I'm back from jail and a slight heart attack .
...I am having REALLY a hard time with this Watsonville Library machine ~ Oh , and that's a subtle way of introducing that I'm in the Netherlands with the Santa Cruz authorities once more ~ as of TODAY ~ new development/s , I mean (Oh , and kraftiekortie , there was both a Batman and Dick Tracy Egghead , I THEENNK...But this was Marvel's pointy-headed one , and this is a condensed one -I said this in the appropriate post but what I said re how bad this machine is...........)
...Just as I condensed the Egghead stuff I will leave out the leading-up stuff...But , I really MUST Roger Whittaker " I've got to leave old..." Surf City , my circumstances are Not Goood , although I'd have to hang arou9nd there to sleep until I) can get enough $ to go (need a 2nd set of clothes , time to wash what I'm wearing at the soon to close Homeless Services center , duckie$ for the bus , et....The possibility of my being arrested again must be remembered...I don't have musical instruments now , so I can only panhandle for day to day/food : )
...Lokk , the jail time , which was originally going to run into the first week of July , then , more or less to-day , as far as what the court decreed on first the first then the second court date , then became an earlier still one , Saturday last week , or tomorrow .
I was in a cell 23-ish hours daily only let out for an hourish in the dayroom/yard (with no official co-ntact with other inmates in that block , likewise the same cell/time out situation) , this being the medical/I still think at least softcore psych wing .
I'd been there during my first 24 hours in 2013 but I ended up being there all the time I was inside this time .
...The idea of going back ~ yet again ~ to SF came first from Cock's interest in it , and , then again , when I moved towards the idea of going to SFCC (if there is one specifically of that name) or similar , thinking I could get in soon (There is one particular one of that type in SF that spent the last 1&1/2-ish years getting slated towards having its credentials pulled entirely , finally recently getting its execution warrant pulled , which presumably might not be very picky ~ My , great opinion of myself , eh ? )...But , strictly just for that7 , even IF I could get in for Fall '15 , and all the money , etc. , fell into place...Would I be ready ?
And , I would like my toe to heal first...
Basically , the Hospital-Industrial Complex seems to be bored - or wants to avoid - the idea of my getting any8 rest anywhere , which is what I REALLY need to fix my toe wound
...In what sense/s ???
" People there's general attitudes toward HL folk " ?
The cops' ?
Services available while you're HL ???
Shelter life ?
Availability of " get you back inside " situations ?
If it's number 4 , I rather remember (from reputation , tending to stay away from them myself) SF shelters having a reputation as pretty grim , overcrowded " let's make a date with tuberculosis " coughatoriums if perhaps less treating you as someone to be canned and possibly violent than NYC ones I suppose have a reputation of being...Yes ???
...A non-WP friend (! !) I ran into (! !! !!) to-day , concentrating on the " try to get into a decent hospital to lead me to foot care " again with me suggested Palo Alto (Stanford) - Look , the opinion of me by authorities in Santa Cruz maybe illustrtrates , partly , why it's maybe not so great - or , even then , wasn't great , even before these last couple of days me being banned from the library in SC - to think of getting hospital care here - Too , I am often in this position where being in a hospital puts developments/doing anything/communicating in my life on FULL ABSOLUTE STOP ! otherwise as happened with , out of jail , I rushed around all day , and had no computer time , until landing in the hospital ~ If I just had some help in doing things ~ ~ Even just a working computer/Internet communication when in that position , I could do better then .
Thinking of the coming-up 7/4th holiday makes me think " nothing would happen in SF then " - but wouldn't that be thus for PA/S . too ?
...Well , I'm fixing to head Cool Grey City-ward this night/tom'w anyway , so............Thank you for your concern !
The bus ticket alone will take about 11% of my Tuesday cheack anyhow .
It is wanting to see if getting into CCSF (or a similar instution/school - let's just use " CCSF " to mean any of 'em) for Fall 2015 is possible , and try medical stuff there ~ Though , even as I've had no medical help since Monday of last week , I see myself not getting any medical till at least after the Glorious Forth , as I REALLY want to get the " possible CCSF " wheels rolling , the toe remnant is rather icky and there's some pain , if (The Dubliners in my headphones distract me from remembering - uh , neurophathy ! Or similar . Not a whole load of feeling there , so pain isn't very much .) .
