Equifax Breaches 143M, refuses free freeze

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If you haven’t heard about the 143 million people who had data breached by Equifax this year, you might want to know about it.  It’s a hot topic in the news today.

You may be one of those affected.  I entered in my information and I am one of the unlucky 143 million people.

Be warned, however, if you check to see if you are one of the unlucky ones, news websites are saying that you will have agreed to their fine print which says you cannot sue them–that you agree to arbitration.

Read this: If you want help from Equifax, there are strings attached, and By signing up on Equifax’s help site, you risk giving up your legal rights

I called Equifax because I am one of their victims and I asked for a credit freeze. That sounds like a reasonable option to me considering what they’ve done, right?

I mean it says online that they will give you this at no charge if you are a victim of identity theft, your credit card has been stolen, etc. Considering they breached my data, my request doesn’t seem reasonable, right?

What does Equifax say to me?

Equifax wants me to give them $10 for the service after screwing up and not protecting my data!

Am I losing my mind or is that insane?

The idea I have to give the company who screwed me over money to protect myself seems ludicrous to me, without question.  I cannot say I said polite words when I hung up.

What are you going to do? Are you one of the lucky 143 million?

Surgeons Reveal Truth: Must Read!

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In my reading this morning, I found a great article that divulges the truth about many elements regarding surgery that you are unlikely to ever hear or read anywhere else again. These are true confessions from surgeons–directly.

Some of the elements I, myself, have personally discovered through experience, and thankfully didn’t get hurt because I caught the lies. In one situation, a doctor recommended an organ-removal surgery. She tried to scare me that I had a strong potential for cancer, which couldn’t be determined until after the surgery, and if I was her family member, she would schedule me immediately.

It was only after I got a second opinion, and did my homework that I was able to put the pieces together that this doctor was unskilled to do a less dramatic surgery because it was way more complex. It was scary to think that she was willing to take dramatic steps on my body that could have life-long side affects due to her lack of skill and know-how! And this doctor was rated very highly. It blew me away.

If you have 10 minutes to spare today, this is one article I can’t recommend strong enough that you read. I found it to be very true, very honest and revealing about what your surgeon is likely not going to tell you, but YOU NEED TO KNOW!

Here are some of the advice from this article, but don’t stop here–they explain each piece! There is so much more you can learn and it could possibly save you or your loved one’s life one day:

  • If your primary care doctor recommends another doctor, don’t assume it is because he or she is good
  • Some surgeons will not recommend procedures they don’t know how to do (as I stated above)
  • When going into surgery, do you know who your anesthesiologist will be? You should!
  • Mistakes are more common than you think

There are 50 tips in this article–don’t stop here!

Education is a vital tool in exposing liars. Liars hate educated people–take it from me. I know.

Is Your Dentist Trustworthy?

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MSN has an article that states what I have believed for years. They say that dentists may be taking advantage of their patients for a variety of reasons.  Click here to read the article.

Sadly, I have seen it firsthand and witnessed it myself, repeatedly. The amount of honest dentists I have encountered in the past ten years are far and few between.  I have experienced dentists telling me that I need fillings when another dentist showed me the spot that I was told needed a filling actually was a tooth defect, and I had the same hole/defect in another tooth parallel in my mouth. It wasn’t a cavity and it was obvious to anyone when looked at.

My mom was told she needed a root canal because she had an abscess when none existed and she needed teeth extracted when it wasn’t so.  And my husband was told that all of his filling needed to be replaced–exactly as the article said.  All of which were flat out lies!

I suggest reading this article to get more insight into the field of dentistry.  If you want to avoid being scammed, asked your dentist to show you why you need the work so you can understand what they think.  If I am told I have a cavity, I ask them to show me the tooth so I can see, and tell me why.  Then go home read about it and get a second opinion before you do anything.  That’s what I do and I haven’t regretted it once.

Warning: Do you think your grill brush is safe?

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Many people are grilling this summer and have no idea that when they clean their grill, they are putting their health on the line. Yes, its true, but most people don’t know it.

Those little wire brushes we all use, well, when a wire breaks loose and embeds into your food, you can very easily swallow it and not know it until hours later when you get intense pain! It seems to be happening more frequently than most of us realize. Search around on the web and see for yourself.

And I don’t think you have to have an “old” wire brush for a wire to break free, do you?

How comes this product has been removed from shelves?

Thanks, MA, for sharing this story with me.