Joel Jared Ehmann
2 min readJan 28, 2021

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Do you get it yet? I don’t hate hospitals out doctors. I hate being in them. Stop interrupting my medical care; stop harassing me in my home, stop harassing me on the street. I don’t deserve this. Nobody does. If they do well that person would be the persons responsible for doing this to people.

What has been done is unconscionable. Modifying a medical record; sending a patient home that you know needs medical attention, lying to a patient, even if corrected or forced; is a horrible act. One that people should stand up and not allow to happen.

Judging someone for being honest about drug use; modifying their chart after being told that they had housing (Virginia Mason) to have it list homeless is horrifying and destroys the credibility of not just your facility, but the credibility of every other doctor in a patients eyes. Violating HIPPA by disclosing medical information to people or allowing them to judge and laugh from down the hall or comment; even the thought of this makes my stomach churn.

What you have done is sentenced me without any cause; to die. You allowed third parties to influence your decisions; we’re not Honest with the patient, and have made it impossible for him to receive care anywhere.

I hope that you all learn from this; and that you don’t Repeat this to another person. It is cruel. It is unimaginable that anyone could even contemplate doing this to a peraon.

Please leave the man and his dog alone; quit tormenting us for the time I have left one this planet. Let me be; let him be. If the medical professionals are able to help, they have my address and phone number. Those that have impeded their abilities to do their work; please get out of their way.

Max and Joel thank you. Much love Seattle; be the city that I remember you being; be the city that I know you can be.

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Joel Jared Ehmann

A Man, A Dog & Their Road to Health | Sleepless inSouth Beacon Hill | Fierce Ramblings of an HIV+ gay male longing the day when the struggle ends & life begin.