Helping People, Helping Me I understand Healthcare is in a fragile state of indefinite now. I do comprehend the stress healthcare professionals can be experiencing. Understand this: I live with chronic illnesses (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congestive Heart Disease, Osteoporosis, Chronic Debilitating Pain) and more. When I come for help it's because I do need help . As a person I need what you already have which is to treat me which means to: Dignity Respect Honesty Integrity I am a person first! I do need help "Yes"! I do not need nor do I want my credibility to be continually at question! I do not want healthcare professionals or anyone else to rob me of my independence! I want to do all I am capable of doing! I want to decide for myself my needs, my treatments, my care and my medications and decide, along with my doctor(s), the manner I which my medications and treatments to be taken! Do not rob me of deciding...
Evelyn Pinto's Art Exhibit November 13th, 2023 Dear Friends, I pray all of you are well, safe, happy, healthy and feel loved. Me, I am semi-okay! (Semi-okay is a combination of words I created to describe my feelings that range somewhere between not okay and okay)! November 13th, was the day for the open exposure of varieties of my Art! I led myself, my friends , my helpers and others on a journey, my Journey! Through my writngs and my photographs my life's journey visually and openly displayed. Yes, special friends did travel with me on this wonderful, rocky and marvelous journey. All of those unique humans generously tasted startly cups that were overflowing with an overabundance of Creativity! My Journey was an endeavor that was accomplished through months of steady, difficult, time consuming and relentless hours of hard work! Thank you, all of you for traveling with me through the Journey of my Life while walking with slowly and attentively through the. exhibit of my pa...
The Heavy Loads We Carry My dear, cherished friends, I am writing to you from my apt, sitting in my cozy, comforting recliner. I see Life as a gift from God! I also see Life as a rollercoaster that refuses to stop for me so I could take a long, complicated breath, much less rest for a few moments! Life is hard! Life is challenging! Life is unpredictable! Life is frightening! Life seems as if I am playing a game of cards. You are holding 3 of a kind in this Card Game of Life. I bluff and have the other players believe my bluff of have a Full House! It's seems I am describing my life and how I adapt to how Life can be! Life is painful! This is especially when I am the sickest totally describing when I feel like CRAP, literally! I also feel safe in the coziness of my recliner and in the apt I have been living 2009. I am sick, dear friends! My blood pressure is super high. My oxygen saturations are lower than my baseline but, not in ...
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