back on caffeinated beverages, drink more liquids and consume more fruit.
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 8:30 PM
Where exactly do you get a shirt like that?
brak on January 9, 2008 at 8:30 PM
That’s Glenn for you. His producer Stu is constantly questioning his…er….orientation. It’s actually one of his milder ones, have you seen the purple paisley one?
tlclark on January 9, 2008 at 8:32 PM
Michelle and Robert Specer drink?
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
His experience not withstanding, I don’t like how this is being used as an indictment on American health care. And look, I don’t like the way things are… I’m self employed and can’t afford the rates in Vermont (Howard Dean sent all companies running for the hills when he was Governor and there is literally no competition here. The only affordable health insurance is if your company is based out of and/or uses out of state companies.) Literally I’d be looking at $400-600 range for just single insurance for myself here. They’ve not implemented some state insurance thing where it’s a single payer thing, but it’s still screwed up and I won’t bore you with that.
My point is just that I’m not a fan of how screwed up health care is, but I don’t like how Beck’s experience at some ghetto sounding hospital is being used to smear the whole system… Especially when all the dark “Saw like” images he saw in his mind are his own unique problem. I have crazy dreams if I chow a big meal and pass right out, and depending on the food they can be weirder and weirder. Add in pain pills, etc. and you can get pretty messed up.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Michelle and *Robert Spencer
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 8:33 PM
Maybe if GB didn’t have a history of drug abuse they would have given him more meds.
Docs are always on the look out for drug seeking behaviour and can get in trouble for over medicating. There was a recent (late 2007) case where a doc was sent to JAIL for prescribing pain meds to cancer patients. I’ll go try to find the link.
Drugs are evil, therefore some people don’t get adequate pain killing medication.
Bad Penny on January 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM
I think most of you have figured it out…he must have had his head up his *ss when he bought that shirt…it got stuck and had to have his head surgically removed…unfortunately he saw his shadow and we have 6 more weeks of winter. Did I just mix up a metaphor or two…and what are meta’s for?
right2bright on January 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM
He should try some cinnajack
LOL
TheSitRep on January 9, 2008 at 8:34 PM
HAha, okay, be a stickler.. Of course I was just talking about Bryan and Allah… And by the way, I’m sure Bryan has downed a few, but I would say that Allah is definitely the “drinker” among the 2, and the original comment was made about men who drank “a lot”.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:35 PM
Which explains some of your posts…
Really, you are correct, using on case as an example is not very smart, but it is glamorous.
Edwards here in NC, ran off many of the doctors. They were giving special housing financing to Drs. to move here after he ran up so many lawsuits.
right2bright on January 9, 2008 at 8:38 PM
Hearing about
gagGlenn Beck’senema“mysterious surgery” makes me long for the days of hearing about Dennis and his “mysterious UFO’s”.MB4 on January 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
Not sure which case I was thinking of, I found several in a google search.
Doctors, Patients, Latest Drug War Casualties
Pain Sufferer Wins Pardon In Drug Case
Trafficker or Healer? And Who’s the Victim?
This aspect of the drug war is monumentally stupid.
Bad Penny on January 9, 2008 at 8:41 PM
I’ve seen the video interview with his wife,apparently
he had hemroids removed,and it sounded like his
pain management was botched,from what I understand
painkillers can play real havuc on your breathing.
canopfor on January 9, 2008 at 8:43 PM
Have we had enough threads about Beck’s ass now?
lorien1973 on January 9, 2008 at 8:43 PM
I was expecting something, well, unexpected… But it was obviously traumatic for him and he has a direct conduit to alot of people, so there you have it…. It’s no surprise that alot of nurses/emergancy room workers have the compasion of a nazi on assignment, but to go through it especially where he was at mentally is tough, I’m sure. I’m glad he’s back cuz he’s one helluva talk show host.. Welcome back Glen
whiskeytango on January 9, 2008 at 8:45 PM
Which one?
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 8:46 PM
His experience not withstanding, I don’t like how this is being used as an indictment on American health care. And look, I don’t like the way things are… I’m self employed and can’t afford the rates in Vermont (Howard Dean sent all companies running for the hills when he was Governor and there is literally no competition here. The only affordable health insurance is if your company is based out of and/or uses out of state companies.) Literally I’d be looking at $400-600 range for just single insurance for myself here. They’ve not implemented some state insurance thing where it’s a single payer thing, but it’s still screwed up and I won’t bore you with that.
