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Subject: A fun Caduceus Meeting story


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PhilaSophie
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Date Posted: Wed, Jan 28 2015, 13:00:16
 Hello again,

I wanted to leave an email link if anyone wants to correspond. I'm paranoid about that but as a wearer of the Scarlet A I have given up HIPAA and most basic human rights, so what the hey.

Mercifully, I don't have to attend a weekly nurse/caduceus support group meeting as I don't have transportation to the nearest one. The nearest one is AA format and it is more grim that the typical AA meeting. Members have either completely drank the Kool-Aid or are silently sitting there clutching their attendance sheets. Last time I attended I shared that I relapsed out of the immense grief following my aunt's funeral. A serene female RN explained that "you didn't drink because of grief, you drank because you are an alcoholic". Mind you, she had just married a newly recovering male RN so she really gets the core values of the program such as... don't date anyone in the program.

The dirt on my aunt's grave had not even settled yet, but a compassionate RN was compelled to remind me that I was alcoholic. And she didn't say "sorry for your loss". I had no snappy comeback. Now it would be worth the trip to tell her that was an evil rotten thing to say to someone (and to see how that marriage is working out...)

I wish I could say I was making this s**t up!
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Re: A fun Caduceus Meeting story-I love your spirit Sophie!CatmomFri, Jan 30 2015, 21:05:04

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