Joe Biden Shades Trump With 1 Brutally Blunt Piece Of Advice
The president went into Dark Brandon mode when asked about his predecessor.
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“get a Job” indeed! LOL
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Hi Suze. Glad you commented as I have something to share with you. But first to your comment. Yes Biden is loving not having to watch his words now that he is not running. And good for him. I know he feels strongly about tRump yet he has been restraining himself due to decency. Something tRump never had and doesn’t understand.
You asked me to get a cortisol test and advised me that my Endo doctor would be the right one to ask. I talked to their office today. I asked for the added test to my normal labs and they asked why. I know I shouldn’t feel queasy or struggle to explain, but this sounded like such a young girl. But I told her I had PTSD and intrusive thoughts from extreme childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse and also was raped by three people, one multiple times as a young adult. I explained that my intrusive thoughts were getting worse and that my spouse had been forced to wake me last night as I yelled three times Help, Help, Help. I explained I had been told that cortisol levels can make intrusive thoughts harder to handle and that there was something the doctor could give me to help. To her credit the young woman was very caring and professional, telling me she would forward the message to the doctor right away and have the scheduling desk contact me for a new appointment right after I could get the labs done.
So it is done. I did it. I did not want to. I put it off. I don’t know why. More people I meet face to face who know? Or am I just scared this won’t be an answer or help. I am tired. After Ron woke me, being very careful to do so gently and softly, I couldn’t go back to sleep and got up. That was 2 am. Now it is nearly 8 pm. I need to go to bed … but what will my dreams hold. I dream every night, some good some bad, sometimes both.
Anyway thank you Suze for telling me about this. If it helps I am forever in your debt. Hugs. Scottie
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oh sweetie, I am so glad that you opened enough to share with the doc why you requested the testing. It helps about 85% of people who get the cortisol lowering treatments..I double checked with the VA rep here to make sure of the numbers. And he said the worst outcome is a “minor lessening of suicidal thoughts and/or depression”…I figure a minor reduction is a win for anyone. I hope that the labs are done quickly and you gain some relief. Love you sweet man! Give Ron a huge hug from me too!.
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Hi Suze. I have to be honest and admit I was putting off contacting the doctor’s office claiming I was too busy or other stuff. But the same morning that Ron had to wake me as I was yelling for help three times before he could get me awake without touching me, their office called me.
So the office contacted me because I forgot I had the appointment and had not done the normal labs. But I already told you the story. But it was so hard to get the words out. She sounded so young. All I could think was the burden I was putting on a very young person even though I only told her I was a victim of emotional, physical, sexual childhood abuse and that I was raped as a young adult by three people. I was shaky saying this. I don’t know if she sensed my discomfort or she was just very professional but she was very professional and calm, but she wrote the information to the doctor and will have the front desk call me to reschedule my appointment.
Suze I should go to my chart, the web page that the system of providers and hospitals use to communicate with the patients, to see what the doctor did or said, but I keep telling myself it is too soon. But the truth is, I am putting it off as I put off making the call.
Again I thank you for getting me to do it, but I find I am worried about getting more doctors involved, more offices that may know my history. I have nothing to be ashamed of, but like most survivors I carry the shame of what others did to me that I had no choice but give into to. Plus I don’t want to have to go into and pay for required therapy to get any help. One doctor who lives near me and we are friends wants me to go to the VA for trauma help as she says it is clear I have PTSD and intrusive thoughts. But she also says I need to be seen by a neurologist as she thinks my shakes and tremors along with other things are signs of Parkinson’s.
But Ron and I don’t have the income for me to be in therapy at this time. That is why she wanted me to go back to the VA. I was once enrolled there but the hassles are not something I want to go through. And yet I don’t know how much of my thinking is rationalization not to do something vs really an issue. Am I putting road blocks because I am afraid a new doctor will make me face my abuse even more or deeper? The last time I did that I with drew from the world for two years.
