Posted by Racer on March 29, 2005, at 15:18:11
Greetings to our audience! In today's episode, we return to our story with the response from the attorney about filing a formal grievance against the Agency From Hell. Sit back and relax, and listen as our exciting story continues...
OK, so if you're not directly involved, your adrenaline is unlikely to rise, so it may not be all that exciting, but I figured y'all had come this far with me...
The attorney told me that the Bar Association firm that she works for has concluded that my complaint lacks merit in all areas except one: my eating disorder. Mind you, I kinda think that the fact htat they TRIGGERED the relapse counts, but that's only my opinion. She offered to pursue that single aspect of my complaint. I politely declined, although I did ask her to proof my complaints when I got them written, which she agreed to do.
She also sent me notes from her conversations with people at The Agency From The Planet OHMYGODANDTHEY'RESUPPOSEDTOBEPROFESSIONALS?
You know how sometimes something can be true, but not convey the truth? Those notes are an amazing example of that phenomenon. For example, in talking with my first therapist there, the notes say that I "wanted to focus on the upcoming holidays, family related challenges, and that did not allow for any focus on my eating disorder." Guess what? I started seeing her in December, for crying out loud, and at the time I had not had symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa for almost a decade! There was no reason to focus on a condition that was and had been in remission. Gee, I can't file a complaint about an eating disorder not being addressed because I didn't want to focus on it BEFORE IT BEGAN???
Ah, hell. Sorry, guys. I guess I just didn't understand. I'm mentally ill, you know.
(But I'm not STUPID!)
The whole thing is like that. Except the part where they say that I can't complain that my calls weren't returned, because they might have called and not gotten through to me. Mind you, I have two telephone lines -- land and cell -- my husband has a cell, each of these three numbes has voicemail, the agency had all three numbers -- and we have caller ID which would have shown that someone had called even if they didn't leave a message. And there were no messages left on that voicemail.
They also talk about having come to my home, but being unable to gain access because it is a gated community. Guess what? All they had to do was CALL FIRST and ASK if it was OK for them to come by. Or if I would be home.
Shucks. Guess it's that pesky mental illness that makes it so hard for me to see that they were right all along, and that I was the one at fault.
I'm so glad that I can tell you all about it here. It's comforting to know that y'all share my mental illness, so maybe you can understand all these crazy delusions I have that, you know, it makes sense to leave messages on voicemail or call before heading to someone's home; that there's not usually a lot of point to addressing symptoms that don't exist; that maybe mental health professionals should be held to a very slightly higher standard than their patients are.
Thanks for reading this far. Hope everyone's doing OK.
(And, Nikki, how about an update on your job situation? Any resolution to your Pointy Haired Boss?)
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