In defense of some of us who don't take "proper care" of ourselves - we're doing the best we can under the circumstances. I have family members who bitch practically non-stop about my apparent disregard for my health problems. I don't eat right, I don't go to the doctor as often as I should, I don't take my meds as prescribed, it's dangerously hot/cold in my house depending on the season, blah, blah, nag, nag. They're right. My diet IS wrong for my physical needs & restrictions, I only see the doctor during a crisis, I skimp/skip on doses of both short term & maintenance meds, my house is inadequately cooled/heated for even healthy folks...... HOWEVER, I fall through the cracks financially and they don't/won't get it. Bitching at me isn't going to change that fact of my life. I don't have enough money to afford to take proper care of myself but I have too much to qualify for any type of assistance -- believe me, I check every opportunity that comes down the pike. I mean, last year TPTB set up a program for middle income utility assistance in addition to the low income program. As bizarre as it sounds, I didn't qualify for either --- there was a gap between the gross income upper limit for the poverty program and the gross income lower limit for the middle income program -- I fell squarely in the center of that gap. Concerning my Rx & doctor visit failures, the "worriers" point out that I have insurance. Woo Hoo, ever heard of a co-pay???? So, until the "worrying" naggers put THEIR money where their mouths are, I wish they would just STFU!!