Wish me luck - I'm heading into FINAL Exams!

B'SD

9 Iyar, 5774

My apologies to everyone following this blog. I've been preparing for final exams for my ICD9 and ICD10 medical coding studies. The schedule changed several times due to the ICD10 delay and my calendar is crowded with multiple time-consuming tasks.

Tapatcha soon. I need to rest up from a hectic, sometimes bewildering pace these past few weeks.

Meanwhile, check out a recent post I put on Facebook:

US Healthcare Costs are RISING? 

But #Healthcare use is declining?

http://www.moneynews.com/PeterOrszag/healthcare-costs-insurance-Medicare/2014/05/08/id/570304/

Handle your medical and/or mental health needs with cost-cutting, chaos-ending E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 

Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Wish me success with my finals!


 

How to Help Ill and Disabled People to Face Life with Dignity and Optimism

B'SD

21/22 Tevet, 5774

EMPOWERING Author Helps Ill and Disabled Readers to Face Life with Dignity and Optimism – Connect and Find Out Why.

Yocheved Golani’s It’s MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge is helping readers worldwide. The E-book and print edition are different from other self-help, inspirational books. Why? Because of the author who wrote it.

Yocheved doesn’t play “Holier than you” games with her readers nor does she pretend that all will be sweet if only you follow the suggestions in the book. From cover to cover, Yocheved acknowledges the pain, confusion and anger that go with illness. She shares practical, proven ways to “Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism” throughout the text. Different chapters show you how to tame the insurance and medical paperwork monster, how to remember every medical appointment and medication (including what they’re for!); even the names of all the doctors involved in your medical care or your loved one’s.

There are humorous takes on life throughout the book, including a “knock ‘em flat” response to critics who insist you have no right to cry "... because G’D only gives what we can handle” (ever heard of a nervous breakdown? Death? Lifelong disabilities? The need to recover from a setback?). They and Yocheved validate your emotions and let you laugh so you can restore your sense of perspective, your zest for life AND your better self to the overall picture. You might even end up feeling better about G'D!

There’s a reason that medical and mental health professionals recommend It’s MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

World-renown psychiatrist Dr. A. Twerski chuckles that he gives it to patients on chemotherapy and to addicts in rehab. “They don’t call me much after that. “They feel better just reading the book!”

Yocheved Golani is different from other authors in the medical, self-help and inspirational genre because she’s honest about what it takes to cope with harsh reality and end up smiling. No white-washing with her. Just solid stress-busting information proven to work over time, plus time-saving leads to the cost-cutting information ill people need. The Global Resources section at the back of the book is a goldmine of organizations willing to provide you with a free wheelchair, medical transportation, affordable medication or medical appliances and lots more!

Get someone (including yourself!) a great gift for the holiday season. Let them learn how to enjoy it more, and at all, when they read It’s MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

“Yocheved Golani energizes us all to partner with GOD to seek and savor life to the fullest for both our mental and physical health. This book is lifesaving, emotionally rewarding, spiritual, funny and helpful…” - Dr Judith Guedalia PhD, Director of Neuropsychology Unit and Chief Medical Psychologist ER Trauma(MCE) Team at Shaarei Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, Israel

Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge any time of the year!

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Find solutions to help you (even if you're a youngster) - in a fun-to-read book!

 

The Myth of Some Medical Expenses - and Facts for Lowering Them

B'SD

14 Cheshvan, 5774

Whew I've had a busy, time-consuming week. I'm pleased to have accomplished my goals, but sorry to have missed making this post go live in a timely manner. 

Why? Because the information below just might save you some major money!

The New York Times recently published an opinion piece entitled The Myth of the Medical-Device Tax.

It's an insight into an apparently unjustified expense for some patients. 

I hope that the op-ed will fuel positive changes and improvements in the medical device industry.

Meanwhile, if you need to lower your medical costs one way or another, read on.

has several pages entitled The Global Resources Section. 

It's filled with information about worldwide organizations willing to pay part or all of an applicant's medical expenses: Medication, medical care, medical travel, medical appliances and more. Maybe yours!

I can't promise that you'll find exactly what you need in that part of the book, but you might. 

