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Thursday February 09, 2012 · 4:18 PM PST

2012/02/09 · 16:18

In the late 1990's, I applied for a job with Sister Phillipa Clinic, part of St. Mary's Hospital and Catholic Health Care West as a nurse practitioner. It sounded like a great job working on their health care van that would go to Catholic schools, including high schools, in San Francisco. I was getting burned out on a long commute everyday to San Jose and after 5 years of general practice, including helping setting up the first adult/pediatric care part of the clinics, I wanted something closer to home and to specialize in children's care, especially adolescents. But, I had one huge strike against me for even an interview.
I worked for Planned Parenthood, Marmonte, the largest affiliate of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America. But, miracles do happen and I got a call for an interview.

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Sunday April 17, 2011 · 11:06 AM PDT

2011/04/17 · 11:06

In April, news channels reported the opening salvo of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter, South Carolina April 5th,1860, by covering its re-enactment by enthusiastic Civil War buffs. Clad in Conferderate and Union uniforms, blasting away with cannons on the last, official Federal Fort, Civil War re-enactors, a growing hobby among our citizens, had everyone from Rachel Maddow to conservative Fox News memorilizing this historic event. Commemoration of the Civil War battles has become a triving business with people from coast to coast dressing up in period costumes to re-enact the battles, but not the context, that drove our nation into one of the bloodiest wars in our history. But, without that context, it seems to me that the Confederacy is winning the coverage in 2011 as more citizens invest time, energy and money in depicting the battles and capturing the media's attention without any presentation of the actual reasons for why the war was fought. No mention of slavery and its ugly history that for me has always managed to hide itself behind the "states rights" arguments by Southerns and Southern sympathizers. No mention is made of the economic advantages that slave holders and large plantation owners had over poorer white southern communities whose racism was stoked to satisfy a growing need for soldiers to fight for their economic security rather than simply sourthern pride.
Why no such re-enactments of the period before the War? Why no commenoration for example of May 17th, 1838, for example, when Phildelphia Hall was burned to the ground by Southern, pro-slavery sympathizers, a mere 4 days after its opening? Why no mention of the tremendous acts of common courage by a group of women, black and white, who continued their abolitionist meetings of the first, "amalgamated" (integrated) meeting of the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society. These women, despite a Philadelphia Mayor who wouldn't guarantee their safety and blamed them for causing the trouble, met for a second time to build a movement for women within the abolitionist ranks that many were shut out of by their male counterparts.

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Tuesday December 15, 2009 · 12:45 PM PST

2009/12/15 · 12:45

Several years ago, a doctor threatened to have me fired because I refused to give a chemotherapy without adequate pre-medication to a large, newly diagnosed leukemia patient. It was a doctor I respected but because of my extensive training as an oncology nurse with special experience in high risk leukemia patents, I refused to administer this order because I knew it could possibly harm the patient. The physician came in on his weekend off, gave it himself and admonished me in front of our patient for delaying his chemotherapy and told me I would be meeting with him and my Supervisor come Monday and by Tuesday, I would be lucky to have job.
This story took an unexpected turn for this patient, me and the doctor. It has relevance to the current direction of health care reform. For our Congressional Representatives, many progressives know in their experience that a weak, bad bill offers far more harm to patients than delaying this plan without constructive changes.

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Tuesday November 03, 2009 · 6:16 AM PST

2009/11/03 · 06:16

San Francisco Department of Public Health went live Thursday night to begin vaccinating patients for the H1N1 Flu. Lines for many of our District clinics weaved around several blocks and most did not close at the original 4o'clock time, closing instead at 11pm to meet the demand. Notices went out for volunteers, especially nurses, to help vaccinate this week. We are, like most Public Health systems, strapped for cash as budgets have been slashed and burned over the years with declining revenues and a recession. But if anyone ever doubted the need for a viable public health system with adequate nursing and support staff, come to San Francisco, visit our community clinics and talk with patients who are calling hourly, to find some place to get their kids vaccinated with the H1N1 vaccine.

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Thursday October 29, 2009 · 11:22 AM PDT

2009/10/29 · 11:22

Today is V-Day, Vaccination Day for the HINI, Swine flu. Beginning at 4pm, at our Primary Care Clinics in San Francisco, the Department of Public Health, will start vaccinating our patients and continue until we run out of vaccine. We, put out a call for volunteers, especially nurses and NP's, to help triage and vaccinate this week. Due to the looming possibility of long lines on saturday and evening clinics, many primary care providers like myself, have our fingers and toes crossed that, despite budget cuts and lay-offs, we will avoid problems and provide adequate nursing care to vaccinate 100's of patients who are calling us about the Flu shots. It doesn't matter if you have insurance or not. What does matter is your age (kids and young adults), pregnancy and high risk diseases like asthma that make it a good idea you get vaccinated.

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Thursday November 06, 2008 · 12:53 PM PST

2008/11/06 · 12:53

The narrow margin of victory of Propostion 8, banning same sex marriage in California, made Obama's victory bitter-sweet for many of the LGBT community, who like me and my spouse of 24 years were married over the summer. It isn't just about a piece of paper but the climate created by thousands of minutes of commercials that sold a message, largely using children, to sell that old hate-filled myth, that gays, lesbians, transgender and bisexuals people, are threats to families and their children. Our state constitution, for the first time, now legally authorizes exclusion for a group of its citizens based on this climate of fear and loathing of homosexuality. It reminds me of another initiative and another time, 30 years ago, when our community faced an equally frightening prospect, loss of our jobs as public school teachers, with the Briggs Initiative in our state. It created a similar climate of fear and in its wake, although we barely defeated this really discriminatory proposition, saw the murder and loss of our what for us was the first public martyr to the cause of Gay rights, Harvey Milk.

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Sunday April 13, 2008 · 12:14 PM PDT

2008/04/13 · 12:14

Last night's attack on an all day "Labor Notes" convention was it for me. Sending a retired auto worker to the hospital, 100's of purple-shirted SEIU members with anti-CNA placards, smashed their way into the conference, forcing many to seek safety inside and outside a DearBorn, Michigan Hotel, last night. As an SEIU member, I am ashamed of SEIU and its bully-boy tactics over the past few days, including stalking CNA/NNOC Board Members in Southern California at their place of work and at Home. But this is too much for me. SHAME ON SEIU.

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