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And that’s Homeopathy, Folks
On Tuesday, September 25, around 8:30 p.m., I put the homeopathic remedy under my tongue, let it dissolve and went to sleep. Now let’s do a brief overview: on July 13 there was a power outage at my apartment building, … Continue reading
Homeopathy or Bust
I have immune dysfunction which results in intolerance to medication, therefore, I have treated with alternatives to standard American medicine. I have used light to treat seasonal affective disorder; air to treat sleep apnea, liquids to treat kidney disease, diet … Continue reading
Welcome to Skilled Nursing 101
A nursing home is a hospital without the money. Americans worship medicine, and where your heart is there also your money will be. At St. Joseph’s Hospital, the beds cost $6000 and are, by and large, for the benefit of the … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Health Care, Housing, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Values
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Getting out of St. Joe’s
The last thing I got from St. Joe’s was a head cold. I woke up this morning feeling that it was well with my soul, and I was getting out of the hospital. No way was I spending another twenty-four … Continue reading
Posted in Health Care, Housing, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, power wheelchairs
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August 25—four months till Christmas. I dreamed that I was on Marshall Street (the commercial shopping area of Syracuse University two blocks away from my home) and, amid much joviality and merriment, they were taking down most of the bright … Continue reading
Ten Days Later
Ten days ago I posted a complaint, “Ask for a Social Worker, Get a Nurse,” so let’s do an update and see how things are going. (http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/ask-for-a-social-worker-get-a-nurse/ ) I filed the complaint against the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA) and its … Continue reading
Posted in activism, American medical industry, Depression, disability, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Commission on Quality of Care, depression, Dept. of Health, disability, doctors, end-of-life, Governance, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, NYS CQC, NYS DOH, Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, values, Visiting Nurse Association, VNA
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Fixing What’s Broken
Good morning, peeps. Here’s the news for today: I just saved you $155 with Medicare/Medicaid, and my open letter to Centro bus company did some good. But first, the weather: it’s gorgeous. The Broken Prong Story I have a power … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs
Tagged Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, Federal Transit Administration, Frank Kobliski, Medicaid, Medicare, paratransit, power wheelchair, Wheelchair
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SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual
SURVIVING PSYCHIATRY: A User’s Manual by Anne C Woodlen Now for sale to you, this 60-page collection of 23 essays recently sold out at Dr. Peter Breggin’s Empathic Therapy Conference. “The great jazz bassist Ron Carter once described good jazz … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Benjamine Rush Center, bipolar, Conditions and Diseases, CPEP, death, depression, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Emergency psychiatry, end-of-life, God, Health, health care, Hutchings Psychiatric Center, Lorazepam, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental hospital, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Patient, patients, Peter Breggin, pharmaceuticals, Physician, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, Psychiatry, reform, relationships, Richard Gottlieb, Sleep apnea, Social work, St. Joseph's Hospital, Surviving Psychiatry, values
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We Need Your Help
Yesterday the Veterans Administration Hospital discharged Dr. Michael Gregory, who has no home. Dr. Gregory, 73, has had seven strokes. He has an ostomy, diabetes, high blood pressure, MRSA, and cancer on his ear. He has reason to be concerned … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, Depression, disability, disability rights, drugs, Fraud, God, Government Services, Health Care, Holistic, Housing, Humor, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs, Powerlessness, Recipes, Sex, Spirituality, Uncategorized, Values
Tagged assisted living, Conditions and Diseases, DAV, David Carr, David Sutkowy, death, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, DSS, Governance, Gregory, Health, health care, homeless vet, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, Post-Standard, poverty, power, problem solving, Rescue Mission, Ruby Tuesday, Rural Metro, Social work, Steven Armendarez, VA Hospital, values, Welfare
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