The soothing content in the rest of the book can help you to calm down, to put things into perspective, and to organize your hectic medical life.




Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 


Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Find solutions by looking for them.


 

Rock the Ribbon Pink and Blue! Men Get Breast Cancer too!

B'SD

12 Cheshvan, 5774

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Males can suffer breast cancer, too. Let's rock the ribbon colors a bit.  

Learn things you need to know at http://www.breastcancer.org/

Learn how to Eat to Starve Cancer with oncologist William Li

Need to know what to do and what to say if you already have breast cancer? 

Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.  It's full of sound ideas for sharing with family, friends. in-laws, out-laws, and the medical people filling your life.

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Fill your plate with health-promoting food!

   

Here's How to Help Detroit Retirees

B'SD

9 Tishrei, 5774


I did a triple-take when I read this headline:

Detroit may end health care coverage for retirees under 65, replace it with $125 monthly stipends

I can well imagine the sense of dread, panic and raw fear in the people who might be affected by this drastic move. 

$125.00 does not buy much health care. 

At retirement age, quality healthcare is usually Priority 1!

Considering the Confusion in California about Medicare Exchanges being Meaningless, more older Americans need to know how to obtain adequate health care. It's a matter of survival!

If I were in this situation, 

I'd be weeping.

Know a Detroiter or Californian who needs affordable quality medical care?

• Medication? 
• Medical transportation help? 
• Medical appliances? 
• Something else medical?

Alert them to pages upon pages of information about charitable organizations - worldwide - willing to pay for some or all of an applicant's medical necessities.

Buy that person a copy of the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge so they can read all about that.

A medical crisis - you'd cry too, if it happened to you. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. Read all about that on pages 4 and 5.

 

EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Forget about politicians promising to save you. They caused this mess.

 

Breaking CPI and Other Chain(s) without Politics

B'SD

WARNING: Why Chained CPI Rattles the Elderly (and anyone soon to be).

Over time, I warned you that Obama's approach to medical care was problematic. Robbing social security accounts with this proposed Chained CPI plan is not in anyone's best interests. The risk is too big. If the plan fails, and even if it doesn't, your hard-earned money can disappear.

As the article above mentions, "The Obama administration’s proposal to change the basis for Social Security raises to 'chained CPI' is all about saving money by slowing the growth rate of benefits."

There's a saying from an old TV show, 

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time."

Click on AARP's automatic Protest to POTUS program or go to the AARP site (www.aarp.org) to study it before you send a message to the White House.

If Chained CPI becomes law, I will shudder with you.

If you want to prepare yourself to cope with ever-worsening healthcare prospects in the USA, or to lower your medical costs anywhere in the world, you need to read

The Global Resources section of the book is filled with information on organizations around the world willing to pay part or all of your specific medical costs: Medical appliances, medication, medical care, medical transportation and more.

You don't need to be chained to politicians enslaving you to poverty, poor choices and despair.

Buy the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 

Free yourself from poor planning and politicians risking your future.


 

Cuddle Up with a Good Book that Leaves You Feeling Better FAST!

B'SD

25 Tevet, 5773

There's nothing quite like falling asleep with a good book splayed across the blanket or your chest. Spending time with a good read is one of life's great pleasures even when you're sitting in a chair, at the doctor's office or anywhere. Any time of day is a good time to read something that leaves you off better than before.

A print edition is so much more endearing than an E-book can ever be. Read all about it: Three Times More People Prefer Print Books to E-books!

Here's a book that you can share with 

friends, family and/or 

your medical team:

Health care benefits are increasingly hard to come by, and less affordable over time. Learn about affordable alternatives for first-quality care that politicians never told you about. 

Less stress and keep your cash, that’s the theme of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. It teaches you how to organize your medical and/or disability life, save money and to get your grin back in one reading. Buy it from Booklocker.

Less stress and keep your cash. EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge today. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 
Face Your Future with Optimism.

Learn of the choices available to you, worldwide.

Wishing you sweet dreams...

How NOT to be Turkey with Your Healthcare

B'SD

8 Kislev, 5773

I scanned the daily news and noticed these items:

Record Number of Americans Will Use Food Stamps For Thanksgiving...

