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“I have spent the past twelve days in St. Joseph’s Hospital on inpatient psychiatry (Unit 3-6) with Dr. Roger Levine attending. I am now going to file complaints with the New York State Dept. of Health, NYS Office of Mental Health, … Continue reading
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Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, death, depression, disability rights, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, God, health care, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, roger levine, St. Joseph's Hospital, values
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SUNY Upstate’s $122 Million Boondoggle (Part I)
In 2009 I moved into McCarthy Manor. I was referred across the street for physical therapy at the Institute for Human Performance, which faces on 505 Irving Avenue, Syracuse NY. The Institute was built by the State University of New York … Continue reading
MY DAY or It’s About the Immune System, Stupid
So I dragged myself out of bed after a disrupted night’s sleep and—tired all to pieces—I got a glass of orange juice, which sent me into a sneezing fit, which—along with the extreme fatigue, not to mention the shortness of … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged Call-a-Bus, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, health care, Medicine, mental disorder, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, Psychiatrist
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Death of a Citizen; Birth of a Christian
In the homeless shelter, I was required to apply for Social Security Disability (SSD). In July 1991 I was declared totally disabled and awarded SSD; with that came Medicare and Medicaid. Transitional Living Services got me out of the shelter and … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, disability, drugs, God, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, Christian, citizen, depression, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, Food Stamps, God, health care, HEAP, Holy Bible, HUD, Medicaid, Medicare, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, physicians, poverty, power, Social Security, values
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The Witness
I contacted the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and got from them test protocols. I took these to Dr. Sidney Orgel, a psychologist on the staff of Upstate Medical Center. He had a private practice run out of an office in … Continue reading
Posted in Depression, Onondaga County, political corruption, Power, Powerlessness, Republican Party, Values
Tagged democracy, depression, doctors, Edward Gerber, FAA, Governance, mental disorder, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, Peter Andreoli, Post-Standard, power, psych manipulation, psych testing, Psychiatrist, Republican Committee, Richard Sheeran, Sidney Orgel, special prosecutor, The Syracuse Newspapers, values, witness
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Ethical Issues Related to Treatment Induced Harm (Part I)
Or: Every resource available to get off psych meds By Ron Unger on September 8, 2012 Many people come into the mental health system often after being betrayed and traumatized in a number of ways: too often, the mental health system … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Health Care, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals
Tagged antidepressants, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, doctors, drugs, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist
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The Greater Gods and Goddesses
I woke up around 6:30 a.m.—which is normal for me—then did a little work on the computer until my new aide arrived for her second day at work. She totally botched the coffee but I was very forgiving and told … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, physician, Recipes, Values
Tagged auto BiPAP, country-fried bacon and eggs, CPAP, doctors, Dr. Nasri Ghaly, family, Health, health care, home health aides, Kate, Kathy Urschel, Matt Stutzman, Medicaid, OBS, Obstructive sleep apnea, paper work, paralympics, patients, Physician, power, Psychiatrist, trust
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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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The Only Option
This is the iced tea I’ve been drinking all my life and Hospice plans to take it away from me. What Hospice will do is discontinue Amelia, who knows how I like my iced tea, and replace her with their … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, Government Services, Health Care, Medical care, physician, Poverty, Values
Tagged Amelia, CDPAP, Conditions and Diseases, consumer directed personal assistant program, death, doctors, Enable, end-of-life, family, Francis House, health care, home health aide, Hospice, Medicaid, Medicare, Patient, poverty, Sister Ida, suicide, values
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It’s About the Iced Tea
I do hope, dear reader, that you understand that I’m not writing these blogs to draw attention to myself. The goal is to inform you about end-of-life issues: how do you decide when your life is over? What do you … Continue reading
Posted in Death, disability, Medical care, physician, Poverty, Values
Tagged Amelia, Conditions and Diseases, death, disability, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, family, God, Hospice, iced tea, Medicine, Onondaga County New York, patients, Physician, poverty, quality of life, values
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