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Now all you have to do is crush the competition when they return and you will be king, king of the hospitals, king of all you can see and, um, heal. Wait, that doesn't work. Hmm... before noon is just too early for non-sensical megalomaniacal rantings.
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10-03-2005, 11:48 AM | #253 |
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And along with my earlier congrats...
...I have to imagine that the job you'll be doing will be unimaginably difficult. Best wishes on doing your part to help those kids through the disaster. |
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Just wantd to chime in with my congrats to EF.
Also, wanted to say to EVERYBODY reading this thread: 1. Thanks for keeping it on-topic and politics-free. This has been a wonderful resource for keeping tabs on our friends and families, and I really appreciate how everybody has respected the "no politics" plea. 2. I'm glad to hear that everybody somehow touched or affected by Katrina (and Rita) is returning to "normalcy," no matter how slowly this "normal" thing returns. Here's hoping for continued recovery. /tk
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I just got off the phone with my boss. Now, the current Chief of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital wants to see if he can get his place "rush repaired" within 2-3 weeks. If so, he wants to keep his job and just drive into the city each day and I won't get that job temporarily.
The good news is that my boss didn't demand or even ask me to return to the horrendous hospital. He just told me to hang tight in Shreveport, and keep calling him each day. He is going to try to get me into the first (to reopen) Mental Health Clinic in New Orleans (if the Chief of Children's Psychiatry does keep working at his job) which is hopefully going to re-open within the next week. I don't mind the loss of income from these days off one bit, as long as I don't have to return to the horrendous hospital. I'm puzzled at the Chief's decision. I'm friendly with him, and I didn't think he would see me as a threat as he is Harvard trained and very well regarded. Oh well, I'm just thrilled that I don't have to drive to the horrendous hospital in the woods. |
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This is so stressful. I now know that the Chief of Psychiatry at Childrens Hospital is keeping his job. Also, the politics in the state and the medical school are so trecherous right now. Another doctor appears to have scooped me for that job at the first to re-open MHC. I now have no idea where I'm going to be working in the next week or next month. I'm being told by my boss to hang loose, and keep checking with him every day. It is also looking more likely that the land on which my apartment is located is going to be sold. If so, I'll have to move, but that is unclear at this point.
Also, I had a side job with the city of New Orleans doing civil committment evaluations for them. It was my most cushy job ever, although it was important work that I took seriously. The city has announced they are laying off 3,000 employees and since I'm the newest in that department, I'm almost certain to be layed off from that side job (which could have supported me if necessary - albeit at a drastically reduced salary.) I won't find out if I'm one of the layed off ones until it is officially announced on Oct. 14 or there about. As far as housing, most apartment complexes that weren't damaged now have a 800-1,000 person waiting list. One of Mrs. Eaglesfan's friends has a dad who owns a house that he used to rent out. He is fixing it up and we might be able to rent that, but he might decide to live in there. If he decides to rent it, we feel confident that we are his first choice, but I really need to know more about the work situation before I committ to that house's rent for a year. So, there is just so much uncertainty right now. I'm so used to having control of my situation and this is really frustrating. The good news is that one of my uncles in New Jersey (most of my family is still in NJ) is a lawyer and he has a psychiatrist that he uses as an expert witness for certain cases. That psychiatrist doesn't have any child training, and he wants me to come join him as a partner seeing kids up there. Also, while I might not be able to find housing anywhere around New Orleans, it should be easy enough to find a suitable place in NJ. However, my wife wants to stay in the state if at all possible. I already have this apartment in Shreveport, which I'm leaning towards extending for at least another month. I have a current strong lead on a job at the medical school in Shreveport, but I don't know if that will be as available if I wait much longer to jump on it. I don't want to make any premature decisions, but if my boss can't come up with a definite plan for me by the middle or the end of next week, I think I'm going to have to make a decision on what to do next. |
10-06-2005, 12:19 AM | #257 |
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10-06-2005, 06:42 AM | #258 |
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I don't know if you are a religious man or not, but perhaps pray for guidance. It sounds like the roads are diverging in the yellow wood for you.