FOOD PANTRY SEES 400% INCREASE IN DEMAND...

Nasty stuff. I'd forecasted that holiday shoppers wouldn't be filling malls with whatever cash is left after Hurricane Sandy and America's worsening economy.

Scared you can't afford essential healthcare? 

There is a realistic option for meeting your needs,

all around the world.

It doesn't cost much, either.

Your medical care, medication, medical transportation, medical appliances and many other medical, emotional and/or disability needs - even your medical insurance needs - can probably be met with a copy of 

The soothing content is one thing. 

The Global Resources section is quite another. 

It can mean meeting your medical needs

instead of hopelessness.

A medical crisis - I came though mine with information the average patient simply doesn't have.

I knew you'd cry too, if it happened to you. So  I wrote a book that medical and mental health professionals praise and recommend. They believe it can help you.

Times are tough financially, emotionally and medically. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. No need to be a turkey when it comes to your healthcare needs.

GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To." See pages 4 and 5.

And keep reading to learn simple, affordable ways to meet your healthcare needs.

 
Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter holiday season: Click on the words EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. It makes a great gift, too. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 

Face Your Future with Optimism. 

 

Keeping Up with the Code RED Gen

B'SD

7 Kiselv, 5773

Kislev is usually a merry month leading up to the festival of Chanuka, when Jews routed out Syrian Greeks from the Holy Land and our Holy Temple (eventually destroyed by other enemies). But the Code RED Gen is facing the sorrow and violence foisted upon us by another of our millenial-long Jew haters. 

Things are a bit more serious 

than usual.

Find out how some of us are nurturing our mental health at Coping as the Code Red Gen http://community.unitedwithisrael.org/official-blog/114/coping-as-the-code-red-generation-by-yocheved-golani

Ill? 

Disabled? 

In Recovery Mode from a medical or mental health situation? 

Want to be?

Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter holiday season no matter what's going on: Click on the words EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. Face Your Future with Optimism. 


 

One Helluva Week and Then Some...

B'SD

4 Kislev, 5773


It's been a helluva week since last Sunday's update. I spent the Sabbath praying for the safety of my people and listening to Shidur Shaket, silent radio, which broadcasts warnings of incoming missiles from Israel's enemies (too many to count!). The defensive Israeli response to the incessant rocket-fire was long in coming, not the offense that mainstream media has made it out to be.

Anyone wishing to recite tehilim, psalms, to ask for HaShem's (GOD's) mercy on the Jewish people can focus on chapters 20, 83, 121, 130, and 142. Read them to see why they're appropriate to the occasion.

Any pro-Israel prayers, straight from the heart, are welcome. Jews have been under attack since the days of Abraham (the world's first monotheist) and Isaac, when Ishmael tried to murder his half-brother.

Judaism advocates compassion, the polar opposite of what Hamas, the PA and the Koran stand for.

Political concessions are worthless as you see below. 

Israel shrinks 
and the attacks to obliterate the Holy Land 
and her Jews 
continue.

You can stay updated about the situation via http://muqata.blogspot.co.il/

A political, moral, and theological crisis - you'd cry too, if it happened to you. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To."

 
Meanwhile, ill people around the world need to know how to lower their medical costs, how to reduce their overall stress and how to to receive the care they need as they improve their moods and organization skills. Solutions for all that fill the E-book or print edition of EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. Buy a copy for yourself or a loved one today!

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 
Face Your Future with Optimism. 



 

Drying Off after the Storm

B'SD

15 Cheshvan, 5773

The world is full of photos and horror stories, awed by Hurricane Sandy. Good-hearted people are helping others to cope with the consequences. I add my prayers to the many asking GOD for inner strength, insight into the spiritual lessons involved with the storm, and recovery from the experience.

I do not plan to be blogging next week as I'll be on a long-planned trip far from home. I wish you well, and plan to update this blog as of the second week in November.

The holidays and gift-giving season 

are upon us, 

though many Americans 

are suffering severe financial destruction 

with their damaged homes and businesses. 

If you can, supply someone 

who needs the cost-cutting, 

time and sanity-saving information 

of

with a gift copy.

Individual copies can be bought here. 

