Only a Cavity

The first cavity. How so many people get them day in and day out, and everyone reacts to it differently. A poet once said " A man begins cutting his wisdom teeth the first time he bites off more than he can chew." Now I don't know I'm supposed to get out of this quote. perhaps, a comparison to a cavity both figuratively and literally (if that's possible.) I don't know. However, what I can say is that my cavity hurts like a bitch, and I received my first cavity operation. I wasn't nervous; partly because my mother did not tell me today, and I am now "a big boy." During the operation, my dentist comforted me with words of wisdom (literal?) which did me justice, and the nurse practitioner did her little dance (Which I have never seen because she is a quiet Asian woman who you can only see cleaning the scary tools when your getting your teeth clean for a normal check up.) Without much delay, my tooth had its selance and it was fine.

Now, I talk about this in a good time. The health care debate. Now as a student, who does not worry about his own health other than how the women will portray me, I can't help but see angry people on the television; rebelling against there law makers on how if this is passed, our country will turn into a socialist "big government"nation. Not that we already aren't (slightly excluding the socialist part,) but It made me realize how important this is to people. Now, I have been blessed with my parents having health care and not getting sick, but that world is not verisimulitable for most people. Now, I do not believe in an overhauled government run option during this time when our deficit is growing at rapid speed, but I know we need health care reform. There is no way I can compare my cavity to those of someone who is dieing from Cancer, so I can only say what we need is reform, and we need our law makers to realize this. Enough of the procrastination, enough of the liberal v. conservative ideologies. We are dealing with peoples lives. Lives that can be taken away from the sole reason that the did not have health care. I don't want to see that happen to this country; for our founding fathers built our country by these words: We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.

As you all know, my Grandfather has cancer. He being a doctor, can see both sides of the spectrum, and can offer analysis of the true problem. I love hearing him talk to me about these issues that our country faces, because I learn greatly from them, and I don't know how much longer I will be able to learn from him. He has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He is blessed with health care. Others don't. Its only a cavity, but there are bigger problems in the real world.