Also, is the New Jersey job a full time gig, or is it on the side while you see patients, too? I can imagine that full time work of seeing disturbed kids and arguing that they should or should not go to jail and then watching while a jury decides one way or the other--that could get pretty cynical and depressing pretty quickly. Not really as satisfying as actual treatment, I bet. Of course, since I know nothing, I am just talking out of my ass here. I just felt like saying something other than good luck and God bless. |
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I'm unfortunately beginning to think that your wife will need to come to grips with the fact that staying in Louisiana and furthering your career are becoming incompatible with one another. How much persuading will she need to move on if it comes to that?
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Today was a big day. We (my wife and I) had a long talk in which we decided that if there was no definitive job information for me by the end of next week that I would actively pursue getting a job at LSU Shreveport's Medical School. We would also pursue finding a bigger apartment up here, and moving our stuff up here. Then, we decided to go out to a nice dinner and a comedy club show.
Dinner was great, and Jamie Lissow is hilarious. This was my favorite live comedy show ever. He had me and the wife laughing during almost his entire set which is a rare feat. After the show, I called my boss for my daily update. Apparently, he is "almost certain, but it is not written in stone" that the hospital will move back to their grounds on October 18th. That is excellent news, if it comes to fruition. It wouldn't make sense for the state to have us move back there if they were going to re-assign the land to some other purpose. Therefore, that makes me feel quite a bit better about the security of my living in my current New Orleans apartment as there is no real reason for my boss to move me out if we go back there. Also, there is talk that one of the inpatient unit doctors is going to stay in Atlanta for at least the next year, because she enrolled her daughter in High School there. If that is the case, perhaps, I will get the open inpatient unit job as my new employment since my outpatient clinic was destroyed by the flood water. That would provide more teaching opportunities to me which is a primary reason I took my old job anyway. I'm not getting my hopes too high in any case, as I've had the rug pulled out from under me several times in the past few days. The good news is that Mrs. Eaglesfan is becoming somewhat excited about the prospect of living in Bossier City/Shreveport for the long term a variety of reasons that could be a long post in and of themself. LSU Shreveport's medical school offers me some unique job opportunities as well with only one signficant downside. I also find myself enjoying the Shreveport weather MUCH more than New Orleans' weather. I need to do some research to see if this is an anomaly, but tonight really felt like a fall night. I miss having some semblence of 4 seasons, and I think I will get more of that from Shreveport/Bossier City than I ever will in New Orleans. So, if things end up not working out over the next weeks/months, I think I have a more solid backup plan in place.
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Actually, more of the idea that 1) She would be further away from her mother, which she would consider a good thing. 2) Our house could serve as a free evacuation zone for her mother who is poor as well as a few of her best friends should the need arise. 3) Ok, the riverboats have something to do with it 4) I promised that she could either fly or drive down to visit friends at least one 3-4 day weekend per month. This is a heck of a lot more time than I get to see my friends that are still in NJ. 5) I told her she doesn't have to work anymore. Heck, I've told her that before, so I'm confused why this is a point that would convince her. But, I won't argue the point. I'll gladly use that Actually, I want her to stay at home when we hopefully start having kids in 2 years or so, and always thought she was the one determined to work. 6) I've taken her out to a few happening places in Shreveport and Bossier City and she has decided this isn't SO boring to live here. By the way, she really likes a shot she discovered called the Ocean Mist. I thought it was just ok. 7) I reminded her of the professional benefits of being here in Shreveport. There are very few child psychiatrists in Shreveport or the surrounding area. There is a good chance I could make more money here still doing what I love.. There were other reasons as well, but they escape me at the moment as I'm finishing a drink. Tonight was fun. Thanks for the well wishes |
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Dola -
There were a bunch of other reasons that I was telling her as well, which I can't remember at this moment I know one should never make a major life altering decision while under very stressful conditions or while intoxicated, but I have to admit that I was really excited about the possibility of moving up here before I heard from my boss tonight. The idea of actually having seasons shouldn't be a deciding factor, but it is nice. Also, the humidity here is SO much lower than New Orleans. I still consider moving here a good plan if things don't work out in New Orleans for whatever reason in the future. Also, as I suspected, home prices appear to be a fair bit lower in the Bossier City/Shreveport area as well. I just looked at Century21's site, and they had houses listed that meet our size demands for some very nice prices (at least in comparision to the outskirts of New Orleans that I was looking at before the storm.) |
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I've only got about 10 months left in Bossier City before I leave for Germany, but the place really grows on you.
