August 4th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, mental health, mental illness, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
2008 Out of the Darkness Community Walk registration is now open! If you haven’t done so already, please visit www.outofthedarkness.org to register for a walk in your area!
Thank you for your dedication and participation in the AFSP Out of the Darkness Community Walks
VISIT MY PERSONAL DONATION PAGE
I will be participating in a walk in September of this year. Please take a few
May 20th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, depression, health problems, healthcare, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Last week, the House again approved legislation to delay a series of federal regulations that would severely limit Medicaid coverage of rehabilitative, case management, and school-based services. The amendment to the supplemental war funding bill that included this delay on the regs passed by a vote of 256-166. Thanks to all of you who contacted your representative - you helped make a
Continue reading → The Senate’s Turn to Act on Harmful Medicaid Regs
May 12th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, mental health, mental illness, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
2008 Out of the Darkness Community Walk registration is now open! If you haven’t done so already, please visit www.outofthedarkness.org to register for a walk in your area! If you do not see a walk in your area and would like to start a walk in your community, please contact Mike Lamma, Director of Field Management, at mlamma@afsp.org or 1-888-333-AFSP (2377) x16. Please include your
May 5th, 2008 — , Personal, WLS, advocasy, empowerment, fat acceptance, fat phobia, mental health, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Yesterday was the 4th anniversary of my WLS.
WOW……what a difference a year makes.
I had a heck of a post all planned to post yesterday. Going into all the new problems that have cropped up for me thanks to the WLS. But in writing that post I wanted to go back and read what I wrote last year. I won’t post it all but here is a part that made me stop and think…..
A question was posed in the
May 5th, 2008 — , Health, accountability, advocasy, causes, hunger from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
2008 Food Drive is letter carrier blitz against hunger
Letter carriers, with help from their sisters and brothers in the other postal crafts and thousands of other volunteers, will stage a blitz on Saturday, May 10, to combat hunger in America, conducting NALC’s annual “Stamp Out Hunger” Food Drive in every U.S. state and jurisdiction.
The drive, in its 16th year, is the largest one-day food
March 20th, 2008 — , Anatomical Donor, Diabetes, Health, WLS, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, mental health, mental illness, mortality, nutrition, obesity, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I can just hear the majority of y’all out there going EWWWW!!!!
If you feel that way based on your particular spiritual beliefs, then don’t bother reading further. I respect your beliefs. Just wish more respected mine. That’s another post for another day.
I am an Anatomical Donor.
I’m sure many of you out there are organ donors. Here again you may not be, based on your spiritual beliefs. Yet
Continue reading → Anatomical Gift–Donating a Body to Science
March 17th, 2008 — , advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, discrimination, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, parity, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
House passes mental health parity - work still to be done
The House of Representatives passed the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, HR 1424, on March 5! The House-passed measure must now be reconciled with a parity bill already passed by the Senate, S. 558. A final version will have to be approved by both chambers and signed by the President before people living with mental
March 7th, 2008 — , NAMI, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, mental health, mental health america, mental illness, parity from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
You helped make history!! Your support for mental health parity helped propel the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act, H.R. 1424, to a historic vote in the House of Representatives where it passed 268-148 on March 5. This first-ever House vote on a comprehensive mental health/addiction parity bill gives our cause new momentum. Work yet to be done.
But even with this victory,
March 6th, 2008 — , NAMI, advocasy, causes, depression, discrimination, mental health, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Staggering statistic huh.
I’ve talked about suicide and mental health quite alot in my blog. I’ve even touched on the fact that I once found myself in that deep dark pit of despair. Lucky for me, I survived my own suicide attempt. It has caused lasting health issues for me. But I’m still holding on.
The typical person can not grasp why someone would attempt take their own life. You would
February 29th, 2008 — , advocasy, depression, discrimination, healthcare, mental health, parity, truth from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
URGENT ALERT
HISTORIC PARITY VOTE NEXT WEEK
The House of Representatives has scheduled a historic vote on a comprehensive mental health/substance use parity bill on March 5. Please urge your U.S. Representative to support passage of H.R. 1424, the Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act.
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Given the importance of this vote, please take a minute to also call your
February 25th, 2008 — , Health, WLS, accountability, advocasy, complications, diet, discrimination, eating disorder, fat acceptance, mental health, mortality, stigma, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Even before all the difficulties I have been experiencing as of late, I have always disagreed with the idea of kids having WLS. I have even gone back to some of my earlier posts on the support forums to make sure my own words didn’t come back to haunt me. Even when I was a staunch supporter of WLS, I was looking at the possible long term effects it may have if used on kids.
I stumbled on a blog
February 19th, 2008 — , Health, Motivation, advocasy, discrimination, living single, mental health, rant, stigma from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
For years I was one of those women who thought she had to have someone in her life to be complete. This belief led me into all sorts of bad relationships. What’s up with that??
Why did my whole self worth seem to hinge on whether I was part of a couple or not?
I’m one of those who never does anything half way. When I get involved with someone it is full force from the get go.Yeah, I know not
February 18th, 2008 — , WLS, advocasy, depression, eating disorder, health problems, mental health, nutrition, obesity, suicide, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
I have been following the news of the death of Polly Williams. Polly was one of the four women featured in Lauren Greenfield’s Emmy-nominated documentary Thin. The film documents the experiences of young women at the Renfrew Center, a residential facility for the treatment of eating disorders.
Here’s an update on Polly’s death:
There has been much speculation on how Polly died, with many people
January 11th, 2008 — , Motivation, advocasy, call to protect, causes, domestic violence, inspiration, the wireless foundation from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
For those who are regular readers of this blog. Thanks you for taking the time to share my thoughts. Also you know I’m a strong advocate for many causes. all of them have touched my life somehow. This cause is no different.I don’t speak much about my h…
January 4th, 2008 — , WLS, advocasy, fat phobia, rant, unhealthy eating, weight loss from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
Just found this on the Junkfood Science blog…..Bringing in the new year, Radio Iowa reported from a bariatric surgeon at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha. Increasing numbers of teens are coming in wanting bariatric surgeries, according to…
December 28th, 2007 — , Health, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, healthcare, mental health, mental illness, parity from BamaGal @ Back Across The Line
NAMI sent a questionnaire on leading mental health issues to all the presidential candidates. Candidates are answering and we encourage you to view their positions on our new Explore the Candidates page.NAMI will be posting additional responses and ma…
Continue reading → Learn About the Candidates’ Views on Mental Healthcare
December 6th, 2007 — , Health, Motivation, Personal, advocasy, bipolar, causes, depression, empowerment, mental health, mental illness, stigma, suicide from BG @ Back Across The Line
ATTENTION: ACTION NEEDEDWe are SO close! Passage of a strong parity law is within reach. But this session of Congress will end before Christmas. If a parity bill is not passed by then, we risk losing it entirely in election-year deadlock!Join me and ma…
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