Thank you. I’m happy to be of any assistance. For the record, I am not personally jaded with the government and private services I benefit from. They have treated me well. But I have extensive knowledge and a skill level to be quite able to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. I advocate for people who struggle, but not bad enough to GET advocacy. It’s really, really tough. Programs are designed with narrow parameters. One must be very capable in order to access. There is little wiggle room.
Super. I worked in that arena (as a medical officer/skills-trainer) for 11 of my 31 years in professional nursing. I want to point out that in Oregon, developmentally disabled clients have strong advocacy with prompt and full-spectrum services. Other clients who do not fit the precise criteria (but are never-the-less unskilled) are put on the back burner, if assisted at all. Don’t misunderstand—I’m sure you are as diligent as a person can be. Remember, many people who need advocacy to get from point A to point B cannot obtain it. It’s a huge wrinkle in a complex system. You realize that many of the supplemental programs have the property of exceeding the cost without them…it’s a wild guessing game and unadvocated clients are adrift…it’s tough.
He tosses out a topic or word or phrase and then sits back to see what others have to say…it’s kind of a passive-aggressive behavior. Participate or not…sometimes I do, sometimes I don’t. I would say he’s bored. (I personally don’t like people who ask a question just so they can argue with you…)
I just googled the hand-holding thing— guess what? There are many, many people who don’t like it. Sometimes in a group situation, being against something everyone else is doing is awkward…disengaging. I’m still not going to do it…
Now, that was funny…Tarjei…We used to have stores called Bon Marche ( good and cheap) but they weren’t, really. We have “The Dollar Store”, and “DollarTree”, both have nothing over one dollar. They’re actually pretty good. Are there Trader Joe’s in your area? CostCo?
Oh please stay—OK, include Australian women— are there differences? For instance, when and where to wear perfume, how and where to shop (in America women tend to like Macy’s, Nordstrom, Neiman-Marcus. Some women I know (and I’m not all that smarmy) wouldn’t be caught dead at a Ross or Target (because they’re on the cheap end). Some years back Barbara Walters (filthy rich news lady) was spotted buying second-hand. Gosh! It actually made the national news, FFS…
Don’t know…but I did hear, years ago, that it’s bad karma to pray for someone who hasn’t asked, or doesn’t want, you to. I personally have a problem with the hand-holding thing in church, or around the table at grace. Don’t like it. (There doesn’t seem to be any right way to decline, at the table, either. ) I think everyone should just say their own, private thanks, silently.
…But for other regions that might have similar programs.
Howdy all. Don’t know if the system (mods) will allow this, as real institutions might be mentioned, but I feel a responsibility as a retired professional to present my observations and opinions:
Recently I attended a structured meeting regarding benefits for retirees. The facilitator began by mentioning the relatively recent advertisements claiming tons of free benefits, etc…(Seen those? JJ. Walker, Joe Namath, etc…) which, to cut to the chase, aren’t available in quite a few places, including here. So, pan THAT idea, for southwestern Oregon, anyway. Here’s a huge problem, and the chief concern: Say you’re retired, have Medicare and a supplemental plan, usually for medication co-pays. Your physician may have to write a yearly “variance” for a particular medication or treatment denied, but it usually gets solved. But then this “new” outfit courts your business, claiming a much lower rate and better service, etc…so, you jump ship. Then, something you really need is denied, and it sticks to the wall because there’s no precedent to service it, and they don’t have to. So, you’re annoyed, and drop them, and call the outfit that WAS working. Guess what? They won’t take you back, and they don’t have to. Be careful, friends. A couple near me were doing great. They are dog-paddling to stay at just above poverty. One wrong slip and they lose their home. Please, watch out. Take care of yourselves. Be smart.
