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A Reply to Catherine
(From Facebook) Anne C Woodlen: Nastiness I learned today: When people with chronic mental health problems become old and sick and need Assisted Living Programs or a Skilled Nursing Facility, they have trouble getting a placement. It is because elder … Continue reading
Posted in God, Spirituality, Values
Tagged Allah, Brahman, Change, church, fundamentalism, God, Holy Bible, ministry, money, People, Prayer, rational thought, Ravi Zacharias, relationships, values, Yahweh
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Buying the Farm
I was dreaming that I was back on the farm but it wasn’t farming anymore, it was more an assisted living or skilled nursing home, and my parents—who are deceased—were coming to visit. Everything was so clean and fresh, and … Continue reading
Posted in Death, Health Care, Medical care, Nature, Values
Tagged Chester County, death, doctors, drugs, end-of-life, family, Farm, health care, Hope, Physician, relationships, values, William Penn
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Double-Damned by Doctors
Yesterday the specially certified nurse came to do a PRI, which is the official New York State Department of Health’s Patient Review Instrument for just how crapped out you are. If you score less than 5 then you go into … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, disability, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged antidepressants, assisted living, Bipolar disorder, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, disability, doctors, drugs, Medicine, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, Patient Review Instrument, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, PRI, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, relationships, Rosewood Heights, skilled nursing, St. Joseph's Hospital
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What’s the Point?
So what is going to happen? I give that some thought. First, I don’t want Nurse Sharon to touch me, so I would have to get a new home health care agency and a new nurse. But I also don’t … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, drugs, God, Humor, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician, Sex, Spirituality, Values
Tagged antidepressants, BiPAP, catheter, Conditions and Diseases, CPAP, death, disability, doctors, drugs, end stage renal disease, end-of-life, GFR, glomerular filtration rate, God, immune system, Medicine, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, pheromones, Physician, psychiatric medications, relationships, sleep, Terry Schiavo, values
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What Is Going to Happen?
So God says “Come on home,” and my mother shows up in my dreams to help me pack, and then it occurs to me: all I have to do is stop drinking. An incompetent psychiatrist kept me on lithium long … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, disability, God, Medicaid, Medical care, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged BiPAP, Bobbie Dallas, Conditions and Diseases, dehydration, Dept. of Social Services, diabetes insipidus, disability, God, incompetence, kidney disease, lithium, Long Term Care, Medicaid, Nurse, Onondaga County, patients, poverty, power, Psychiatrist, relationships, values, Visiting Nurse Association, VNA
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Dumbfounded and Smiling
We need to talk. Or, rather, there’s something I need to tell you and I’m having a rather hard time doing it. I could tell you about Carol, who was a friend I had made in some civic organization. We … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Death, disability, drugs, God, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, Powerlessness, Spirituality, Values
Tagged ALP, antidepressants, assisted living, Bernardine Apartments, Conditions and Diseases, death, disability, drugs, end-of-life, family, fun, God, Hospice, life, lithium, Loretto, Medicine, pharmaceuticals, psych meds, psychiatric medication, relationships, soul, values
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Great Aunt Mildred and the MRI
A few years ago I needed an MRI—I no longer remember why. I’d had open MRIs but this one had to be a closed MRI and my psychologist and I weren’t entirely sure if I could handle it. He—Dr. Paul … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Medical care
Tagged conscious, Dr. Paul M. Cohen, Hope Family Reunion, Hypnotherapy, Mary Hope, MRI, Patient, psychologist, relationships, Roy Hope, unconscious
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To The Visiting Nurses Association
ANNE C WOODLEN ___ ribs2007@yahoo.com 501 S. Crouse Ave., Syracuse NY 13210 July 20, 2012 Executive Director Visiting Nurse Association 1050 W. Genesee St. Syracuse NY 13204 Dear Gentlefolk: I have been a patient … Continue reading
Sixty Thousand Times
I began the blog Anne C Woodlen: Notes in Passing in August 2010. It has been read 31,789 times, with 215 being the most in one day. Behind the Locked Doors of Inpatient Psychiatry was begun in November 2010. It has been read 28,371 … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, Government Services, Medical care, Poverty, Power, Powerlessness, Values
Tagged Anne C Woodlen: Notes in Passing, Behind the Locked Doors, blog, citizenship, democracy, depression, disability, drugs, end-of-life, Governance, mental illness, Onondaga County New York, patients, pharmaceuticals, poverty, power, psychiatric disorders, Psychiatrist, relationships
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Loving Others
What were the best moments of your life? My last glucose was 544, so I thought this was a good time to collect the best moments of my life. The most recent was in April at the Empathic Therapy Conference. … Continue reading
Posted in God, Health Care, Humor, Mental Illness & Health, Nature, Sex, Spirituality, Values
Tagged friend, gardening, God, happiness, Health, joy, lover, Loving, mental health, mother, nature, Peace, relationships, sex, spring, values
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