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Tag Archives: Kathy Urschel
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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Short Answers to Questions
How did Kathy Urschel lose her sight and hearing? Kath had a rare brain virus that took her sight and hearing on one side when she was about seven years old, and took it on the other side when she … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Depression, disability, drugs, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Poverty
Tagged answers, antidepressants, celiac disease, depression, Dept. of Social Services, disability, drugs, fat people, Food Stamps, health care, Kathy Urschel, Medicaid, Medicine, Onondaga County New York, poverty, questions, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, weight gain, Welfare
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Kathy Urschel, Bedbugs, and Chronic Fatigue: Answers to More Questions
How did Kathy Urschel die? Kath was visiting a friend out of town. She was blind, got up in the morning and thought she was stepping into the bathroom when actually she was stepping onto the stairs. A sighted … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Housing, Inpatient psychiatry, Medicaid, Medical care, Medicare, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, Poverty, Sex, Values
Tagged bedbugs, bipolar disorder type 2, chronic fatigue syndrome, disability, Dr. David Felten, fatigue, Food Stamps, Gulielma Maria Springett, Hannah Callowhill, Herkimer County, HUD-subsidized housing, immunology, inpatient psychiatric alliances, Kathy Urschel, lethary, locked doors psychiatric unit, malaise, psychiatric abuse, psychiatric mistreatment, psychiatric unit locked doors, renal failure, SNAP, Social Security Disability, SSD, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, tiredness, William Penn
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Kathy Urschel Revisited
Of all the posts to my blog, the story about Kathy Urschel is the one that’s drawn the most readers. http://annecwoodlen.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/kathy-urschel/ Kathy had contracted with Doug Childers, author, ghostwriter and book-doctor, to collaborate on her memoir. The week before she … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Death, disability, Health Care, Medical care, Power
Tagged athlete, bicycle racer, blind, deaf, doctors, Doug Childers, Kathy Urschel, massage therapist, Olympic, paralympics, Race Across America, tandem cycling, Trans-Continental Triathlon
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Kathy Urschel
Kathy grew up in California and loved the redwood trees. She was deaf and blind, and wanted to become a redwood guide. They told her she couldn’t because she was blind. She got a guide dog and went ahead and … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Death, disability, God, Health Care, Power
Tagged blind, cochlear implant, Conditions and Diseases, deaf, death, diagnosis, disability, Disabled, end-of-life, Health, health care, Kathy Urschel, massage therapist, Steve Wechsler
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