When I was sick I felt like a monster.

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When your sick child asks, "can I see a doctor, " and you can't bear to answer.

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When I was little, I used to enjoy being sick so that she could fuss over me.

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Possibly the most extraordinary situation I experienced and -- we were totally unprepared for it -- came when the captain of the yacht I was working on fell sick and went into a coma.

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So, when my mother told me there was an obviously sick bird in the house, I took her seriously.

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When I think of the thousands of dollars I spent on credit card interest, it literally makes me sick.

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"I will tell you that when ... we left, we were just physically kind of sick, " Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, told CNN earlier.

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"I will tell you that when ... we left, we were just physically kind of sick, " Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, said last week.

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"I will tell you that when ... we left, we were just physically kind of sick, " Susan Rogers, executive director of the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry, said earlier this week.

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It may not be as much fun as slinging mud at our political opponents but I promise you it will be far more useful to you when the day comes that you get sick and the politics pale in importance to figuring out how you are going to pay for your illness.

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So when I hear that 3 out of 4 small business owners feel they are more impacted by a technical problem than a sick employee I get it.

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Now that is upside down and backwards and I'm going to change it because I think it's time we focused on keeping people healthy, not just on treating them when they become sick.

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As soon as I sign this bill, it will be against the law for insurance companies to drop your coverage when you get sick or water it down when you need it the most.

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