Tag Archives: Health

How to Write

Posted on September 9, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | 4 Comments

The Greater Gods and Goddesses

Posted on August 30, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

Who’s Afraid of the Idiots in Government?

Posted on August 26, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | 1 Comment

Curing Depression, and Ain’t Payback a Bitch?

Posted on August 14, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | 4 Comments

Finding Dr. Tucker

Posted on July 29, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

Rolling the Stearman

Posted on July 16, 2012 by annecwoodlen

A photograph of an airborne open cockpit biplane hangs on my bedroom wall. It is a 1938 Stearman. I was at my sister’s in Chester County, Pennsylvania, standing at the sink washing dishes and looking out the window in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Spirituality, Values | Tagged biplane, Chester County, flying, grass airport, Health, mental health, Stearman, values | Leave a comment

Loving Others

Posted on July 10, 2012 by annecwoodlen

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 | Leave a comment

Of Heat Waves and Chest Pains

Posted on June 22, 2012 by annecwoodlen

What do you do when life gets tough? When you’re in the middle of a heat wave (at least three days with the temperature over 90 degrees) or having chest pains, what do you do? If you called me up … Continue reading →

Posted in American medical industry, disability, God, Health Care, Mental Illness & Health, Spirituality | Tagged Air conditioning, chest pain, chest pains, God, Health, health care, heart disease, Heat wave, heat waves, Lord, mental disorder, mental health, patience, patients, perseverance, Prayer, problem solving, Temperature, weather | Leave a comment

An Open Letter to Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company

Posted on May 14, 2012 by annecwoodlen

Frank Kobliski, Executive Director of Centro Bus Company CNY Centro Syracuse/Onondaga 200 Cortland Avenue PO BOX 820 Syracuse, NY 13205-0820 May 14, 2012 Dear Frank, Yesterday I was at Shoppingtown Mall when Call-a-Bus paratransit picked me up in my wheelchair at 3:30 p.m. … Continue reading →

Posted in activism, advocacy, disability, disability rights, Government Services, Poverty, Power, power wheelchairs | Tagged air condition, Air conditioner, Bus, Call-a-Bus, Centro, disability, disability rights, Frank Kobliski, FTA, Health, heat, Onondaga County New York, paratransit, poverty, power, problem solving | 4 Comments

My Mother’s Meatloaf

Posted on May 7, 2012 by annecwoodlen

I have quit the vegan diet, and here’s why. Ten days ago I wrote “Two Hearts on Whole Wheat” (http://behindthelockeddoors.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/two-hearts-on-whole-wheat/) about Dick and me. We both had gone vegan about eight months ago, and he had just had his annual … Continue reading →

Posted in American medical industry, drugs, Health Care, Holistic, Medical care, Pharmaceuticals, physician | Tagged cholesterol, Comfort food, Conditions and Diseases, depression, diabetes, diabetes mellitus, doctors, drugs, glucose, Health, health care, Meat, Meatloaf, Medicine, metformin, patients, pharmaceuticals, Physician, vegan, Veganism, vegetarian | 18 Comments