May 28th, 2010
I woke up thinking about nightmares this morning. My sleep was dream free despite the book. My kids rarely ever had nightmares, but I do recall a one that my eldest son had when he was four.I remember hearing this blood curdling scream in the middle of the night. Well when you live out in the country it doesn’t take much noise to wake you up anyway, but something like this will bring you bounding out of bed. Usually my ex looking for the shotgun. The fact that this was coming from a child who rarely even cried, let alone yelled was cause for complete panic.I flew up the stairs and my son was standing by his bed continuing to scream. After checking him over physically and attempting to get him to calm down, he finally blubbered out “the American Statue is trying to kill me.”So I brought him down stairs, gave him a glass of milk, talking at that time about anything but the dream. He wanted to talk about it though. Telling me how bad the American Statue was and he wanted to kill him, and yes, I knew who he was. He explained that he was on TV alot, and Mom and Dad both cuss at him. At 3am it escaped both of us who the hell the “American Statue” could be. He just kept insisting that was the man’s name.Even the next day he brought it up, asking if I’ve seen him yet. This just continued to stump me as to what this child could be referring too.Finally about a week later he was watching TV and I was in the kitchen cooking and he lets out this yell, scream “Mommmmm, it’s the American Statue.” I run into the living room and there smiling sweetly for the cameras is Ronald Reagan.Forever known in our house as the American Statue.
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May 23rd, 2010
Many Americans crossing the age of 55 or about to cross that age feel disturbed with lot of unsettled debts lying on their heads. Many old Americans become unemployed at their retirement age and they really find hard to settle their medical bills, home loans and other debts. A recent survey has predicted that about 150% of Americans of 55 years of age or above has filled bankruptcy last year. The retirement age is the period when people should live in peace and harmony and in the current economic situation this is the age where most of the Americans bear a lot of burden. But this people can find a solution for their problem if they handover the process of clearing their debts on the hands of right Debt relief attorneys. These attorneys will help people in negotiating a larger amount of their debts (about 40% to 60%), removing unpaid interests, late payment fees or membership dues from their debts and through many other debt relief means.
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May 23rd, 2010
Debt consolidation is found to be the best way to get out of all our debts. Debt consolidation is a process where all our debt payments are put under a single plan and we have to make only a single payment every month. Debt Consolidation process can be achieved through two ways and are listed below:
- By offering loan – The best part of offering for a debt consolidation loan is it is tax deductible. Also, no one will know about your financial status as you will be paying out for your debts as that of a normal housing loan. The payment period can be extended even up to 30 years, however it is good to wind up the payment within a short span of time since the longer you pay, more will be your repayment.
- Debt Management Plan – This is another debt consolidation option where you can place all your consumer debts under a single plan. Under this plan you will not be able to use your credit cards but this plan does not expect good credit as that of the loan option.
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May 21st, 2010
This is a bitch session, whine session…yes I want cheese with it, I’m sitting on the pity pot and the smell stinks.
I’m angry at my corporation, I’m angry at my boss, I’m angry at myself for being pissed. I’m burned out. I’ve been on this road before, and usually able to get a mind set going to get passed it, but it ain’t happening this time.I’m tired of working 10+ hours a day, bringing work home on the weekends and never being caught up. I’m tired of being on call 24 hours a day. I’m tired of not having enough staff. Im tired of dealing with the pharmacy, the hospitals, the labs, the shitty employees and stupid families. I’m tired of my corporation telling me to review every fucking thing to see where we can save a buck.My boss is proud of the fact we made a profit of $280,000 last month. I don’t give a rat’s ass. I need more staff. What she is proud of just made me angrier.I yelled at my boss today….I told her to try spending 4 hours out of her office on the floor and seeing how everybody is humping and still never even close to being caught up.I yelled at an employee today who was suppose to be at work at 7am and came toodling in at 3:50pm with a doctors excuse for the day off. Didn’t bother to call and let anyone know she wasn’t coming. I asked her when she was going to grow up and take some responsibility for her job? She asked me not to treat her like a child…I told her when she quit acting like one. She asked me to change my tone…I told her if she didn’t like it to get out of my office. She said no…I then told her to go before I removed her. She left. Oh yeah, this is the same damn employee who called in all last week with a “cold”, who showed up at our works outpatient clinic yesterday trying to claim a work place injury. Apparently she missed the clue boat to get an understanding that you have to actually work to claim an injury.Was I out of line? Oh yeah. I really don’t give a shit. I’m sick of lazy ass employees with the work ethics of a god damn pig. I’m sick of money grubbing families looking and waiting for someone to fart wrong so they can sue. I’m sick of corporate people raping healthcare and compromising patient care.
Oh yeah, I’m burned out. 7-11 is looking damn good. I can’t even blame PMS.Ok, I’m finished. No, I don’t feel better. But. I. Will. Get. Over. It. Maybe.