My point is just that I’m not a fan of how screwed up health care is, but I don’t like how Beck’s experience at some ghetto sounding hospital is being used to smear the whole system… Especially when all the dark “Saw like” images he saw in his mind are his own unique problem. I have crazy dreams if I chow a big meal and pass right out, and depending on the food they can be weirder and weirder. Add in pain pills, etc. and you can get pretty messed up.
I think his point, though, is that it wasn’t a ghetto hospital, supposedly a really good one.
Archades on January 9, 2008 at 8:49 PM
Hey! Haha, what’s that mean?
BTW, my personal experience part of the weird dreams was based entirely on eating. I’ve never actually taken any kind of pain pill, but that was just sort of a common sense thing to add on top of how easy it is to be temporarily screwed up, and anyone who’s been around anyone one pain pills has seen how it can effect their moods, etc.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 8:53 PM
Okay, first it was my fault not noticing the Huffpoo link, I just clicked…but, the comments! YIKES. Who are these people? I can go along with the good natured joking about butt surgery, but the venom and whinging and just plain meaness is shocking. I remember their vitriol about Cheney, but heck, Glenn Beck is on their networks!
By the way, my first post since registering. So nice to be here! Thanks for the opportunity.
dish on January 9, 2008 at 8:54 PM
Really? When they worked on my ass, I got to relive “Soul Plane” in my head…guess you had a different drip…LOL
malan89 on January 9, 2008 at 8:59 PM
The video of Beck on his show is among todays most viewed on youtube, although crazies abound on youtube as made evident by most comments, the adolescent hatred for any one that is not a liberal or a Paulnut makes me wonder about the mental state of said commenters.
Tobias2012 on January 9, 2008 at 9:02 PM
Sadly we’re surrounded by millions of these people… scary? Terrifying.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 9:04 PM
Did it involve Samuel L. Jackson? “All these m&^%&f*&^*^ souls on this m^*^%f*^%* plane!”
BKennedy on January 9, 2008 at 9:05 PM
Quick! Let’s have tort reform and make sure no doctor or hospital is ever sued. They must never get named in a lawsuit. Glenn Beck’s case has never happened before. The American medical system is perfect.
Cough cough. Ahem.
indythinker on January 9, 2008 at 9:07 PM
Fusilli Jerry?
Cuffy Meigs on January 9, 2008 at 9:10 PM
Sorry Cuffy, I beatcha to it!
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 9:13 PM
Oh, and the Randy Quaid infants getting injured by a mix-up at a hospital, overdosing them, the story on Drudge? That’s just communist propaganda. An American hospital never gives anyone an overdose of drugs. The real problem is the lawyers. People can just live with it if their wrong arm gets sawed off at age 14.
indythinker on January 9, 2008 at 9:14 PM
I don’t think that criticizing the way health care, or any large, bureaucratized commodity, is administered necessarily bolsters the case for single payer/rationed care.
Yes, we probably have better health care than most of the world, but that doesn’t mean that doctors are geniuses, or that registered nurses-even in the most upscale hospital-necessarily have a good bedside manner, or that administrators are sympathetic to your plight.
Granted, the medical breakthroughs in treating some diseases that have been made recently are remarkable, but I don’t think that means we should deify average M.D.s. My father used to do that before he actually had to interact with them on a regular basis.
Gerard on January 9, 2008 at 9:15 PM
I had hemorrhoid banding once, and it was incredibly painful. Doc said it would be “uncomfortable”. Sadist.
stonemeister on January 9, 2008 at 9:19 PM
You serious? health insurance for $400-600 price tag for an indvidual? I pay $1480 a month for coverage for my wife and myself, and that is with a $5000 per year deductible.
Glenn is an interesting host, but seriously guys (and gals) is this surgury really that interesting? He had his hemoroids removed… He didnt have a good time…
I had back surgury and I was admitted for surgury at 6am and was home that same day by 5:30pm, surgury went great. My cousin, she had the same doctor, basically same surgury and it didnt go so well, chronic pain and probably will never be the same. It happens.
There probably is dozens of the readers that have had the same surgury as Glenn, and are saying, “I didnt have that problem”, while some are saying “I know what you mean”
You just dont hear from the people when it goes right, only when it doesnt. Like so many issues.
But, does this really warrant this much discussion?
B3 on January 9, 2008 at 9:23 PM
Then you are getting D**KED! Where the hell do you live?
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Alright, it had to be done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5ncsjMVzcc
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM
Ooof, sorry. All the Paulbots lately have me scrolling much more than I used to.
