Posted by Racer on July 1, 2005, at 19:54:15
OK, so y'all remember Dr EyeCandy -- who recently changed his name to Dr GraduatedLastInHisClass -- and The Therapist from the Black Lagoon? They worked at The Agency From Hell? Well, if you remember, I have been working on reporting them to the appropriate agencies for way too long. I finally sent everything off today.
First, I was working with an attorney from a local agency set up by the Bar Association that handles all sorts of Mental Health related issues. They finally decided that the only thing they were able to go after the agency for was failing to treat my eating disorder. That certainly wasn't enough, because it was their treatment that *triggered* the eating disorder in the first place. So I was on my own, AND having those familiar doubts about whether or not they had actually done anything wrong, or if I was just so damaged that I thought they had.
Well, I've been working on the complaints, basically saying to myself that if there's nothing to them, the agencies involved will ignore them. Then, I got a new therapist, one who specializes in eating disorders, and when she heard just part of what had gone on, she wanted to know if I'd considered reporting this stuff to the licensing boards? I gave her the stuff I had written so far, and she read it, saying she was really impressed, since it was not just "I felt..." but a lot of factual information presented logically, etc. And she encouraged me. So I finally got off my back end and finalized the complaints and filled out the forms and today I went to the U. S. Post Office, where I stood in line between a young woman with a toddler and an older woman, filled out the Certified Mail form and the Return Receipt form, paid a reasonable amount of money to a very nice Postal Service Employee, and walked home.
Now, I can't say that I feel 100% great about all this. For one thing, I am still feeling as though it's all my fault, that I don't have the right to complain -- and that it's been so long, I've got a good treatment team now, no harm, no foul, so I should let it all go. And, of course, in case I never made this clear, I actually liked Dr EyeCandy, so I feel pretty wretched about complaining to both the county -- which paid for my treatment there -- and to the state medical board. Now, I also realize that that's kinda silly -- I didn't *make* him do the things that are listed in the complaint, right? I'm just reporting what he did, which he did of his own accord.
Whatever.
The whole process is done. It's over. I did it. And now I can put everything away, file the copies of the complaints, and move on with my life.
Thank you.
poster:Racer
thread:522143
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