I love my house. I love the fact that I have a yard and a garage. These are things I only could dream of when I lived in Los Angeles. But for you guys, man, you can buy a killer place here, I'm sure! You have the right profession to be in Shreveport/Bossier. It's been growing steadily. It's be a great choice! Last edited by Dutch : 10-07-2005 at 11:22 PM. |
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I'm very excited right now. I just received word from my boss a few minutes ago that once security clears my place (which having seen it for an hour, I can't see any reason they shouldn't) that I can move back into my apartment this weekend!!!
Better yet (well bad from one perspective) 4 of the 7 doctors in the system that I work (not LSU but the state health system - New Orleans area) have quit. Among those is the head of the inpatient unit for adolescent psychiatric services. She has permeantly moved to Atlanta because her daughter is enrolled in H.S. there and doesn't want to leave, plus she has family in the area. Also, the other doctor on that unit has asked for at least a 3 month leave of absence from that particular job due to his wife being 9 months pregnant and him not wanting to expose the baby to anything that might be in the New Orleans area that might not be good for kids. Therefore, he is going to continue to live and work in the Baton Rouge area. This means that I'm now 99% certain (not 100% until it happens) that I will be the new inpatient director for the adolescent unit at the hospital! Also, the hospital is definitely not closing which is a miracle considering how many times certain political forces have tried to close it. I don't see any possible doctors that are going to come and swipe this one away from me either. The doctor at Children's will have his hand full there, and he doesn't like inpatient work. The other doctor is quite clear that she wants to continue to be an outpatient doctor.. So, I'll possibly have to do an extra load as I might be the only inpatient adolescent psychiatrist, but I don't mind that one bit. I'll gladly carry 20 patients to be able to work at the hospital which means I'll be able to walk to work every day, teach residents, and have a somewhat normalized schedule. The only bad news is that I was informed that due to the budgetary crisis the state faces, my salary might be reduced by about 8%, but even that can't temper my good mood right now Edit: Oh yeah, my boss told me to be prepared to start work next Weds.
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Sounds like it all fell together for you! Great! However, it sounds like you'll be quite busy. Reminds me of an anecdote when Jimmy V still coached at State. One year, the team lacked depth, particularly at point guard, but fortunately we had Chris Corchiani for the starter's job, so it wasn't as bad as it could have been. Anyway, there was one game where Chris was getting particularly worn down from playing so much. He asked Coach V if he could come out. V said, "You come out when you graduate."
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Hot damn, EF!
Congrats!!! /tk
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10-13-2005, 02:44 PM | #276 |
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Thanks everyone. Unfortunately, I just got some bad news today. The contractor that was performing security, maintenance, housekeeping, and food services for the hospital has announced that they are unable to provide service to the hospital for now or the near future. The hospital is attempting to procure the services of another contractor(s) to provide these services. However, they now believe that the hospital will not be able to re-open for 2-4 weeks due to this set back
Furthermore, I *might* not be able to move back due to the hospital considering locking the gates around the facility due to the lack of security. This would appear to be unfair to me, preventing me from lawful access to my apartment. In any case, my boss is supposed to let me know within the next 24 hours if they are going to lock the gates or they are able to keep them open ( in which case I can return home Saturday as planned.) If I am able to move back, I'll have to either a) Work at the inpatient unit of the horrendous temporary hospital until they are able to move back to the permeant hospital in New Orleans and live in squalid conditions there or b) Work at a clinic just outside of Baton Rouge and drive the 80-90 miles each way every day. Option b is looking more attractive if I have a choice.. Oh yeah, my boss asked me about rumors that I was working in Shreveport. I told him that I wasn't (I'm being paid by LSU on special leave until November 6th and that would be illegal double dipping) but it is true that I have offers up here. I made it clear to him that I want to return to New Orleans and I hope the job and living status makes that possible. However, I think it is ultimately in my best interest that he does know that I have other options out there. Oh well, down from the jubiliation of knowing I was going back home in 48 hours and back to waiting to see what happens in the next 24 hours or so.. At least the NFL Week 5 in pictures cheered me up
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I hope you don't mind, EF, but I forwarded this post to a friend of mine whose family has a business that provides maintenance/housekeeping/etc. services to businesses in New Orleans. They're trying to get in touch with Children's as I type. |
