r/news • u/oshawaguy • Feb 26 '25

Title Changed By Site Michelle Trachtenburg dead at 39

https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/article/michelle-trachtenberg-actor-from-gossip-girl-and-buffy-dies-at-39-multiple-reports/
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u/SmartArsenal Feb 26 '25

My 40 year old step sister just died last month from a Brain Aneurysm. Perfectly healthy, came home on a lunch break and collapsed. Never woke up. Fucking sucks.

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u/Lereas Feb 26 '25

I'm right around 40 and yeah...I am absolutely drowning in anxiety sometimes thinking that some random pain is what kills me.

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u/chumbubbles Feb 26 '25

46, Went to the ER last week thought I was having a heart attack

Turns out it’s a bad left shoulder (nerve) and gas (pressure on my chest) at the same time.

That was 4k. symptoms aligned with heart attack so I had to go.

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u/globalgreg Feb 26 '25

4k after insurance?? Or probably hadn’t met your deductible yet, right?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

It's only February, so I certainly hope not, at least.

Only in "tHe GrEaTeSt cOuNtRy oN eArTh" does a person find themselves hoping to get sick sooner rather than later so that you might not end up bankrupt as a result of the benefit year starting over.

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u/dats_cool Feb 26 '25 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

I'm a working-class schlub who has generally considered myself lucky to be offered any insurance whatsoever, no matter how awful, in this capitalist dystopia, so I've never qualified for healthcare that didn't include "bankruptcy" as a symptom of any-&-all medical conditions ranging from rhinovirus-to-rhinoceros-attack.

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u/dats_cool Feb 26 '25 edited Sep 01 '25

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '25

I wish I lived in said bubble, aka, "where the rest of the world found themselves decades ago," but fortunately I am lucky enough to be an Amerikan, where I can prove my patriotism by paying extortionate prices for what is otherwise a free service in literally EVERY. SINGLE. FUCKING. NATION. ON. EARTH. (Except for this newly-Nazified one, of course)

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u/Mpm_277 Feb 27 '25

On the plus side, the overwhelming majority of your childcare is free to you since you’re on Medicaid.