tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659782862715525895.post1327501880913675790..comments2023-12-17T17:05:02.903-07:00Comments on The Cambium Level...: No Purple Hearts from Pentagon for PTSDLeonard Nolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16039416551548276012noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659782862715525895.post-90151413465580320292014-03-29T01:25:03.094-06:002014-03-29T01:25:03.094-06:00Thank you for your comment, Mark. Of course PTSD c...Thank you for your comment, Mark. Of course PTSD can be faked, just like people who are addicted to drugs can fake being in pain. As a respiratory therapist, I've seen people fake an asthma attack. Illnesses and disabilities have been faked many times. <br /><br />But suggesting and implying as you do that since some people can fake pain, no one with pain should be believed and receive pain medication; since some can fake an asthma attack, no one having an asthma attack deserves or should receive treatment; that since some can and have faked PTSD, there really is no such thing, and anyone claiming to have it is a liar, and should not be believed; is cruel, superstitious, and mean-spirited. It's also a lie. <br /><br />I know you're not referring to my experience because anyone who knows me, or has done any research into what happened to me at St. Alphonsus, knows I would never lie about or fake an injury or illness. I had an excellent attendance record there for 30 years. In fact the manager at my current employer was told, when asking about me for job reference, "He never calls in sick." Does that sound like someone who would fake an illness or injury? <br /><br /> The PTSD injury I suffered at St. Alphonsus was first diagnosed and identified by St. Alphonsus professionals as occurring on the job at St. Alphonsus. In other words Saint Alphonsus was the first to say that I was suffering from symptoms of PTSD as a result of being bullied on the job there. Although we should try to eliminate those who are faking illness or injury from treatment, that doesn't mean no one should receive treatment for any thing, as you imply. <br /><br />In fact I think it's much more likely that there are many more people suffering and/or disabled from PTSD who cannot get treatment because of superstitious, suspicious, and archaic attitudes like yours, than people faking PTSD and trying to get treatment that they don't deserve or need. My experience at St. Alphonsus confirms that belief in that even though my employer said that I was being injured on the job by a co-worker, an injury that had the potential of being permanently disabling, Saint Alphinsus refused to offer me any protection from additional injury or any treatment for the injury. That demonstrates convincingly how difficult it is for people injured or sickened on the job to get treatment from large insensitive, money-hungry corporations with massive law firms and unlimited funds to help them deny responsibility for harm done even when, as in my case, they acknowledge the on-the-job injury.<br /><br />Mark, you sound like you work for Trinity Health? I've been communicating with someone who calls himself Bill and identifies himself as being in management at Trinity Health, but his comments, like yours, show no forethought, compassion, or consideration for the facts, or for employees; and no consideration for St. Alphonsus or Trinity Health's stated ethical standards. And like you, he refuses to take responsibility for his comments by not identifying himself.Leonard Nolthttp://www.leonardnolt.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5659782862715525895.post-65067133242691396372014-01-12T16:16:54.138-07:002014-01-12T16:16:54.138-07:00I'm for one not surprised they don't award...I'm for one not surprised they don't award for PTSD injury, cause its an easy thing to fake. Just like people who fake it at work, and say they came down PTSD.marknoreply@blogger.com