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I don't mind, but Children's already has these services in place. They were providing it to us at the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital. It is the New Orleans Adolescent Hospital that now needs those services
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Thanks to Oliegirl, TK, and everyone else who has voiced support (or who has sent good vibes my way without voicing them necessarily.) This has been an emotional roller coaster and an "adventure" as my boss likes to call it. I just want to return to my apartment already. I appreciate you all who let me vent, provide encouragement, etc. I'm cautiously hopeful that when I call my boss in an hour or two, he will have some good news and tell me that I can return home Saturday as planned (even if I have to drive 63 miles each way every day to the clinic that he might want me to temporarily work at.) I just looked up the clinic where I might work temporarily, and it is closer to New Orleans than I thought |
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Just finished talking to my boss, and he said we can return home! He said we just have to understand that there will be no maintenence service for at least the next 2 weeks and possibly longer. Also, there are currently still a few national guard stationed at our hospital, but once they leave they will start locking the gate to the place. However, the hospital is going to give me and Mrs. Eaglesfan a key to it and we'll just have to get out of our car to unlock and relock it as we enter and leave. All in all, very good news. However, I'm going to be a "roving doctor" and I'll be working all over the place the next few weeks until they can return to New Orleans. I don't mind that as long as it doesn't persist once they return to the hospital. I can deal with a few weeks of driving 50-75 miles to work. So Saturday I'm moving back home! The only negative is that I might miss the USC-ND game, but I'm willing to give even that up to get back to our place (although I'm hoping one of my buddies can tape it.)
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Big time WOOT !
Danged happy to hear good news for ya.
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I'm home. Actually, I've been home for about 2 and a half hours. Mrs. Eaglesfan and I tried to clean our refrigerator/freezer for about an hour. Then, we realized that the blood from the meat appeared to be inside the refrigerator. We have heard it is game over at that point. Plus, the freezer wasn't really working. So, despite it being state property (gulp!) we dragged the refrigerator to the curb (with Mrs. Eaglesfan nearly crushing me as she shoved it down the steps...) Anyway, I just ordered a new refrigerator from Best Buy that they can deliver by Friday! Hopefully, the state won't be too unhappy as it is nicer than the one I had, but was one of their cheaper models.
So, I face uncertainty about how long we will be able to live in this apartment. I face uncertainty about my job (one of my friends who is a forensic psychiatrist has been told that he is being layed off as there is just a lack of work at this time. I guess it is good news that I haven't gotten that message yet.) But, I'm very happy to be home! Also, I'm happy to have seen the last minute or so of the USC game
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I imagine that with the amount of lost state property, nobody's going to sweat your fridge much.
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Discarding state property, those lawless Nawlins'ers
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One thing I forgot to mention. It was eerie (sp?) seeing how vacant the city appears even two weeks after this part of the city was re-opened. There are some traffic lights still not working. There are many many homes that appear dark and vacant, and only about 1/5th of the homes or less had refrigerators on the curb. I'm guessing that most of the population hasn't moved back yet.
Oh yeah, having a soldier stop me at the gate (to the hospital) and point a gun in my general vicinity while asking me for ID was a very odd experience as well. However, I'm very glad they are protecting the hospital (and my stuff by association.) |
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Talked to my boss earlier this evening, and he told me not to worry about needing to discard the Refrigerator. Also, driving around the city this afternoon it is not as dead as I thought it was. Lots of people working on their homes in the area, and the supermarket was rather busy with lines that lasted about 15 minutes. All-in-all not too bad. Most stores are still closed, but many are scheduled to re-open within the next 2 weeks at least for limited hours. My boss told me that he should have some work for me to do somewhere in a 80 mile radius within the next few days and I should expect to be working again by Weds.
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I just got the call from Best Buy! My new refrigerator will be delivered between 1:30 and 3:30 PM tomorrow.
Meanwhile, the job situation continues to be extremely chaotic, and I'm being used at various sites for a few hours here and there to fill in, with no regular job yet. I'm told that I should have a regular job in the next few weeks, but I also notice that LSU is laying off any unnecessary employees on November 7th (they are paying us until the 6th.) I hope I don't end up being one of the layed off ones, but there should be some good options around the country (and perhaps in Louisiana) if that does happen. |
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I'm sure you and your wife are thrilled about the fridge.
