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Illegal Abortion? Been There, Done That
Thanks to my understanding, empathetic, compassionate and reasonable mother, I was allowed to decide for myself if I wanted to carry a child to term when I became pregnant at age 16. Truth of the matter is, Iâd already miscarried by the time Iâd made it to my termination appointment up in Frankfurt, Germany. You see, because I was a military dependent of an active duty Marine, stationed in theâŠ
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Can I Get You A Pillow?
Last year my boyfriendâs father went through the very difficult and harrowing journey of being diagnosed with, and treated for, prostate cancer. On one of very first visits to the urologist, he obediently followed their instructions; he hadnât had anything to eat or drink prior to the visit. He arrived on time and was enthusiastically greeted by the staff, shuffling him off to a private room andâŠ
Good People, Good Care
Getting Good People To Care, Getting Good Care to People, isnât that what itâs all about? Our healthcare system is far too complex. At its most basic, it should be about just that. Good Care. But instead, more often than not, weâre fighting with insurance companies for procedures and prescriptions that our doctors recommend. My sister is having surgery on a brain aneurysm next week. Talk aboutâŠ
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Medieval Mental Health Policies, for Pilots
The FAA would rather you self-medicate than to get properly diagnosed and treated? Thatâs the story if you ask any American pilot, but especially poor Joseph Emerson, that off-duty pilot who tried to take Horizon Flight 2059 down the other day, from his unique position in the cockpit jump seat. To be fair, Joseph thought he was having a nightmare, and that taking this drastic action would wakeâŠ
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Psychology vs. Psychiatry
What is the difference, anyway? Reading the very funny and very entertaining âMaybe You Should Talk to Someoneâ book by Lori Gottlieb, (which was fiction, but based on her experiences as both a clinician and a patient,) brought to life for me the notion that psychologists donât make people happy, but prescriptions do. I came into therapy over six years ago, after a personal breakdown that causedâŠ
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Teaching Hospitals
Back in 2009, a close friend was in a terrible motorcycle accident, which meant he hadnât turned up for a dinner meeting with me and our mutual friend that night. The two of us who were enjoying the sushi dinner in Laguna Beach figured heâd fallen asleep, or must have just blown us off, but we tried not to worry. It wasnât totally out of character for our motorcycle friend to flake. The nextâŠ
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How Much Therapy is "Enough?"
Talk Therapy, how much is enough?
I started seeing my therapist after a major crisis in 2016. Iâd checked myself into Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute, but I wasnât clear on why I was going there, nor did I know that I sounded so crazy that they wouldnât let me out for a whole week. Itâs called a 5150, and while a lawyer will tell you California doesnât hold people against their will (I did stay, voluntarily) a doctor willâŠ
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Scared, But Doing It Anyway
Mom is having her hip tendons repaired in a couple of weeks. Not a new hip installed like most folks her age, but the tendons of her right hip re-stretched and sewn back into place. I am sure she is concerned about the healing process, and the aftermath, if not the procedure itself. But I doubt if she would admit that to me. Her mother died about four hours after giving birth to her, and thisâŠ
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If you're ever in a coma...
If youâre ever in a comaâŠ
Letâs hope the hospital staff doesnât refer to you like youâre not there, just another object in the room. Talking around you, talking about you, talking as if you canât comprehend whatâs happening. This is what happened to my friend, about eight years ago, when she agreed â based on Doctorâs orders, to be put into a medically induced coma. Sheâs emerged from that coma, and regained herâŠ
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Urgent Care vs. The "ER"
We got lucky, but it's not always so easy.
Whatâs the difference, anyway, and why is it important that you know now, before you find yourself in a crisis? About a year ago my boyfriend experienced fatigue that we couldnât really pinpoint the cause of on our own. He kept testing negative for COVID, yet he kept feeling inexplicably tired, even after a good nightâs rest. Turns out he had a GIST â gastrointestinal stromal tumor that wasâŠ
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Doc! My Colon May Be Swollen
Doc! My Colon May Be Swollen
Iâm sure if you have this ailment, this headline is not funny. When it comes to health related issues, Iâve learned that when I am scared, I definitely default to humor. Doctors donât always âgetâ this about me. If you do have an inflamed colon, youâll likely have abdominal pain, cramping, and diarrhea. Such wisdom, from a quick Google search, where Healthline serves up the answer, no humorâŠ
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I Spy, With My Critical Eye
I Spy, With My Critical Eye
Back in 2016 when I checked myself into Langley Porter Psych Ward (accidentally, on MLK day,) I told myself it must be part of the new gig, that maybe I was âsentâ there to inspect the operations, from the âend-userâsâ point of view. After all, I am an âuser-experience-researcherâ and this end-userâs-experience, one of visiting an inpatient hospital, for emergency âmentalâ help, along with helpâŠ
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What the Fibroid?
I have fibroids in my uterus, and evidently, they grow. Apparently, this is a common issue among women of my age, but itâs something you donât hear much about, of course, until it happens to you. I know at least three women over fifty who chose to remove their whole uterus rather than to live with the pain and discomfort of the fibroids. Even looking up the research and the cleveland clinicâŠ
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Connectedness
You know how when you learn a new word, suddenly you see it in print everywhere? Was it there all along and youâd just ignored it, you wonder? Lately Iâve been feeling that way about the great unmasking of what I am calling the Lull-in-Pandemic-Spring-of-2022. Iâve been to several outdoor party events in the past three weeks (vaccinations required to enter but, masks have been optional) andâŠ
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Staffing Minimums
In California, the state has passed legislature to mandate how many staff members need to be on-site per patient, in certain kinds of healthcare related facilities. Well I dunno about you, but really knowing the importance of this was sort of lost on me, until my loved one was sentenced to Kaiser Permanente in Richmond for nearly two weeks. Last year my significant other had an surprise GISTâŠ
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Can't This Wait?
Canât This Wait?
A year ago I saw my primary care provider for the third time in a row, â as in â three annual check-ups, consecutively. That was a first time experience for me, having grown up as a military dependent and then living in the Silicon Valley/SF Bay Area and job hopping or freelancing for twenty plus years. Insurance changes, doctors go in and out of network, and consistency in a provider was neverâŠ
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Untangle My Mind
Chris Stapletonâs song lyrics of the same title go like so: Well I drank a lot of whiskey in my timeAnd Iâve held a lot of women that were fineAnd I made a little money, I blew every dimeTryinâ to untangle my mindWell Iâve made a lot of choices that were wrongThat the good lord spend too many nights aloneAnd Iâve been out on the edge, and Iâve stumbled âcross the lineTryinâ to untangle myâŠ
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