Sunday, August 5, 2012

Why ALJ Is A Bad Case Manager

During the three years that I lived on STX, I managed my chronic pain with the right combination of preventative meds and the occasional migraine injection (more about that to come...) which I was happy with. Then I was blessed with my second child and needed to move to where they had all the specialists a case like mine needed (found a great Neurologist who is a Myalgia Mommie with a full plate, she also suffers from migraines and has a two-year old, the test was simple- what will not pass thru breastmilk?) including the only perinatal inpatient mood disorder ward (more about PPD in a paper I wrote somewhere else).

I will really need to edit that sentence.

When bad things happen to good people in my life, I get sad. Then I try to fix them (I think that is the MPH "problem solving" thing again.) When I try to fix things I get a migraine. If it doesn't go away with medications, after about 5 days I would snap. I had to induce my new baby at 39 weeks because I had a blinding migraine for 2 weeks and there was nothing safe (that I wanted to expose Mimi to) that I could take. Ditto to breastmilk.

Another horribly written sentence.

Myalgia Mommies are any woman who lives with a form of chronic pain. I was thinking we could have 50 shades of committees for the number of mothers who live with a chronic medical condition. Kids are really hard to raise correctly, and we are doing it.

Winning!

If you are a myalgia mommie and want to share your story and your advice with this group, please enter a submission.

Also please form a submission review committee because we want to be nice to everyone. Only good people allowed in the club.

As soon as I can break this multi day migraine I am going to post my CV, I am very sensitive and insecure. Often I feel like people don't take me seriously.

This Deanna Doolittle thing has brought me out of retirement. I am now about to put on my big expert witness shoes that say "sorry, but you are a boy and can't walk in these, they make my calves look good so any discomfort is worth it." Don't worry, someone else is the stylist on the project!

I am really looking forward to going to CO to be with Deanna. Mostly because I get to hug her in person. Also we are getting a spa day, hair stylist, photo shoot, Kale chips and other amazing friends. Is it selfish of me to go and help her?

It is now past my bedtime and I have missed too many trains of thought lately.

Sweet dreams.

Cheers,
ALJ


9 comments:

  1. It's hard to find well-informed people for this subject, however, you seem like you know what you're talking
    about! Thаnkѕ

    My wеb blog zulu trade
    Here is my web site -

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Hi Zulutrade,

      Thanks for stopping by, good luck in the markets.

      Cheers,
      Anna-Lisa

      Delete
  2. Аωeѕomе! Its actually аmazing piece of writing, ӏ havе got much cleaг ideа about from thiѕ article.


    Take a look at my website - galaxynote2.fr
    Feel free to visit my homepage

    ReplyDelete
  3. I am not sure where you are gеtting youг info, but goοd topic.
    ӏ needs to spеnd some time learning more or
    undеrstanԁing more. Thanks for еxcellent info I wаs lοoking for
    this infο foг my mission.

    Have a looκ at my ѕite: Www.Terasore.Dk
    Also visit my web-site ... samsung galaxy note 2

    ReplyDelete
  4. Thank you for all the comments on this blog.

    I am a private case manager and my practice is located on another blog that you can find under my name.

    These days I am limited to only a few cases at a time and mostly advocacy for changing mental health laws. Due to my chronic illness I am not able to practice as much as my education and experience would suggest that I could. It is a constant source of sadness and guilt.

    Please feel free to post any questions. If nothing else I can always point people in the right direction. After a 20 year career I have a great network of collegues that I can make a referral to.

    Cheers,
    Anna-Lisa

    ReplyDelete
  5. You can defіnitelу see уouг eхрertise within
    the aгtiсle yοu write. The sector hopes for
    more paѕѕionate writers such as you who aren't afraid to say how they believe. At all times follow your heart.

    Also visit my web blog vapornine
    Stop by my site : vapornine

    ReplyDelete
  6. This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Τhis piece of writing will asѕist the intеrnеt
    peοple foг ѕetting up new webѕitе οr
    even a weblog from ѕtаrt to еnd.
    Also see my site > instagram-promoter.com

    ReplyDelete
  8. This is my first time go to see at here and i am really pleassant to read
    everthing at alone place.

    Here is my weblog ... increase followers on twitter

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for commenting. We appreciate everyone who reads and has something to add to our community.

Popular Posts