Again thanks for the encouragement to get this far. Hugs. Scottie
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Scotty. get it done. you are rationalizing and finding reasons not to do it.
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Hi Suze. I went to my chart and read the notes from the nurses call to me, yes they bill for that or use it for the record of patient contact. She wrote of my request for a cortisol lab test and how that would be forwarded to the doctor. Then it went on to say that I would have my labs done after contacted by a staff member. Thankfully she did not mention why I wanted the test. She did not say what I told her. I was so grateful she did not put that in the chart
I am very good at telling of my abuse online. Over the internet. Or on the phone. But in person, I freeze up. I just had to tell a new doctor about it in very general terms, and I was shaking like a dog trying to shit in a briar patch.
I like my endo doctor, he and I get along greatly. We joke and talk about sci-fi we like. I never thought I would have to tell him of my childhood, of my abuse. I worry how he will look at me, how he will see me now. When I walk into the office will they all know I was …
Sorry I know the desk people shouldn’t be able to see my chart, but I worked in a hospital, people talk.
Suze again I thank you for the information, and I did it. Now I am worried how it will affect me. But yes I wanted not to do it, but it is done. Anyway. Hugs. Scottie
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Hi Suze. The appointment was made. However he doesn’t have an opening until March 2025. So as he agreed to the Cortisol lab, I asked if I could do the labs now and again do another set in March before the appointment. I think he might agree as it is so long between his original appointment and the new one.
Suze, please understand that I am not trying to not get the results, I am. I want all the relief I can get, I just hate having to tell young people I was abused especially ones that sound so young. I am a 61 year old man trying to tell a 20 year old that … someone stuck … in my …, Suze that is painful for them and I. But I am getting the test. I hope it helps. This is only the third doctor I have had to explain this too in all my life. Hugs. Scottie
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honey, you don’t have to tell anyone. if they ask that horrid “why” say it is personal. Most will drop the subject like a hot potato…if they don’t, simply smile and refuse to answer.
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Thank you Suze. I really appreciate your help and your medical knowledge. See my husband loves medical stuff, he worked in the medical field for over 20 years, and the majority of them in ICUs. He took to medical stuff as soon as he was introduced to it. I never did even though I worked four years in ICUs. It was a hassle and I excelled in the administrative end while he was medical. In fact when we had a code in our unit I would call him and he would come up and help with the medial stuff while I handled the administrative stuff. I think he was happy when I couldn’t work anymore as he saw both the harm it was doing me and he no longer felt the need to rush to my aid in another unit. The entire time we worked together he was so protective that the supervisors knew if they wanted to talk to me they had to call him in also. He refused to let them talk to me without them. He was that much respected he could demand that. Plus I was really good at what I did and most of the nurses loved me.
But I can not ask him to look the intrusive thoughts stuff up. He has already done so much, he checks every medication I get prescribed to see if it will harm me, he goes over every doctor’s report / notes. He used to go with me when I was really bad or before I could drive. Most times he came in with me except for the one doctor he trusted, then he would sleep in the van as he had to work that night. One PA he stopped and told her he did not agree to the treatment. When she went to get angry he asked me to step outside. When they opened the door I was told she had changed her mind. Ron is a very fierce advocate for me when the need is there. He understands my pain as just days ago he had to wake me as I was yelling for help in my sleep. Anyway thank you. I am still waiting for the answer to my request to do the labs now. How long should I wait before calling again? Hugs. Scottie
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if they do not call within five business days call them.
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Hi Suze. I hope you understand this has me on pins and needles. A large part of me wants to just shut down on this, to simply let it go. I know I can not do that. I know I have to follow this through. But I don’t want to, it hurts, it cuts, it scares me. I want to go to the bedroom and just lay down putting my face in a pillow. Don’t worry, I will follow it through I will do it, I promise. But I need the doctor to agree. I don’t understand why he wouldn’t, the tests cost me not him. Any way. Hugs. Scottie
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