Category Archives: Health Care

The Absence of Roses

Posted on June 14, 2013 by

Here at Crouse Hospital, I have requested an immunology consult.  The hospitalist has told me that he doesn’t do things like that.  I have sent messages via three different routes to the Director of Hospitalists.  She has chosen not to see … Continue reading →

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A Search for the Roses

Posted on June 11, 2013 by

I am dreaming that Melia and I are wandering around downtown, particularly in the Armory Square section, where there are outdoor vendors.  Down every little alley, in small brick courtyards and on fire escapes there are people selling hand sewn … Continue reading →

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Crouse: Grownups and Quietude

Posted on June 9, 2013 by

Excerpt of email from Crouse’s erstwhile VP of Parking:  “I will, however, take one exception, and that is referring to our staff as ‘foolish’ (#7). You are more than entitled to your opinion (duh) and, as you know, I support … Continue reading →

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It’s about the Coffee

Posted on June 7, 2013 by

Sorry, just discovered I re-posted the first half of this. Thomas Falci just came to my bedside with a medical student. I refused to shake his hand but did shake hers. I’m not a hypocrite. Rude, maybe, but not a … Continue reading →

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That is All

Posted on June 3, 2013 by

As a child, I learned that if I wrote down my feelings then they were externalized and ceased to cause pain.  Why else do you think I became a writer?  Over time I came to understand that my feelings were in … Continue reading →

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The “Falci” Psychiatric Interview

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

Friday afternoon I had the biggest laugh in weeks—I read my psychiatric report. When I was in the Emergency Department requesting palliative care, Dr. Jishi told me that first I would have to be screened by psychiatry.  She didn’t say … Continue reading →

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Life in the 467th Group

Posted on June 1, 2013 by

Anonymous has commented “You are not costing the government any money. Hospitals are paid on a DRG basis. Which means the hospital you are in is eating the cost of your stay beyond any diagnosis related treatment days.” In the first … Continue reading →

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Not Sick, Just Gonna Die

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

The PRI screening is supposed to be done before applications are made to nursing homes.  What if the hospital is trying to get me into a nursing home for which I am not qualified?  What if I am only qualified for … Continue reading →

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The Unknown Whatever

Posted on May 31, 2013 by

A day or two after I was admitted to Crouse Hospital, someone from Care Management brought me three papers to sign.  (What Crouse calls Care Management, St. Joseph’s Hospital called Discharge Planning.)  Thereafter, every day a different person from Care Management … Continue reading →

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What’s So Fearful about That . . .

Posted on May 30, 2013 by

Four o’clock in the morning when I wake after 6½ hours of sound sleep.  My new roommate, recovering from back surgery, apparently has slept soundly, too.  It is silent here on wherever I am in Crouse Hospital.  The nurses’ station … Continue reading →

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