Ken,
That is unconscionable! Did they provide any other suggestions, since "he
wasn't their patient"?
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 6:56 PM, ken barber <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> 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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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
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