If I do try to set up in SF for a while ~ which is going 2B colder than SC , BTW ~ getting some things of convenience might help but that might take considerable upfront payment , and I don't get my SSDI , remember , so even if I wished to " spend the whole month's check " I can't .
To start with possible stuff to buy:
A mailbox .
A storage space .
uote="kraftiekortie"]I was thinking more along the lines of:
SF is a big city where you could
1. Get more services
2. Get more anonymity
3. There's a wider variety of homeless people there
4. There's less of a stigma attached to being homeless there.[/quote]
...More possible buys to try and restart up with in SF , but:
Clothes ~ However , I have sort-of one complete set of clothes , what I am wearing ~ Plus some , but not quite enough (no shirts , at least) for a " temporary/while lau9ndering " set of secondary clothes ~ And , frankly , they're pretty heavy already !
Even entirely second-hand (well , barring underwear/belt/shoes) " new " clothes are kinda expensive ~ And if I do , how to shower before putting them on (Especially see below:) , transfer my stuff to them ~
The Homeless Services Center here which I mentioned as shutting down its drop-in services almost completely (Well , that's how it worked out , anyway .) apparently closed 1&1/4 days-ish earlier than announced , before the end of Monday afternoon rather than an actual full Tuesday of operation so I need not feel guilty I did not make my way up there to shower wash one last time .
(There will be a " Sleep-In " sort of protest in SC July 4th , apparently not a " get arrested " kind of one , pretty respectable , with the retired rabbi dad of a city concilman a co-ordinator .)
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So it looks like there are a number of clinics that will serve the homeless in San Francisco.
This link gives general details about the program.
https://www.sfdph.org/dph/comupg/oservi ... sp#WADDELL
This link has locations of all the clinics.
http://www.sfhealthnetwork.org/primary-care-3/
If you do visit, you should also ask if they know of any other services available. I wasn't able to find out much more online. If I have time I'll do some more digging.
Good luck and stay safe.
...Now , I am rather concentrating on whether , in fact , the only way I may be able to have my toe (remnant - ) wound get better is to do some - more extended - time in jail , BEYOND what I've done already8 .
Bluntly , enduring this might be the only way I could get enough lie-down time & treatment combined - ESPECIALLY the lie-down time - to get better . When I was in joail for 3-ish weeks in 2013 , my right (then-) toe got so-mewhat better on the outside (though it may have been the outside only , it may have been too late to save it as far as the interior infection went by then) , about 40% I'd say , with lovvelly new , pink , skin and the wound reducing in size - However , after I got out7 and was back to walking regularly homelessly , it went downhill again of course .
In another way , too , after I had the toe amputation in Everett , WA , this January I was denied the " second act " aftercare I was told that I would get after the " intense " immediate-post operation recovery was over so that I could get my " sea legs " back - Getting discharged to ABSOLUTELY NO AFTERCARE WHATSOEVER .
From lo-oo-ong ago , regarding the bad toe(s) , I SAID " If I had an aunt/granny to st7ay with and rest , while getting treatment , I could get better (I thiink) . " .
Needless to say That Did Not Happen
Now , the planned (Though I've ended up sort of delaying it .) goingy to SF IS planned , partially , to see if I could get some help from one hospital in particular that was nice in the past (NOT& San Francisco General Hospital however . Seroiou9sly . That place , ULTRA-briefly , is WAAY*Y* dangerous .)...but the likelihood that it might turn into just more touching up and the bye-and-here's-some-pills-and-an-appoint7ment seems - Um , probable ...........
If I was in California and had a job and an apartment. I would consider letting you stay for a couple weeks or months to get you rest and cleaned up and maybe even get your life somewhat back on track. Too bad I am in Europe and can't offer direct help. What if we did like a fundraiser to buy a small plot of land, build a small home and pay utilities for a year for ASS-P? Pretty much in a way to help those in the community who are worst off. The heat in Cali much be unbearable in the summer when you are homeless.
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Kickstarter, perhaps? I'd be willing to contribute.
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