away from home

[kukla_tko]

Here I am, over at Brad's house. I'm crashing on the couch (which I hope does not offend him. Couches are nice places to sleep, even lumpy weird ones.)

Tomorrow we go to the doctor (Or, more particularly the Nurse Practitioner) for round 1 of the "Plan To Heal Brad."

We are armed with a medical history (all filled out and ready to go), a letter from his once and future PCP, and several carefully chosen journal entries of his. I figure that with me there to translate for him, prod him to tell the right stories, and some documented evidence that there are ongoing serious problems... we should be able to get something moving to get Brad well again, or at least more functional.

Now, if I can just keep him from howling out that Homeopathy is "Quackery" as he did in the kitchen...

"Yes, but Brad, to you ALL medicine is Quackery of some kind. What kind of Quackery would you like to try today, Mr. Hicks?"

"Well, yeah..."

In the mean time I get to hang out with Brad and talk about Greek Theater, Faeries, The Tits-And-Crazy wagon, alcohol fueled family abuse, Gods, Gossip, My SO's Kung Fu, and any other random topic that comes up.

I'll miss my SO, but perhaps he can take the time to recharge.
And if we're lucky and the weather doesn't suck, there may be a visit to the Sculpture Park.

Comments

[valkyriefire.livejournal.com]

Very cool! It's absolutely fantastic that you are working as an advocate for Brad's health! It's also a pain to do so (having done some advocate work for family members), and takes a tenacious spirit, which I have no doubts you possess.

Bravo!

Thanks

[kukla-tko42.livejournal.com]

And feel free to pitch in and help out anytime!

:)