Cuffy Meigs on January 9, 2008 at 9:27 PM
You’re exactly right on the “don’t deify MD’s” I know we have the best healthcare (tech-wise) in the world.. That’s why people that can afford it worldwide come to, say, Houston for treatment…. Where we need help is to create competition among hospitals, doctors, treatment modalities etc… insurance… well that’s part of the prob.. give most people a blank check and this is what you get Over inflated costs and a Dr’s that don’t worry bout keeping their jobs.
whiskeytango on January 9, 2008 at 9:29 PM
Oh, and by the way… I don’t even know if that $400-600/month was realistic… I just know there was a base quote somewhere in that range when I first moved back up here from Tennessee and I couldn’t believe it, because I could have gotten a bottom of the line health plan through Blue Cross Blue Shield of Tennessee for $150/month give or take.
Are you high risk or something… or do you just have some insanely good insurance? Sounds like you’re getting royally screwed.
Anyway, Vermont is definitely pathetic.. prior to this new state run thing (which again, is not going to work long-term for a variety of reasons) even in state companies were offering crappy plans. My cousin works for a grocery story which has been twice bought out by other chains in recent years, giving them great plans (dental and health) and they only pay $15/week! I believe he said it’s out of Illinois now, and apparently the plan was the highest rated in Consumer Reports or something. And now this company is offering this to anyone who works a minimum of 30 hours a week! It’s just crazy, because all options within the state suck.
RightWinged on January 9, 2008 at 9:47 PM
Just to go along with what GB was saying about the “People”, my step-father was admitted to the ER for maybe the 10 time in 5 years, the doctor said he would not care for him unless a “DO NOT RESUSCITATE” was signed.
Needless to say he was sent to an ER 30 miles away because my mother would not sign one.
WoosterOh on January 9, 2008 at 9:49 PM
Two lessons from Beck’s story:
1. If a doctor wants to admit you following an outpatient procedure but leaves the choice up to you, let him admit you. Doctors have battled HMOs enough that they won’t suggest admitting a patient unless it really should be done.
2. If you choose to go home but are in a bad state, call an ambulance to transport you to the ER. If you hobble in to the waiting area you will be considered ambulatory and may face the horrible treatment Beck received. The EMTs would have hooked him up to oxygen when they picked him up, and it would have just been continued in the hospital.
3. I’m not blaming Beck or any other patient who gets treated horribly by medical personnel, but you just have to know how the system works.
funky chicken on January 9, 2008 at 9:51 PM
As a physician for the past 20 years, I can tell you that this is not a rare thing. The medical industry is now run as a business and rather than callings and professions, positions in the hospital have become simply jobs to LOTS of individuals. You can’t make a caregiver CARE!!! It becomes simply a job and that is extremely sad. I remember when I first started, medicine was a calling (still is for me or I’d get out). Don’t get me wrong, there is a large number that still believe that and ARE caregivers but the percentage of poor experiences is growing. I don’t want to politicize it but if you think nationalizing the health’care’ system is going to improve it, it won’t. It will become more universally bad!!!
rightwingpastor on January 9, 2008 at 9:56 PM
Having just recently gone through my own 5-hour emergency room visit from hell, I can certainly sympathize here with Glenn.
I’m sorry, but I must be completely honest by saying that I really don’t appreciate paying $533 a month for health insurance only to be informed that I must wait behind someone who has none.
Life threatening emergencies aside, they really need to find a way to split up the haves from the have-nots.
There should also be a standing rule that you can only bring one person with you into the emergency waiting room area. Nothing infuriates me more than watching inconsiderate jackasses dragging all of their kids and extended family members into waiting areas where they proceed to take up every available seat while the truly sick are forced into standing.
Why every hospital hasn’t instituted this basic rule is beyond me.
The only way you can be sure to be immediately seen in an emergency room these days is to call the rescue and arrive via ambulance.
Otherwise, prepare yourself for a looooooooonnng wait.
The Ugly American on January 9, 2008 at 10:00 PM
That a sweet compliment to his wife.
Spirit of 1776 on January 9, 2008 at 10:11 PM
I guess lots of the posters around here aren’t as familiar with Glenn as I thought they would be. For starters, Glenn is a recovering alcoholic and former ling-time drug abuser. He hit bottom low years ago and his wife Tania is credited with pulling him out of his lowest lows and saving his life. Also, Glenn’s mother committed suicide, I think Glenn was 14 at the time. So, depression has a history in his life.
