I am a chain-smoker. A few months ago I had to have prostate surgery that meant a hospital stay of at least 8 days. Knowing a hospital with single bed rooms, with windows to terraces where the staff looked the other way when patients -with no serious problems, obviously- sneaked out to smoke, I jumped for it, instead of going for a completely free hospitalisation with same surgeon.
My inability to go without smoking in a situation like that cost me a lot of money, but I can´t say I regretted the spending.
I am not proud when I confess my absurd behaviour, far from it. But knowing that I could smoke cheered me up, prior and post surgery.
So, money can buy a certain kind of happiness to a certain kind of people
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PS. In September I´ll probably have to undergo Hernya surgery. But this time everything I want and need will covered by my private medical insurance
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Please, do spare me the insults, rebukes, chidings.....