TRUTH IN HEALTHCARE IX

MY ROOM OR RATHER OUR ROOM

had to share a room. early on i decided i'm not sharing a toilet and bathroom with some old incontinent, geezer person. i'm carrying enough deadly germs with me. other people here are carrying other deadly germs ffrom other facilities. stay away from them.

my first roommate teaches at georgetown and so was entitled to the best of everything. you can't deny anyone anything who appers so ill unless you are a republican or nazi. i was scheduled for a private room. admissions told me the next day i had turned it down. the only suspect who had any interest in a private room was the georgetown teacher. of course admissions didn't believe me when i denied turning it down because many people here have hearing, comprehension, and other problems so their responses vary from one hour to the next. nevermind. he got the private room and i didn't.

another entitled, very sick, deaf, incontinent, 93 year old person was moved in. in additionto recovering from pneumonia (the old man's friend - they say) he had a broken collar bone. sorta' noisy between his pain, coughing and arguing with the staff because he didn't hear them. i apologize for occasionally laughing at the misunderstandings.

there were three toilets that i was aware of in the hallway on my floor. i would use these. the second week of my luxurious stay at the facility i discovered the cleanest toilet tucked away on the first floor. the problem with this one was that a notice told the user to lock the door. not a good idea and safety hazard at this time for me. i left the walker i was using at the time outside the door to indicate it was in use. i suspect no one but me was using it anyway. during the last few days of my stay i did lock the door at great risk maybe. who would hear or find me?????????

the dr. mengele furniture company (since 1946) must have manufactured the bed. the bed was designed with machinery that could give you an infinite number of positions. every one of them exquisitely designed to maximize discomfort in a unique way. the staff madeup the bed with extra padding and protective sheet probably to make it easier to cleanup if the patient soiled it. this of course made it even more uncomfortable. the first thing i would do was pull out the extra stuff and toss it on the floor. during the first week i was getting at most 3-4 hours a night sleep.

the truth is that you never want to be in a situation where other people rule your life but this is america. they only put down cats and dogs and shoot horses. you gotta live 'til you blissfully die no matter what the cost to you or the taxpayer.

TO BE CONTINUED. THERAPY.

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