As far as the health care story goes, Glenn has been on his own jihad against Michael Moore and his foolish comparison of Cuban healthcare versus our own healthcare. He is vehemently against government intervention and part of his most recent tour included a skit comparing Hillary care to the DMV.
Glenn’s surgery went fine, it was the post-op care that went bad. To top it off the care he received while going through horrible hallucinations was awful. Tania, again, was there for him and saved his life.
So sure, without the proper context the videos may seem a little trite. But once you know the Rest of the story it makes more sense.
Glad to see you back in the saddle Glenn. I’m just sayin…
cannonball on January 9, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Like I guessed – it was a Cardio-Cranial Thrombosis Rectal Extraction……….and his head never moved!!
grtflmark on January 9, 2008 at 10:46 PM
He may be an oddball, but that’s why I love him. Good to hear you’re recovering, Glenn! Awwwwww yeeeeeaaaaah.
Jockolantern on January 9, 2008 at 10:46 PM
Nice of that breast cancer survivor to pretend to care about Glenn Beck’s relatively routine surgery.
Glad you’re alive, Glenn. Sorry that it hurt. Best of luck in the future.
joewm315 on January 9, 2008 at 11:08 PM
Good for him for sharing his story.
They gave me the morphine trigger too when I had my injury and they do question you if you aren’t using the trigger enough.
They likely get more money every time you medicate yourself.
That being said, I think they give the patient the trigger because it lets them off the hook if you get addicted. I’m not unsympathetic to this idea.
Buddahpundit on January 9, 2008 at 11:10 PM
Anal Fissure! Google it dude! Seriously, google anal fissure Bob. Enjoy! Oh, heck, here is the story of Anal Fissure Bob.
traderdfw on January 9, 2008 at 11:23 PM
I don’t know but they seem to spend their lives on some of the same drugs that were given to Beck.
Ryan Gandy on January 9, 2008 at 11:28 PM
The difference between Glenn and most of us is he didn’t HAVE to go along with what his HMO (or insurance company) said. He could have told his doctor and/or the hospital he was changing to self-pay. He has a lot of money and can pay for his own care. He is not dependent on the HMO to pay for his care. If the doctor thought he needed to stay and Glenn agreed Glenn could pay for the continued stay himself. This is one issue.
The other issue is the behavior of the nursing and other clinical staff. I don’t know this hospital but I bet if we looked into it we would find out they were represented by a union. They don’t have much of an incentive or reason to treat customers/patients with care and compassion. This is similar behavior to a lot of government workers. They are doing us a favor by their existence.
I enjoy Glenn’s radio show. I am sorry he made such a spectacle of this though. He could have reported on this without the drama.
Terri on January 9, 2008 at 11:35 PM
Pot… Meet Kettle.
liquidflorian on January 10, 2008 at 12:22 AM
i still have no clue what he’s fussing about.
he had a morphine freakout in the er?
who cares.
jummy on January 10, 2008 at 12:23 AM
That was Dennis Quaid’s children.
eanax on January 10, 2008 at 12:41 AM
Hope the gerbil is alright.
koolbrease on January 10, 2008 at 1:00 AM
He’s little overly dramatic at times, not saying he wasn’t having a bad time of it with pain meds, sure he was. Most all of these type cases we can thank the government and lawyers for. Get the government out of out lives…protect the country and get out.
Can anyone imagine what it would be like with universal health care…any questions check out Canada and England.
oldernslower on January 10, 2008 at 1:07 AM
Good to see he’s all right, and it’s really unfortunate he went through all that. Got a good woman by his side, that’s for sure. Not unsurprising about his hospital experience…friend of mine went in for some of the most painful surgery you can imagine (small air sacs on his lungs that popped, leaving holes in his lungs) and I got the same indifferent attitude from the nurses who came by. I fully understand the need for disconnection, but this was icy cold indifference.
Says the guy with the bag over his head. :P
grtflmark, get bent and go to hell, you creep.
MadisonConservative on January 10, 2008 at 1:12 AM
The semi-coherent, utterly bizarre anecdote aside, I’m glad he did speak out about this experience.
Patients are continually dicked around in this manner, regardless of whether or not they contributed to their current condition.
And yes, moving to a more heavily socialized system of delivery would make these problems exponentially worse.
The level of fraud, negligence and incompetence in the system today is unconscionable. I can only imagine what instituting a Grand Commissar of national health would bring.