As for the rest of the mess, keep thinking good thoughts, SOMEHOW it's going to work out. Sounds like you're managing as best you can. Hopefully you'll get some resolution be able to return to your regularly scheduled life and career soon. We're still all thinking about ya! /tk
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Your impression is correct. This is very frustrating professionally as well as personally. The plan on where to use me changes every day, and I don't get to know any of the patients that I treat. Before the storm, I was used to running a clinic with about 150 patients that I see once or twice a month, and I was starting to develop relationships with them. That is part of what attracted me to psychiatry in the first place as opposed to another speciality where you rarely see your patients. The way they are rotating me now, it is nearly impossible to be truly productive. I've been told today that I will be working at a clinic in Baton Rouge (about 80 miles away with some very heavy traffic likely) for 4 hours on Monday and Thursday but I won't even be seeing any patients. I'll be supervising 3 or 4 residents. I love teaching, but that is going to be an odd situation as well. I'm not sure if I'll be there for 1 week or longer. Heck, I'm not sure the plan won't change between the time I was told it at 8:00 this morning and Monday. I've realized that the lack of organization throughout the state means that no plan is definite and anything can change at any moment. I have no idea if I will still be taking over the inpatient unit when it moves back. Again, this is all so frustrating. However, I keep reminding myself that I'm one of the lucky ones who has a place to live (for now) where I have basic cable, internet, power, AC, etc. Also, my refrigerator should be arriving sometime in the next 2 hours and 15 minutes |
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A lot has happened since I last posted in this thread, but there were some things I was compelled to keep quiet about. However, having heard most of them announced on the news, I think I can talk about them now.
Tulane has slashed it's medical school faculty. They cut about 180 positions, plus another 50 positions from their undergraduate department. They also cut half of their athletic programs including a men's tennis team that has had a very successful history. It is rather sad. I did some of my training at Tulane, and unlike some LSU staff, I have a great deal of affection for Tulane. LSU also had massive cuts in their medical school faculty list. A few of my colleagues were let go. My job was in jeopardy at times, but I survived the first round of cuts as well as the second round of cuts which were announced recently. In fact, the former Chief of Psychiatry (who was also an LSU Medical School Faculty member) at Children's Hospital quit and moved out of state. I'm now the Chief of Psychiatry which is a nice promotion. However, given the current financial realities facing the state, I find myself wondering how long that will last. The good news is that I've got leads on several other jobs in the State should this current job fall through. The bad news is that one of those jobs might want me to take over soon. From an email I received tonight, that seems a likely possibility now. It's a state job, so I'm not sure how much more stable it is than my current job. However, it is in another part of the state that hasn't lost much of it's population and has actually grown in population. Therefore, that likely means it is more secure. I'm going to be praying for guidance as well as analyzing the situation. Should anyone feel inclined, I'd appreciate prayers to help me make the right decision as well as any advice. |
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EF, good luck to you. I know that you will make the right decision, and I trust that you and your wife will soon get to settle someplace and really get used to just living your lives again. I'm sure that it has been difficult with the volatility of everything down there right now.
I have some really quick news. My sister only needed one more semester's worth of credits to graduate from UNO. She had enrolled in every necessary class except for a single, 1-hour geology lab before the semester. Of course, a week after the semester started, Katrina rolled through, and my sister had been on the move with my mother after that. A few weeks later, my sister enrolled for some online courses, but she didn't know if she would be able to go back to the New Orleans area for the spring semester. She was afraid of falling one credit short of graduation with no clue as to when she could complete it. Anyway, the good news is that she got an e-mail stating that she has satisfied the Louisiana Board of Regents science requirements, and the university has waived labs for graduating seniors. In a couple of weeks, she'll be a college graduate. They won't be holding a commencement ceremony at UNO this winter, but they are going to have one in May for all of the December 2005 and May 2006 graduates, and I'm sure that she'll make the two-hour trip to New Orleans in May for the ceremony. I will most likely be making my first visit down there at the same time so I can see my big sis graduate (she went part-time for several years, so she finished after me). I'm excited.
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12-08-2005, 10:53 PM | #298 |
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Congrats to your sister, Pumpy!
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12-08-2005, 11:04 PM | #299 |
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Congrats to both of you
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05-19-2006, 05:54 PM | #300 |
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Thought some of you might find this flash of the flooding interesting....
http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf |
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