Real Name: Cameron Weckerley Member Since: March 14, 2006 Last Signed In: August 25, 2008 Profile Views: 4967 Blog Views: 8356 The Coolest Place We Never Went This is so cute I want to puke...;} The Abuse of Power by Doctors and a Desperate Gamble Looking for other Kern County Podcasters Lines in the Sand...The ALL MUSIC episode of Road Show Ok this is the REAL demo.... Visiting the SideStrider home base.... 36th Annual Griffith Park Side Car Show Frankenbike lives Road Show Has a Birthday and and Album is Born December 06 January 07 February 07 March 07 April 07 May 07 June 07 July 07 August 07 September 07 October 07 November 07 December 07 January 08 February 08 March 08 April 08 May 08 June 08 July 08 August 08 September 08 October 08 November 08 December 08 January 09 February 09 March 09 April 09 May 09 June 09 July 09 August 09 September 09 October 09 November 09 December 09 January 10 February 10
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The Abuse of Power by Doctors and a Desperate Gamble
This blog post does not have a clear beginning or a foreseeable clear end. It does, however, have a clear now. For those readers who do not know that story, on May 14th 2007 I was horribly injured in a freak motorcycle accident on a desert road on the Arizona/New Mexico border. I was miraculously rescued and, in fairness, have to thank the doctors who saved my life and put me back together. That desperate place is right, here, right now. There is a specialist at UCLA who several months ago wrote a report, based on hearsay, that prevented me from returning to work and is about to make me lose my drivers license. In this report she brought into question my my cognitive functioning. Since that time I have been to another specialist at great expense to myself personally to have my cognitive functioning tested. (Oh, by the way, no thanks to my psychiatrist, who has consistently over-medicated me and then refused to take any kind of responsibility for the implications of that.) IN SHORT, THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH ME THAT WOULD PREVENT ME FROM DRIVING OR PERFORMING ANY OTHER TASK AND I CAN PROVE IT. HOWEVER, NEITHER THE SPECIALIST AT UCLA OR THE PSYCHIATRIST WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THIS!!!!!!!! Worse still, their foot-dragging and buck-passing cost me a months work and a months disability which cost me my truck. We are now down to just motorcycles and on March the 2nd I lose my drivers license unless a doctor will sign off on my medical MY PSYCHIATRIST REFUSES TO SEE ME AND THE SPECIALIST SPECIALIST AT UCLA WILL NOT RETURN MY URGENT PHONE CALLS. HOWEVER, IN THE BACKGROUND, THEY CONTINUE TO PASS THE BUCK AND DESTROY MY LAST OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE A LIVING AND DIG MYSELF OUT OF THE HOLE THAT HAS BEEN CREATED. So, here is my desperate gamble-when I finish writing this and posting all over the internet, I am going to get on a motorcycle which needs a new clutch and new rear-end bearings and driving to UCLA. This is a distance of about 120 miles over some difficult and dangerous mountain terrain. I am going to do whatever it takes to confront this doctor and/or one of her superiors and get them to take action. At this point I am not naming names and I am keeping this report in the domain of blogs and private e-mails. If I survive the day and do not get some satisfaction I will start naming names and start using my position as a member of the press to spread the story far and wide. I have nothing more to lose at this point. Wish me luck. J. Cameron Weckerley Aka BMWeerman ....out 7 comments from 6 users
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posted by
tonyh
on Feb 27, 2008 at 05:52 AM
Good luck Cam! posted by
NancyII
on Feb 27, 2008 at 07:40 AM
Cam, I'm so sorry to hear how terribly wrong things have gone for you. As you've probably seen, several of us were asking about you and hoping things were getting better. Your cognitive abilities seem fine here, if they weren't you wouldn't be able to write in your usual intelligent fashion. Be careful about making a trip like that with your bike in bad shape. You wont do yourself any good if you get stranded. I'm taking the liberty of speaking for all of us on the blog when I say..we're pulling for you. posted by
randomfactor
on Feb 27, 2008 at 07:44 AM
Good luck, Cam. I was wondering about not hearing from you just the other day. What Nancy said about the bike, though (but you're probably already on your way.) . If your Freedom Ride is not successful and you go the publicity route, may I suggest in addition to your standard outlets you use some left-side blog power? I'd be happy to help you get something posted on http://www.dailykos.com (lots of readership by lots of activists.) posted by
sagefever
on Feb 27, 2008 at 09:59 AM
Cam~ You should not have this happening to you,I am so mad I could spit. Get me the information also,I 'll do a write up on sirens for you. keeping the thought that idiots~oops I mean the Doctors ,see if you can get all the way there on a bike~ your cognitive. Hoping for nothing but the best news for you! posted by
woofwoof
on Feb 27, 2008 at 03:07 PM
It's too easy for doctors to sign off on a case and not give it another thought or at least the decency of a thorough rechecking of the data, considering the medication you were on. I wish you success in your "journey". Let us know how it all turned out. spam code: MR WIZ (I'm easily amused) posted by
bmweerman
on Feb 27, 2008 at 06:38 PM
My Dear Friends: My apologies for my long absence, I have missed you. I must open my response to your kind responses with one of my favorite qoutes.
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiative [and creation]. There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans; that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream, you can begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
I usually save this for the more noble pursuits in my life. But in this case it was applicable to the down and dirty as well. It has been a long, event filled day none of which involved motorcycling to Los Angeles. (If you want to make God laugh tell him your plans) Through a long a complicated series of event I was delayed just long enough for another player to enter the picture. Because there are legal issues at stake I can not really say any more until later, but it is as if the television character "Shark" has suddenly thrown his weight into the arena on MY SIDE....finally, and yeah, and thank you God! Tomorrow will, in fact, involve a motorcycle trip to Fresno to hand deliver some documents, but a few non-BMW approved tweaks to the bike will tighten things up enough to ride safely a couple of hundred miles on even ground. On a further note, I also need to tell you guys that as of June 13 I will no longer be an employee of KCSOS and Patti and I will be leaving California for a fresh start in New Mexico. (See above quote.) Hope to see y'all at least once before we leave. Also, I plan to be around here a lot more too. Take Care.
posted by
bmweerman
on Feb 27, 2008 at 06:45 PM
PS....hey Random..Thanks! Let's see where this current direction goes, but keep that Left Side power at your fingertips, I may be hitting you up for it. As always, Thanks
Cam
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