A gentleman from nurses unlimited came into my home to interview me before setting up physical therapy. I was very specific as to my therapy... basic stretching and range of motion to keep my joints from freezing up. He nodded and seemed to understand. The next day, a woman by the name of Christie Gasser showed up and promptly ignored all of my instructions in favor of her own agenda. This triggered an exacerbation of my symptoms... I have primary progressive multiple sclerosis. After two days of me saying ""no don't do that"", ""no, it will make it worse""... I went from being able to transfer myself in and out of my power chair, and on and off of the toilet whenever I wanted to {at least a dozen times a day}, to not being able to make a transfer at all without assistance. I could no longer even sit up. Now I am faced with the choice of going into a nursing home or flying across the Atlantic to a civilized country, such as Switzerland, where they will help me to die peacefully. I am not going to check into a nursing home because my health care in Texas has been such that I know I would become the next nursing home abuse story. No thank you. Not to mention, they would take my home, stocks, savings, and everything else I own that is worth anything. ""Greatest health care system in the world""... that's what I keep hearing these right wing politicians say, and it makes my blood boil. I would be pleased if they could just remember the Hippocratic oath!
Cons: Ignored my instructions
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