Gerard on January 10, 2008 at 1:20 AM
The problem, so far as bad service, could easliy be rectified (no pun intended) by a competitive medical market. What’s so hard about understanding this?
whiskeytango on January 10, 2008 at 1:27 AM
OKaaaaay, I think this should just about do it for Glenn Beck threads. “Who cares”, “ass threads”, and gerbil joke folks, when it’s you or someone you love wakes up on the operating table, then gets mistreated like this man did, now you know how the hyenas are going to be laughing at you if you make an attempt to alert others to what’s going on in the health care system.
RushBaby on January 10, 2008 at 1:29 AM
my 13 year old son waited for 45 minutes with a broken pelvis, and was given no medication until we left.
GB was there with hemroids!
give me a break.
efears on January 10, 2008 at 1:36 AM
You just don’t get it, do you? GB is not griping about his ailment or making his out to be more acute than someone else’s. He is calling attention to the callous mindset that compounded his misery and that of your son. What he’s doing may help prevent someone else’s son or husband or wife or sister or brother or Mom or Dad from having to go through a similar ordeal. But you-you just want him to give you a break.
RushBaby on January 10, 2008 at 1:47 AM
Maybe his extreme and chronic alcohol and drug abuse over the many years is why the pain killers didn’t work so well and why he apparently took so many and that still wasn’t enough for him.
Who’s fault was that?
Taking all those pain killers on top of what he had already done to himself over the years may have been what #ucked up his bladder too.
Who’s fault was that?
Maybe all that combined was why he had hallucinations too.
Whose fault was that?
Earlier someone said that he let his hemorrhoids or whatever he had get very bad before he finally agreed to the surgery.
Whose fault was that?
Sounds like it is kind of like someone running the hell out of their car and then blaming the mechanic as he didn’t have a magic
wandwrenchSounds to me like he #ucked himself up and wants to blame others endlessly now.
Whose fault is that?
Glenn, I think you have “shared” way too much here. Particularity as you have only “shared” YOUR SIDE OF IT. Only your side of it, not the doctors or nurses at all.
In fact you have basically just lynched them.
I’m just sayin…
MB4 on January 10, 2008 at 1:53 AM
I think my head just spun off.
No, it’s till attached, but it sure seemed like it had spun off there for a moment.
MB4 on January 10, 2008 at 2:00 AM
Tuco likes your son. He is a real man, not like that Glenn Beck Hombre.
Say something like a sissy girl Senor Beck.
No… you know. Swing… your… hips.
Make them sway and flap your wings.
Tuco on January 10, 2008 at 2:13 AM
I’m sure the hospital will come out with a press release in due time.
Look, no one is arguing that patients shouldn’t take preventive care into their own hands-if anything, the prospect of being sent to the emergency room should be incentive enough not to let any potential malady progress untreated.
But do you really think that maltreatment and indifference aren’t the norm in these sorts of situations?
Do you know how many people go into hospitals every year for minor treatments and come out wearing toe tags?
Gerard on January 10, 2008 at 2:16 AM
I have to give credit to one of the funniest posts that I have seen on this particular subject on a sister site:
pbfishtaco posted:
Maybe the cause of his ailment was too much “You Tube” in the Poo Tube.
posted 12:08 am on 01/10/2008
priceless.
JeffinOrlando on January 10, 2008 at 2:17 AM
I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened.
- Mark Twain
MB4 on January 10, 2008 at 2:19 AM
You can try and minimize this all you want.
Glen Beck’s maltreatment, isolated by itself, is not all that important.
The issue is the fact that it’s replicated on a macrocosmic scale throughout the country every day.
Simply because someone has had substance abuse or alcohol problems in his past does not exculpate from blame the responsible parties.
The Hippocratic Oath doesn’t have exemptions that waive a physician’s ethical duties if he’s treating someone who has abused his body in the past.
Gerard on January 10, 2008 at 2:28 AM
“Lighten up Francis!”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlCLHf76q_w
TBinSTL on January 10, 2008 at 2:51 AM
We have only his say so that he was maltreated and he has gone so over the top with some of what he has said that he is not all that credible.
I will not join a lynch mob going after doctors and nurses on his say so.
MB4 on January 10, 2008 at 3:01 AM
He’s not asking anyone to form a lynch mob.
Leaving aside your hyperbolic characterization, why do you object to critiquing the medical profession when such criticism is warranted?
