Health Care For All
Big day tomorrow
I’ve been working feverishly all week to put together this health care rally and tomorrow’s the day. I hope we get a huge crowd to let our leaders know we really want health care now.
I’m as ready as I can be. Now we’ll just have to see how many people come out.
I had an op-ed piece in today’s paper. Check it out at http://www.citizen-times.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990827057.
I’ve had mostly good responses and a call from an old friend who didn’t know I had left the paper. That friend has offered his time and energy to our cause.
Things are going well. I hope our luck continues until we have access to quality health care for all Americans.
Patient Pals & Family Friends
Life o' Mike has a new peer support program for people newly diagnosed with chronic or serious illness or with a new disability and their caregivers.
Patient Pals are people who have experience with various illnesses and disabilities, who can help someone newly diagnosed or with a new disability work through the fear, frustration, confusion and grief often experienced in the first few months.
Family Friends are there to help caregivers and other family members grow into their new role.
People with new illness or disability fare better when they have a role model -- someone who can help them negotiate their new path in life.
We need volunteers, who are asked to donate a minimum of one hour a week. Training is free and includes information on active listening, ways to help and when to know more help is needed.
And of course, we need funding.
To learn more, call Leslie Boyd at 828-243-6712 or e-mail lifeomike@gmail.com.
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