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Life as a soap opera
Apr. 13th, 2007 01:05 pmI really Hate having to deal with the Public Health system. Thanks to my Foolish Idealism, I spent my Adult Life doing Activette stuff and Working in a Profession that has Poor Bennys and Pay but “Helps” folks. Well, now that I’m Disabled, that has come back to bite me on the ass HARD!
In Truth, the biggest problem I have is that of Perception. You see, I don’t “fit” the client profiles. A Middle-aged Disabled White Guy here is supposed to be at least an Alcoholic and an ex-Con, probably with a grade school education. Most are more…”Colourful”. This means that lil ol Goody 2shoes Army Brat here gets treated like the default setting….even when they Know better. After all, they can’t treat one client different than another, that would be DISCRIMINATION.
What triggered this rant was a refused request for a med. I don’t like taking drugs and do so as little as possible, so when I ask for something, it means I’ve tried all non-medical interventions 1st and they’ve failed. I’m a bit Stressed out from all the stuff going on in my life right now and to add Insult to Injury, threw out my back. All I asked for was 6 low-dose Valium…take care of two problems at once. Nope. Those are Abuseable. Gee, the “Tweakers” I Knew in San Francisco could have taken that much in a single gulp to bring them down enough for Work Monday. Oh Well. Then the MD got “bitchy” when I said perhaps I should turn to Stoli shots. Wouldn’t do anything about the back but who’d care;>?
An aside. Interestingly, if I’d BEEN that Profile, I’d be entitled to more help. There’s plenty for Substance Abusers of all kinds and for ex-cons but for someone who hates the smell of Grass and has had one Speeding ticket in 30 yrs?
Troth,
Pat
In Truth, the biggest problem I have is that of Perception. You see, I don’t “fit” the client profiles. A Middle-aged Disabled White Guy here is supposed to be at least an Alcoholic and an ex-Con, probably with a grade school education. Most are more…”Colourful”. This means that lil ol Goody 2shoes Army Brat here gets treated like the default setting….even when they Know better. After all, they can’t treat one client different than another, that would be DISCRIMINATION.
What triggered this rant was a refused request for a med. I don’t like taking drugs and do so as little as possible, so when I ask for something, it means I’ve tried all non-medical interventions 1st and they’ve failed. I’m a bit Stressed out from all the stuff going on in my life right now and to add Insult to Injury, threw out my back. All I asked for was 6 low-dose Valium…take care of two problems at once. Nope. Those are Abuseable. Gee, the “Tweakers” I Knew in San Francisco could have taken that much in a single gulp to bring them down enough for Work Monday. Oh Well. Then the MD got “bitchy” when I said perhaps I should turn to Stoli shots. Wouldn’t do anything about the back but who’d care;>?
An aside. Interestingly, if I’d BEEN that Profile, I’d be entitled to more help. There’s plenty for Substance Abusers of all kinds and for ex-cons but for someone who hates the smell of Grass and has had one Speeding ticket in 30 yrs?
Troth,
Pat