There are a lot of doctors and nurses who do their jobs efficaciously, but they are not infallible. One of the reasons so many patients see their condition grow gradually worse is because they have this skewed mentality, i.e. whatever the man or woman wearing a stethoscope says must invariably be true.
I don’t see why they should be exempt from scrutiny any more than trial lawyers, public school teachers, police officers, or any other vocation.
Gerard on January 10, 2008 at 3:09 AM
He sure had me fooled then. If what he is doing is not trying to form a verbal lynch mod I don’t know what it would take.
My hyperbolic characterization?
Not all his, but mine?
Are you kidding me?
ROFALMAO!!!
I don’t. I’m just not following his say-so on what happened to him and whose fault it was like some lap dog.
No one is saying that they should be. He does not make a good witness. He is much too one-sided and much too hysterical.
MB4 on January 10, 2008 at 3:23 AM
He also looks like a sissy boy.
Tuco on January 10, 2008 at 3:26 AM
Okay, let me just preface these remarks by stating unequivocally that if this were any other Glen Beck-related thread I’d probably join in the catcalls emanating from the peanut gallery.
It does pain me to admit this, since he’s the only conservative pundit with a national platform who routinely denounces both Islamic fascism-in its many pernicious avatars, both domestically and abroad-and the continued attempts by the invetebrates serving in D.C. to turn this country into a dependency of Mexico, but I do think Glenn Beck is a dork.
That being said, I don’t see what that has to do with the allegations he’s lodged against certain individuals who were charged with rendering medical attention to him.
Yes, he’s biased.
If you almost died-even if you merely thought you were going to die-because of the malfeasance of others who were entrusted with your care you sure as hell would be prejudiced against those people as well.
Gerard on January 10, 2008 at 3:52 AM
What? I would suggest you research pain management before you say things like that.
#1. Narcotics (such as what Beck was on) are highly addicting.
#2. Narcotics, when taken approprately (even in very large doses) to relieve pain, actually have a very LOW (almost ZERO) addiction rate. That is why some CA patients can take very High doses, still function, and NOT end up a junkie.
#3. You have to take more narcotics than necessary (for pain relief) to get a “High”. This is where many get into trouble.
Pain is subjective. People should take narcotics appropriately (i.e. to return to a normal level of function rather than to get high) and doctors should not undermedicate out of fear of addiction. Unfortunately… this would involve a certain amount of personal responsibility.
Hearing what G.B. was on… he was NOT undermedicated.
Uninformed opinions like yours (even among trained physicians) are responsible for many, many patients going UNDERmedicated after surgery or during terminal cancer.
BadBrad on January 10, 2008 at 6:49 AM
Great to have Glen back and to see he has faced the dark side and won, or at least knows what the enemy looks like.
I’ve had similar surgery (polyp removal from the colon) so I know what he has gone through. The pain can be controlled but the person may not react well to the means used to control the pain-that why they have you sign the releases.
Mr. Beck is right in highlighting the fact that many in the health care industry have forgotten that the way they care for the patient can do more good than all of the chemicals in the world.
Part of caring is to have a sense of humor. That’s why I asked for and received copies of the pictures of my surgery. I use these documents to refute personal attacks. When people call me a perfect A$$hole, I show them the pictures to prove them wrong.
MSGTAS on January 10, 2008 at 8:57 AM
Just kiddin with you, you left an opening and I took it.
right2bright on January 10, 2008 at 8:58 AM
So should you. Tolerance is not the same as addiction. Take any drug long enough and you will become addicted. If people are experiencing pain and need to take medications in high doses and for extended periods of time, and become addicted, so be it.
Blake on January 10, 2008 at 9:03 AM
I find nothing Odd about him.
I think he’s honest and trying to make a difference.
I think he’s an adult.
Among many children in the media.
bridgetown on January 10, 2008 at 9:23 AM
I wish Glenn well. As to the actual medical problem, well…it may be occupational-he DOES work at CNN.
Doug on January 10, 2008 at 10:04 AM
Without reading all the other comments here, I’m going to go out on a limb and say the lack of compassion Beck experienced at the hospital is because the market for medical services in this country is totally ass-backwards (heh). A person receiving medical services at a hospital is not actually a customer of the hospital, he/she isn’t paying for the services. The insurance company pays for the services, meaning that the insurance company is the hospital’s customer, not the patient.
Rather than the usual Dem line about “universal health care” we should be talking about how to make the market for medical services a free market, as opposed to the current mishmash of middlemen. The only thing that can improve health care in America is competition.
Enrique on January 10, 2008 at 10:49 AM
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