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Tag Archives: Health
How to Write
The shadows grow long as I wheel through the university. I loved the university. My father was a college professor and I grew up on campus—learned to swim in the college pool, had a card at the college library, and … Continue reading
Posted in Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged David Riesman, editing, feminism, Gerry Grant, Health, live, mental health, poverty, read, Syracuse University, values, words, write, writing
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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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Who’s Afraid of the Idiots in Government?
So the new home health aide hours that Onondaga County has authorized—“effective immediately,” which was on Monday, August 20—are to go on the call-out list, which consists of about eight agencies that have contracted to serve poor people. John, the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Health Care, Humor, Medicaid, Medical care, Poverty, Power, Values
Tagged Cathy Dutton, diagnosis, disability, disability rights, executive dysfunction, Freedom, Governance, government, Health, health care, home health aide, John Terry, Long Term Care Resource Center, Medicaid, Office of Aging, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, problem solving, skilled nursing, values, VESID
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Curing Depression, and Ain’t Payback a Bitch?
Several hundred of you have been following my problem with the Visiting Nurse Association (VNA), so let’s use it as a teaching moment. Follow the bouncing activist to learn how to effectively complain. I wrote up the story of how the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, advocacy, American medical industry, Depression, disability, Fraud, Government Services, Health Care, Medicaid, Medical care, Power
Tagged Amor Bango, complaint, CQC, democracy, Dept. of Social Services, disability, disability rights, DOE, DOH, fair hearing, Gail Carmichael, Health, health care, home health care agency, Kate Rolf, MAS, Medicaid, Medicaid Fraud Unit, Medical Answering Service, Nurse, NYS Commission on Quality of Care, NYS Dept. of Education, NYS Dept. of Health, NYS Office of the Medicaid Inspector General, OMIG, Onondaga County Dept. of Social Services, Onondaga County New York, patients, poverty, power, problem solving, Sharon Cwikla, Visiting Nurse Association, VNA, Zachery Karmen
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Finding Dr. Tucker
So there it was: I was living a pointless life. The bad news was that I had no family or health, and those are the two things that people identify as the most important things in their life. The good … Continue reading
Posted in American medical industry, Depression, drugs, Inpatient psychiatry, Medical care, Mental Illness & Health, Pharmaceuticals, physician
Tagged allergist, antidepressants, blog, catheter, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diagnosis, disability, disability rights, doctors, Dr. James Tucker, drugs, executive dysfunction, family, Health, immunology, Learning disability, Medicine, mental disorder, mental illness, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, psychiatric disorders, rheumatologist, St. Joseph's Hospital
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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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