She really NEEDS an advocate of some kind to be on call for her. If her doctor is being such a jerk and the ER is being this unreasonable, I don't know what else we can do for her. I would be willing to scream in the face of anyone treating her badly if I lived near by.
No. You're missing the point. The design of the thing is functional. The plan is not to shoot you. The plan is to get the girl. If there's no girl, then the plan, well, is like the room.
Early ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
quester - Dec 14, 2012 3:41:10 pm PST #4594 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
Consuela - Dec 14, 2012 3:41:22 pm PST #4595 of 30001
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
I keep thinking that, were she white or male, they'd be a hell of a lot more willing to follow her doctor's orders. And then I get really mad.
I suspect a black man in ita's situation would be treated no better. But that's just me speculating wildly.
quester - Dec 14, 2012 3:42:39 pm PST #4596 of 30001
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I can't believe this is happening to OUR ita !
She used to be able to kill them with her pinkie!
Stephanie - Dec 14, 2012 3:46:01 pm PST #4597 of 30001
Trust my rage
I have had this thought a few times but have always resisted because it feels like it might cross boundaries. But realistically, what is a medical advocate and who does that sort of thing? Are there people besides friends/family? I'm not that kind of lawyer but I have seen "I'm a lawyer" open doors before.
Stephanie - Dec 14, 2012 3:46:01 pm PST #4598 of 30001
Trust my rage
I have had this thought a few times but have always resisted because it feels like it might cross boundaries. But realistically, what is a medical advocate and who does that sort of thing? Are there people besides friends/family? I'm not that kind of lawyer but I have seen "I'm a lawyer" open doors before.
shrift - Dec 14, 2012 3:59:09 pm PST #4599 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
Joe and I are supposed to be in court Monday because he doesn't want to pay child support.
Wow. I really can't think of a polite thing to say about this, other than hoping it forces Joe to be a goddamn grown-up.
P.M. Marc - Dec 14, 2012 4:04:24 pm PST #4600 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I suspect a black man in ita's situation would be treated no better. But that's just me speculating wildly.
That was supposed to read white *and* male. I will let my thinko stand.
Jesse - Dec 14, 2012 4:15:38 pm PST #4601 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh jeez, Stephanie. I hope Joe gets his shit together.
Topic!Cindy - Dec 14, 2012 4:21:12 pm PST #4602 of 30001
What is even happening?
I still check in here when there's been trouble. Today was just awful.
I hope its is on the mend and that the hospital and her docs get their acts together, because WTH?
Trudy Booth - Dec 14, 2012 4:21:55 pm PST #4603 of 30001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I've been thinking about mental illness and stigmas thereto and... I've dealt with depression most of my life now. I'm pretty comfortable with the notion that if I wanted a gun I should have to go through some additional scrutiny to get it - or possibly not get it -- just as someone with a seizure disorder needs their seizures under control to have a driver's license.
And I don't think this would inherently lead to stigmatizing me. Actually, I think discussing it reduces the stigma just as it has with epilepsy and diabetes and other chronic conditions that when I was a kid (back before the earth cooled in the 70s) were much more feared and before that were frequently kept secret - much to the detriment of all.
For now I am going to make a very nice dinner and eat entirely too much of it. And I'll drink a little bit more than I should. And I'll have baklava and tea and catch up on a bunch of Daily Shows.