yeah, this was very frustrating. but he was in
yesterday conditionally on them being able to release
him if any health issues arrises that the facility
can't handle and i still have to get one more blood
test for the halfway house. the detox unit told me
that if he made it through the detox and their 28 day
24/7 they'd get their clinic doctor to write a order
for the heppititus b and c test for the yearlong 24/7
halfway house we lined up for him.
having heard nothing he has went through the 1st day.
here no news is good news for at least a week or two.
--- Kathy <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Oh, Ken.... that's so sad!
>
> I know we as a society tend to blame the addicts
> themselves for their
> problems but once they take responsibility and want
> to clean up, it seems to
> me we should be supporting them a lot better!
>
> Kat
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "ken barber" <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 8:34 PM
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.c-palsy
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: detox
>
> > kendall,
> > i was offering to pay these jerks myself and
> they'd
> > just say "he's not one of our patients."
> > if he'd committed a crime he'd have been treated
> > better.
> >
> > --- "Kendall D. Corbett"
> <[log in to unmask]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Ken,
> >>
> >> It's not easy, is it? I'm frequently faced on a
> >> professional basis with
> >> finding resources for people to get things they
> need
> >> to live with their
> >> disabilities, and the system that's supposed to
> care
> >> often doesn't
> >>
> >> Not in complete defense of doctors, but in many
> >> cases, especially with
> >> inpatient care, their hands are tied by insurance
> >> companies. I know he is
> >> of a different generation (before health care was
> >> driven by insurors), but
> >> my dad often provided care for people free of
> >> charge, or on a "barter"
> >> system.
> >>
> >> There was one guy who had a really bad head
> injury
> >> that dad took care of
> >> who was an artist. Because of the head injury,
> the
> >> guy thought he'd never
> >> be able to paint again. Dad gave him a
> photograph
> >> of my granddad, and asked
> >> him to paint a portrait from it. It took the guy
> >> over a year to paint it,
> >> but it was beautiful, and occupied a place of
> honor
> >> in my grandmothers house
> >> until she died (22 years after granddad, and has
> >> hung in my parents house
> >> since. It restored the artists faith in his
> >> ability, and may now (30 years
> >> later), be worth at least three times as much as
> the
> >> fees dad would have
> >> charged.
> >>
> >> I'm frequently faced on a professional basis with
> >> finding resources for
> >> people to get things they need to live with their
> >> disabilities, and the
> >> system that's supposed to care often doesn't.
> >>
> >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 7:55 PM, ken barber
> >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> >>
> >> > i have in the last 2 weeks had the delightful
> >> > oppotunity to try to get a person into detox
> who
> >> had
> >> > no insurance, no money, and no job. it has let
> me
> >> see
> >> > the good in humanity and has let me see quite a
> >> bit of
> >> > the worse. i'd like to put most doctors now in
> >> with
> >> > lawyers and bankers in my group of worthless
> >> > professionals.
> >> > --
> >> > Kendall
> >> >
> >> > An unreasonable man (but my wife says that's
> >> redundant!)
> >> >
> >> > The reasonable man adapts himself to the world;
> >> the unreasonable one
> >> > persists in trying to adapt the world to
> himself.
> >> Therefore, all progress
> >> > depends on the unreasonable man.
> >> >
> >> > -George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950
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