Look at how many people have a story about running into someone they know in a crowded city, on an airplane, unplanned, unforeseen. I’ve been to Reno, Nevada a bunch of times. Every time I’m there, I meet someone I know from somewhere else—Portland, Boise, Kansas City, etc…Now, what are the chances, really? That one will run into the one person also visiting that city, at that exact intersection, that exact moment, that casino, gift shop, grocer, whatever…I mean, that circumstance is so “out there” it just has to be some kind of miracle. But it happens to folks ALL THE TIME. Synchronized? something funny going on here on Earth…is it a God thing? Your thoughts? Or just it’s a small world, after all?
it’s a sad state of affairs when psychiatrists (some) are really just charlatans. Look, it doesn’t take all that much effort to figure people out. Gypsies do it all the time. People walk away from Astrologers in awe and amazement. Tarot readers mesmerize even highly educated people. And so on…Having a complex is a luxury illness. Psychiatrists cost loads of cash. (that’s why the poor are rarely seen…it’s a money thing)
I’m afraid I’ve allowed myself to become jaded concerning love…I’d always thought I wasn’t that kind. Guess love did such a rotten number on me I wish I never loved anyone…it would have been better for me. And, in the final analysis, I live a pleasant solitary life. So where did “love” get me? I’m alone, anyway, FFS.
Im not defending any point of view in the following, but it does illustrate the picture, a bit. And, as I’ve said before, here in the U.S., much of what we do, ie, public policy, is in direct conflict with what we said we wanted when the country was chartered. We have, indeed, become what we fled. One cannot put up a hedge, fence, tree, etc…without going through a complicated process, and paying a substantial fee. Cannot build a house without same, add a room, deck, pool, etc…cannot rent unless you prove an income level, rent a car unless you have a credit card, hotel, cruise, air fare all contingent on forced purchase of credit. Hundreds more of these policies that fly in the face of freedom. Hell, you’re not allowed to vote against party in a primary election. Cannot protest on or too near private enterprise even if they operate with government funds. Thousands more…kind of makes the vaccination argument a bit shallow…although I do understand. It’s tough to live in a contrary world. Gotta cowboy up…
My sincere pleasure. We (Americans) are having a terrible medical kerfuffle here; several of my friends (and, ironic to academic peerage, we’re professional nurses!) find themselves being assigned a practitioner or P.A. Instead of an M.D. Well, then the insurances, yes, the Federal ones, too, decline to cooperate because there is no “doctor” on the panel, even though they recommended the P.A. , or other practitioner. When the patient calls the exchange to be assigned an M.D., those available physicians decline, stating “I’m not comfortable with his/ her medications/profile/ whatever. What a run-a-round! Gee, shall the mechanic refuse to work on car engines because they’re greasy? The teacher refuse to enter her classroom because kids are rowdy? The carpenter refuse to repair a roof because he doesn’t like heights? Since when do doctors get to cherry-pick. What!? Custom-designed patients only?
Hi there— I read your post very seriously. There is definitely a pharmaceutical crisis. It is absolutely dangerously irresponsible not to ‘titrate’ certain medications, and it sounds like what you are using falls in that category. I adamantly advise you to get advocacy. Do not take “no” for an answer. Write your representative, do it the old fashioned way with a stamp and a guarantee of return- receipt. (When they get mail like this they know you’re not fooling around). Tell your doctor that her decision is untenable. Take action.
“Of COURSE its O.K. Just in private, and not TOO much. And, this is important— take your TIME…happiness is found along the way, not at the end of the road.
A good psychiatrist says very little. They let you tell them what you already know (and they know, too— they’re professional fortune-tellers) and then create a euphoria making you feel heroic for ironing out your wrinkles, while amazingly giving the doctor (them) the credit. You willingly pay them the $200.00 + per session because your addiction to needing validation has been fixed.
Your bartender will do it for a $9.00 double-Sea Breeze and a $5.00 tip…same result ( generally)
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something funny going on here on Earth…is it a God thing? Your thoughts? Or just it’s a small world, after all?
Primarily for the U.S. and territories…
Thank you. I’m happy to be of any assistance. For the record, I am not personally jaded with the government and private services I benefit from. They have treated me well. But I have extensive knowledge and a skill level to be quite able to dot the i’s and cross the t’s. I advocate for people who struggle, but not bad enough to GET advocacy. It’s really, really tough. Programs are designed with narrow parameters. One must be very capable in order to access. There is little wiggle room.