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August 19, 2004
Army Breast Care
Glen thinks that it is probably a bad idea for women under military medical care to be able to get breast implants He links to this article, where a pretty young thing, a porn star is protesting military women getting boob jobs via the Army.
I can understand where the pretty young thing doesn't understand what the hell is going on - but let me, someone who gets all her medical care from the military, explain.
Plastic Surgeons in the military need to be able to keep up with their specialty. These doctors treat women who have had breast cancer and need reconstructive surgery. They also need to be able to fix women who have been injured on the job - what if a mine blows up and shrapnel gets buried in a boob? Is that woman to lose her boob with no replacement? Shit - if you lose a leg, you get a prothesis - if you lose a boob, they should get a replacement, too. To keep in practice, they need to do a certain amount of breast implants a year.
If that means that an occassional young woman gets an implant, and another young woman gets breast reduction surgery, I'm all for it.
Many people are totally unaware that retired military folks and their spouses continue to have health insurance through the military.
If I ever lose a boob to cancer, I sure as hell want my military physician to be able to make me look good.
And, one more thing - these active duty physicians, these officers, give up a lot to be in the Army, Airforce, Navy, etc., the least we can do as society is to enable them to keep their specialties intact while they serve our country.
So, Glen, evil puppy blender - feel ashamed for jumping to conclusions. It's a dumb game!
Posted by Beth at August 19, 2004 8:19 PM
Comments
I'm with SWWBO.
Posted by: John of Argghhh! at August 20, 2004 6:45 AM
Having many friends that recieve their health care from the military, I agree with you 100%.
Posted by: Tammi at August 20, 2004 6:58 AM
Me too! There is always a big picture people have to look at and it takes someone like you, someone living the system to point it out.
Posted by: Boudicca at August 20, 2004 7:30 AM
at first impulse, i am against the military giving things away. but it is just damned hard to ever be against boob jobs.
now you've given me a legitmate reason to fully support boob jobs for women in the military!
Posted by: mlah at August 20, 2004 10:51 AM
The way I see it, our military is a lot like The Federation (a la Star Trek) no one asks where stuff comes from, we're just glad its there when we need it. Trying to apply common economics is just plain sillyness.
Posted by: Rob at August 22, 2004 6:32 PM
Couldn't some of the non-life-threatening cosmetic procedures be (gasp) privatized?
Posted by: Laurence Simon at September 26, 2004 3:34 PM