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May 20th, 2010
Your room / office is often invaded by evil beings disruptive force? That his nephew brat who always manages to mess up all your files and install 1 million games demo always finds a way to invade your space? Simple, let the Master Yoda of safekeeping. This little gadget connects to your computer via USB, it has a motion detector that senses when someone approaches, and imadiatamente your lightsaber lights up and drop a classic phrase from Star Wars, are six in all: ‘In the end, Those Who Are Cowards follow the dark side’ ‘A disturbance in the Force there is’ ‘Retreat! I Will Cover You ‘ ‘Still much to learn you have’ ‘So Certain of defeat are you, hmmm? ‘Rush into not fight, the war is long – Only Surviving it by Will Prevail you’ How is a USB device is likely to be some way to modify the sentence patterns, or we have to use the dark forces. The USB Desk Yoda Protector costs $ 26.99 at BigBadToyStore . Source: Digital Drops
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May 20th, 2010
For the most part I like my job. I just don’t deal with bullshit well. Some of the recent family things I’m talking about with the threats of being sued, or actually being sued:
1. Dad was admitted with severe back pain but to recoup from a cardiac problem, but according to the daughter only developed after being admitted. Come to find out Dad was in a serious car accident 30 years ago and several of his vertebrae were fractured, which mended without alot of torture through the years. Well 2 months before being admitted Dad fell at home and the pain resurfaced. Hospitals being what they are today only dealt with the immediate cardiac concern and sent him off to us. Dad after a multitude of years of cuddling up with Jack Daniels actually has a multitude of problems. So he’s being sent off to a variety of specialists since admission. Monday, Darlin Daughter takes Dad out to the nephrologist and swings by his favorite chiropractor for his back pain on the way back. When he returns, he can’t hardly move. So now she’s “going to sue your ass if we don’t get to the bottom of this back pain”. Hello?
Second case: Dad who has had a stroke who needs thickened liquids was found by Darlin Daughter sitting in the hallway sipping a glass of water – unthickened. Some well meaning passerby (staff, patient, visitor)? Gave him a cup out of the drinking fountain because Dad was thirsty. Well shit happens. Mind you Dad has lived there for 2 years without problems. Darlin Daughter visits every other month and goes off the deep end seeing this. Yells at me that she is going to sue my ass if he ever gets aspiration pneumonia. Well yeah Dad can…happens alot if you have swallowing problems, especially when you choke food down and don’t want a tube feed. Dad ate his meals by my office because of the problems and I had performed the heimlach manuever on him several times in 2 years. So I told her I wouldn’t live under that threat, and I’d have Social Services contact her in the morning regarding alternate placement. Seven days later Dad was taken to another facility, fell 3 days later and fractured his hip and died during surgery. Yes I feel bad because I lost my temper and let psychotic family members interfere.
Last but not the least, this is a current lawsuit:
Mom was admitted from the hospital after being found by Darlin Daughter at home with multiple bedsores and a massive weight loss. Obvious Darlin Daughter who lives close by hadn’t visited in a while. In our facility she continued to refuse to eat, continued to lose weight and of course the bedsores were not healing. No matter how much we had family meetings telling this bitch that if Mom didn’t have tube feeding, IV’s etc….she was going to die. Hospice was offered. “NO”…Mom wouldn’t want that. Well it gets down to the wire, and Mom is dying and all of a sudden it’s “what have you done to her? Send her to the hospital!” Of course, where Mom dies, it’s too damn late. Did we do everything possible? Yes, I have no doubts. Still doesn’t stop the lawsuit mess.
Yes, I actually feel the daughter planned this.
I deal with these asswipes several times a day. Families who want to postpone transfusions, IV’s, tube feedings, medications etc…to wait and see what happens. I make sure everyday that they bluntly hear: “Ok, that’s your decision to make, but (Mom or Dad) will die.” The same thing that would happen if we postpone food and fluids on you. It is on you. Then they invariably ask “When will Mom die?” I answer the same each time “I’m not God, I have no idea. Call in the family and be prepared.” Although this didn’t work with the Darlin Daughter on the lawsuit…my conscience is clear. I did my job.
This new HIPAA law that went into effect in April has not made my job easier. Many family members by law I’m not allowed to tell a thing too. Families don’t take kindly to this. By the time mom or dad enters a hospital to a nursing home, even if they have their right mind, many children want to do a role reversal. They think they become in charge. If mom or dad says “no” don’t share with them…now I’m smack dab in the middle of a family feud. Guess who the bad guy is?
Many people have the foresight to obtain a durable power of attorney for healthcare or here in Michigan it’s called a patient advocate. Many children think that gives them a right immediately to be in charge. Not true…only if the patient become incapacitated and deemed so by 2 physicians.
Now if neither of these two things are in place, before major decisions can take place there has to be a family consensus and all children in agreement if the patient becomes incapacitated. The more children the bigger the zoo party. Then they start throwing down and guess who is stuck in the middle. Then we have to petition for a court appointed guardian, which at times can take too long. Sometimes at this point I’ll ship the patient off to the hospital just to get it out of my hands. Talk about a lawsuit waiting to happen there.