BULK orders can be made here. 

Medical, business and charitable organizations would be wise to lighten the burdens of people hurting in many ways from the storm and its aftermath. The calming relief can go a long way.

A medical and natural disaster crisis - you'd cry too, if it happened to you. Use your tissues and handkerchiefs with my blessings borne of experience. GOD gives you Permission to Weep. And you can say that to any critics after explaining that "It's MY Crisis! And I'll Cry if I Need To, see page 5!"

Wishing you a brighter holiday season ,
 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 
Face Your Future with Optimism.


 

Crossing Jordan - and Begging Heaven to Heal a Special Lady

B'SD

26 Tishrei, 5773

One of the activities of that face-to-face Facebook group members meeting the other day was to pray for ill people to heal emotionally, physically and spiritually. The impetus for that was the stunning news that a heroic lady and her husband have been faced once more with her battle to defeat cancer.

You can read their touching, motivational blog Crossing Jordan (the Yarden in Hebrew) and join the people in Stella's army praying for her recovery. Stella's Hebrew name is Tzureeya Kokhevet bat Sara (Tzureeya Star daughter of Sara. Sorry, Tzureeya doesn't translate into easy English).

I'm trying to get a copy of

to her via a mutual friend, as it lists worldwide organizations willing to pay for part or all of Stella's (or anyone's) medical and medication costs. If you want to help us to accomplish the mission of mercy, contact me via giveretgolani@gmail.com.

You can see a few of us holding on to our prayer booklets in this photo by fellow blogger Batya Medad

(my booklet is in my hand but was cropped out of the photo to fit this blogpost).

Joy is part of life. A little guy let me dance with him to make a mood of happiness to improve anyone's outlook and life. GOD willing we'll dance again to celebrate Stella's healthy victory.

Leave a message  for Stella to read 
in the "comments" section.

Learn more about this woman and 
her wonderful husband at
http://www.crossingtheyarden.com/2012/10/my-wife-has-cancer-and-im-going-for-a-bike-ride/

Do what you can to support their efforts!

Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter look at life: Click on the words EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 
Face Your Future with Optimism.

Catching Up Before the Gift-Giving Season Holiday Season Gets You Down!

B'SD

25 Tishrei, 5773

Sorry I haven't blogged much, lately. I'm preparing to relaunch the Refua Radio Show (Refua means "healing" in Hebrew), and it is one detail-oriented project!

I spent today having fun, meeting with fans of

and learned how the book helps readers with cancer, diabetes, fibromyalgia, brain tumors - and much more - in unexpected ways, as they dined on delicious food and spoke of the emotional and health challenges of holidays plus life in general.

Here's a partial photo of some of who attended the event (see my other Facebook page for details!):

I'm in the orange sundress, holding one of the prayer booklets (tehilim mekhulak) the group used to ask The One Above for the healing and improved coping skills of ill people worldwide.

My trip home left me thinking "What's yummier than pumpkin pie at this time of year? A book that makes you feel better! 

Buy your copy of It’s MY Crisis! And I’ll Cry If I Need To: EMPOWERYourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge  before Hallowe'en, which launches the Thanksgiving and gift-giving holiday seasons. 

Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter holiday season: Click on the words EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge.

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity.  
Face Your Future with Optimism.

A Book that's Rising in the Reader Polls!

B'SD

15 Tishrei, 5773

OY. Sales of the EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge book are rapidly rising. I suspect it's because some US voters fear that Obama will win re-election. 

He'll win by a landslide I betcha, considering that polls have the top two presidential candidates at neck and neck numbers.

Here's what democrats 
don't want the public to realize,
by the way...

The Death Panel Dilemma

and

Voters, here's how you can save your sanity and health with info on:

• Charitable organizations willing to pay part or all of your medical bills, 
• Innovative health care around the world
• Tips for controlling chaotic paperwork  
• and ending a sense of despair 

May the candidate good for America's health win.



Buy the E-book or print edition today for a brighter, healthier and happier tomorrow no matter who's in office. Click on the words EMPOWER Yourself to Cope with a Medical Challenge. 

Face Your Medical Problems with Dignity. 
Face Your Future with Optimism.