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07-13-2010, 09:10 PM
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Reverend Serafin
So my next patient 22 years old present with weakness, fever diarrhea, and swollen glands. I dread asking the questions that I must.
Do you have sex with men, women, or both? --Both Do you bottom or top --Bottom with or without a condom? --without So his screening ELISA is negative for anitbody to HIV 1 and 2.... and his HIV RNA titer comes back........... 268,465 copies " You have AIDS" I report to this........ child He sobs and my heart breaks again. "I hate this job!!!" So I go through the routine. So I call the hospital chaplain, Reverend Serafin. Sounds like a name out of a novel but that is indeed her real name. She does her best.... and I am grateful, because I don't have what it takes to give what this child needs today.
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Love and affirmation,  Forrester Tongpa Nyi (formerly Ash Phoenix, faeries evolve! )  When you come to know that your entitlement to joy is a given, All that remains is the exploration of the many different ways to let it in 
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07-13-2010, 10:14 PM
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Listen to me. Your heart was involved. That was all that was needed at the moment.
Your warmheartedness leads you into feeling so much, and that is the essence of compassion. Does it make one break in two? Yes. But that simply leaves one open. And that is Love. Nothing less than Love. Listen to me: you have more than what it takes. And you know this. Be still. And know that the Love that Loves Loves You.
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Be the love you seek.
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07-14-2010, 12:18 PM
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ah, bless you Scotty. you did well, and the fact that it breaks your heart shows how much love and compassion reside in you.
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Tolerate one another, just as I have tolerated you.- Jesus Christ?
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07-14-2010, 01:03 PM
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07-14-2010, 04:21 PM
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Appreciation
Thanks for all of your words and feelings. Daniel, Steve and Kara. Your capacity for compassion shows here as well!
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Love and affirmation, Forrester Tongpa Nyi (formerly Ash Phoenix, faeries evolve! ) When you come to know that your entitlement to joy is a given, All that remains is the exploration of the many different ways to let it in
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07-16-2010, 08:55 PM
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 You are a kind, compassionate gentle soul. That probably meant the world to him at that moment.
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"Struggle is a never ending process. Freedom is never really won, you earn it and win it in every generation." Coretta Scott King
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07-18-2010, 01:57 PM
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Thank goodness that this guy had you as his doctor, instead of some homophobic jerk who would probably have treated him like garbage. Bless that boy, and bless you! *hugs*
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"And though I may not know the answers, I can finally say I am free. And if the questions led me here, then I am who I was born to be." --Susan Boyle "If all fools could fly, the sun would be eclipsed forever." --Dutch proverb
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07-20-2010, 01:14 AM
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oh dear!
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Thanks Guys Antioch, Tallit, Tdogg! Thanfully The ID Doc had samples to start him on until he can link in to the program to get his meds. resources are tighter than before
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Love and affirmation, Forrester Tongpa Nyi (formerly Ash Phoenix, faeries evolve! ) When you come to know that your entitlement to joy is a given, All that remains is the exploration of the many different ways to let it in
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07-21-2010, 10:34 PM
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I'm glad you were there doc. He heard the news from someone with compassion instead of a homophobic jerk. At least these days there is treatment.
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"Beloved let us tolerate one another. For tolerance is of God and everyone that tolerates is born of God and knows God. He that tolerates not, knows not God for God is tolerance." 1 John 4:7,8
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08-07-2010, 01:47 PM
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Your compassion will also allow him to come back for help as he needs it without fear of judgement. That too is important. I have lost 2 friends to aids. One had to go to another town to find a supportive Dr. because his regular MD was so judgemental. It was very sad.
Any of us in the healthcare profession hate those days when these things happen. But that is why we are there....to support and help those patients when they need it the most. Your heart aches for them. As has been said, that shows how much you care. We have all seen healthcare professionals that don't and should not be there. Thank you for caring!
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08-20-2010, 09:41 PM
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Oh Scotty, if we all could have your kind of therapy. Ahh, what a relief.
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If everyone cared and nobody cried, if everyone loved and nobody lied, if everyone shared and swallowed their pride, we'd see the day when nobody died. IF EVERYONE CARED/Nickelback
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