tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post115811189639199808..comments2024-02-22T04:07:33.179-05:00Comments on Nurse Keith's Digital Doorway: Back in the SaddleKeith "Nurse Keith" Carlson, RN, BSN, NC-BChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03581947410641941224noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-1159065599139776362006-09-23T22:39:00.000-04:002006-09-23T22:39:00.000-04:00I know what it is like to have a Psychiatric Illne...I know what it is like to have a Psychiatric Illness and not be able to get treatment for it. I have been diagnsoed with Bipolar Disorder type one for well over 6 years now. The county mental health services for the indigent and uninsured are pratcially useless because there are such long waiting lists for services and they will only allow two psychiatrist visits a year. I had Carpal Tunnel Syndrmone back in 2002 and trying to get a surgery that is not life threatening, but I would lose permanent function of my hands with out the surgery. <BR/>I was unmedicaded at the time and felt even worse being told this by an Orthopedic Surgeon that took an oath to heal people. I was so depressed, I told my grandmother and my mother not to worry about coming up with money for my surgery because I wasn't going to be alive for much longer.<BR/>My mother and grandmother decided inpatient treatment would be the best option. I was taken to the ER and admitted. I felt this would be my only change to get a surgery that would essentially cripple me if I did not have it done. The psychiatrist referred me to an orthopedic surgeon,ironically the same one that dx'd me with it. I did recieve the treatment, but ignored when I told the nurses I was allergic to latex. They did not believe me until I broke into a rash and had slight trouble breathingPennsylvania Independenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08196741793327435504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-1158238628617139892006-09-14T08:57:00.000-04:002006-09-14T08:57:00.000-04:00To the nurse juggler-extraordinaire,How ever do yo...To the nurse juggler-extraordinaire,<BR/><BR/>How ever do you do it, my friend? Necessity is the mother of ...stress due to overload, me thinks. Yet, still you return with a full heart and clear mind, if aching back.<BR/><BR/>I am impressed with your ability to find some humor in all of this and share it with us here. It is a great coping mechanism. God knows you need to keep your feet on solid ground or you could pulled into the undertow of so many unmet needs.<BR/><BR/>Your presence in each of those 83 lives is truly a golden, if thin, thread weaving them into a healing space in the midst of their own stressful worlds. You are an living, breathing, walking, loving, caring oasis in so many lives. Lives that have been deserted or stranded by allied support services, like the fee-for-service mental health system that you mentioned.<BR/>Please continue to replenish your life-giving waters in ways that you so richly deserve. I, like you, only wish that your caring service wasn't spread so thin. <BR/><BR/>Good Luck on your return and best of luck in navigating your work world while caring for your back, and offering support to your step-father. <BR/><BR/>Amiga de MaloneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-1158156425741987452006-09-13T10:07:00.000-04:002006-09-13T10:07:00.000-04:00Glad to see you back and hopefully it was somewhat...Glad to see you back and hopefully it was somewhat restful and regenerating.<BR/><BR/>Yep, you'll go back. Lots of patients will be glad of that fact too whether or not they take the opportunity to tell you so.Surgeon In My Dreamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179150077622941677noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246967.post-1158137519045624892006-09-13T04:51:00.000-04:002006-09-13T04:51:00.000-04:0083 people to care for? Your resilience is extraord...83 people to care for? Your resilience is extraordinary. I don't know how you can track so many comorbidities and the potential for ADR in their regimes etc.<BR/><BR/>No funding model will ever be wholly satisfactory and will always be a source of frustration.<BR/><BR/>Best - TonyShingahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18126212762767721751noreply@blogger.com