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The Dante's Inferno Test has sent you to the First Level of Hell - Limbo!
Here is how you matched up against all the levels:
LevelScorePurgatory (Repenting Believers)Very LowLevel 1 - Limbo (Virtuous Non-Believers)HighLevel 2 (Lustful)HighLevel 3 (Gluttonous)Very LowLevel 4 (Prodigal and Avaricious)Very LowLevel 5 (Wrathful and Gloomy)ModerateLevel 6 ( Read more... )

I can't take any more sick old dying men. This sounds really cruel and insensitive, but I just can't take it. As much contact I have with NY VA Hospital I might as well freaking work there. I really wish I could work in Bklyn. I am getting old and lazy and have some separation anxiety issues.. I think. As much as I want to run really really far ( Read more... )

I ditched work today, however being home all day with a hyper 4 year old is no calgon bath either... I think I am getting sick of work. I am just plain getting sick too. I'm no doctor, but I have a pretty good hunch that the 3 wk cravings for Burger King, fatigue, aches n pains etc.. may just be a sign of kick ass anemia. I am sick of this Lupus ( Read more... )

Visited my old man yesterday. They can't place him because the homes won't take him against his will, despite that the VA ruled him incapable of making decisions. He will be in the hospital for a while now because they will not release him back home (safety issues). I went to visit him yesterday. Pleasantly surprised..he recognized me and seemed ( Read more... )

One thing (among many)I will stress to my children is to trust your gut. Listen to that feeling, that message from within. It may be sad, terrifying or otherwise but don't shut it out. I read somewhere that people who experience trauma as a child develop this kind of sixth sense. Don't get me wrong I am not necessarily talking about mystical, after ( Read more... )

Okay so this is my life in a nutshell, which is appropriate because I think I am fucking nuts. On Friday afternoon I got a call from NY VA Hospital social worker. He tells me he's calling about my friend A (80-yr old man from Valentine's entry). I ask how he is doing (he's been there 2 wks already)and he tells me A is not well. He calls to say ( Read more... )

I have had insomnia for the past few days.. well I don't know if it qualifies as insomnia. I have been plagued by really disturbing dreams, I guess they can be catagorized as nightmares. The worst ones involve my clients. It's bad enough I have to go to work each day dealing with them, but to have them in my head at nightime..ugh..I think I am ( Read more... )

The first client I met on my caseload was A. He's an 80-yr old man with Schizoaffective d/o, Personality d/o NOS and a multitude of medical problems. Within the 6 months working with him he has had hernia surgery and currently has a leg wound infection, blood clot, and Acute Myeloblastic Anemia aka Pre-Leukemia(form of Leukemia). He needs regular ( Read more... )