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May 19th, 2010
Philips has announced the launch of its smartphone Philips Xenium X830 with an incredible battery autonomy. According to Philips, the Xenium X830 offers an autonomy mode ‘on hold’ for 45 days. But of course, is not just a smartphone that lasts long, it also has a touch screen of 3 inches with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. He also has a 5 megapixel camera with autofocus, FM radio and a slot for MicroSD memory cards up to 8GB. I have no information if it has connection via Wi-Fi and 3G HSDPA, but I know he has an entry MicroUSB is a GSM 850/900/1800/1900 and connects via GPRS / EDGE. Although he seems a brick through the photos, its size is almost the same as other smartphones with touch: 105 × 53 × 15.5 mm. The Philips Xenium X830 will be released soon, and we will post here with all his characteristics. Source: Mobile-Review .
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May 18th, 2010
Amazon has once again stepped on the ball with its user, and this time the twist of the stupid idea will be much higher. This is one of the most important news of the year in the tech world: The Amazon Kindle accessed remotely from multiple users and deleted the book ’1984 ‘and’ Animal Farm ‘, both by George Orwell. We know that the books were deleted from the library of the Amazon, making it impossible for future purchases, but the fact is that those who had already bought the books noted that they simply disappeared, without warning or consent from users of the Kindle. But of course this is just the tip of the iceberg: the extent to which a manufacturer can have access to user data? Of course, the Kindle books are the problem, but could have been the data from an e-mail, which perhaps could lead to data from a bank account. Are we doing the right thing to trust that companies are ‘good people’? Imagine you came home to notice that your bookshelf is full of holes, and it happened because the seller found out that he could not sell those books for you, then broke into his home and recovered the books. Do you really think this is the right attitude to take? No doubt this is one thing we should concern ourselves not only taking the Kindle, but imagine how many cell phone companies for example, that must have data on everything you do on their phones. Source: Enrique Dans
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May 17th, 2010
An update performed by users of the BlackBerry operator Etisalat has been identified as a spyware this week in the UAE. According to information, more than 145mil company’s customers had their machines infected by spyware, which can relay e-mail and SMS users, with the probable aim of getting access to bank accounts. But of course, in times of internet, anyone who has sensitive information is king. RIM issued a statement saying the software was not authorized. We confirm that this program is not a patch or an upgrade and authorized by us. RIM has not developed this application and is not involved in any way in the test, promoting or distributing it. RIM is already working on a spyware removal tool. According to RIM, the application got through the defenses of the BlackBerry because it received a digital signature of the carrier, and be enabled by the users. Of course, blame the users, they are obliged to confirm whether that official update directly on the device is spyware or not.
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May 16th, 2010
In answering a letter to Joni I realized I need to give some time to the flip side of the medical world.Yes, there are some incompetent, lazy fools in the medical profession. I employ a few. We make mistakes at work. I own them and try to learn from them, teach and scare the shit out of others about them. I fire these people as fast as I spot them. Sometimes it’s after they fucked up unfortunately. I wish to God I had a bullshit meter that functioned better.I am THE Bitch from Hell when one of my loved ones are in the hospital. Not too long ago my mother was taken to the ER with slurred speech, dizziness and nausea. When my brother called me from Iowa in route to the hospital I told him then, it sounds like a CVA (stroke).A couple of hours later he calls back, they admitted her. The ER MD “felt” it was probably her cancer resurfacing “with metastasis to the brain from her prior breast cancer”. What? I yelled at my brother. My mother had beaten the cancer 20 years ago. I asked if they seen that on the CAT scan. He said…they didn’t do a CAT scan, just admitted her for observation. After all it was a Saturday, they’d call in the cardiologist on Monday.I told my brother to go to that MD and quote me word for word: “If you don’t do a CAT scan immediately, my sister is going to sue your ass.”Well he did, and the MD promptly shipped her off to a hospital in Des Moines, where she had a CAT scan immediately and of course was in fact having a stroke. Prompt attention there stopped further brain damage.The exact same scenario happened with my aunt. Yes, there are incompetent MD’s.
Last year my Grandmother was taken to the hospital and had emergency surgery for a perforated bowel. Two days after surgery, she was recouping fine…so I did not fly back. Damn it. Damn it. Damn it.My mother called me that second day, said Grandma was doing great, the only complaint she had was leg pain. WHAT? Any damn nurse or MD knows if a patient after surgery has leg pain, it’s probably a DVT (deep vein thrombosis) aka blood clot. I called the nurses station…the nurse was busy. I called Mom back and said go to the nurse and tell her to check for DVT’s.
Mom didn’t do it. The “nurse was busy and she’s nice, she knows what she is doing”. Grandma pitched a clot to her brain 12 hours later and never woke up. Yes, her legs had been full of blood clots.This is Nursing 101. I should of flown my ass back there, but it wasn’t a good time at work. I’ll never, ever make that mistake again.Maybe today I’ll cut those families some slack.
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