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In order to facilitate introduction of an inspection pig through an introductory conduit having a smaller diameter and into a pipeline of large diameter and transporting a fluid, in particular gas or oil, the invention proposes a device for inspection of pipes having sensors disposed about an outer periphery thereof having radially expandable inspection units (6, 7), wherein, in particular, a front and a rear inspection unit (6, 7) having sensors (15; 15′) displaced with respect to each other in a peripheral sense can be moved axially towards each other.
1. A device for the inspection of a pipe conduit, the pipe conduit having a first region with a first diameter and a second region with a second diameter larger than the first diameter, the device comprising:
a first inspection unit comprising a first array of sensors mounted at an outer periphery thereof at first spaced angular positions;
a second inspection unit comprising a second array of sensors mounted at an outer periphery thereof at second spaced angular positions having an angular offset with respect to said first spaced angular positions, said second inspection unit disposed for axial displacement thereof towards and away from said first inspection unit in response to a diameter of the pipe conduit, wherein said second inspection unit is axially displaced from said first inspection unit in the first region of the pipe conduit and said first array of sensors is disposed between said second array of sensors in the second region of the pipe conduit;
a guide element to guide said inspection units; and
a releasable blocking mechanism for axially fixing one of said inspection units to said guide element.
2. The device of claim 1, wherein said sensors of said inspection units are disposed at angles offset with respect to each other in such a manner that a sensor of a front inspection unit is disposed at an angular middle between two neighboring sensors of a rear inspection unit.
3. The device of claim 1, wherein said guide element guides a front inspection unit and said releasable blocking mechanism axially fixes said front inspection unit to said guide element.
4. The device of claim 3, further comprising a releasing mechanism for releasing said blocking mechanism in an expanded position of said front inspection unit.
5. The device of claim 1, wherein a rear inspection unit moves toward a front inspection unit under a flow pressure of fluid flowing in the pipe conduit.
6. The device of claim 1, wherein a pull unit moves a rear inspection unit towards a front inspection unit.
7. The device of claim 1, further comprising means for holding said inspection units in particular angular positions relative to each other.
8. The device of claim 1, wherein sensors of an inspection unit are disposed axially aligned with respect to each other.
9. The device of claim 1, wherein said inspection units radially expand under an action of a spring force.
10. The device of claim 1, wherein said inspection units comprise parallelogram rods for supporting said sensors.
11. The device of claim 1, further comprising a releasing mechanism for releasing said blocking mechanism when an expansion position of said one of said inspection units has been reached.
12. The device of claim 1, wherein said second inspection unit is a front inspection unit and said first inspection unit is a rear inspection unit.
This application claims Paris Convention Priority of German Patent application number 197 46 511.0 filed Oct. 22 1997, the complete disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference.
The invention concerns a device for the inspection of pipes having sensors disposed about an outer periphery.
In order to inspect pipelines, in particular those under water or pipelines traveling below the earth, conventional so-called inspection pigs are utilized having inspection devices with inspection elements or sensors disposed about an outer girth by means of which the condition of the walls of the pipes can be inspected. The sensors can be effected in differing manners; piezoelectric sensors, Electro-acoustic sensors electromagnetic sensors such as Hall sensors, stray field sensors and eddy current sensors are all known in the art. Differing wall conditions, e.g. due to corrosion etc. provide differing signals to be further processed in an electronics unit.
Particularly for the case of conduits traveling under water, it is extremely expensive to provide an input location and extremely difficult to introduce an inspection pig into such a conduit. For example, difficult and expensive input lock mechanisms having expensive valves must be provided for. For introduction, a diver must submerge to substantial depths to introduce such a pig into a pipeline so that the pig can travel through and inspect same. On the other hand, this type of pipeline can have a relatively large diameter, on the order of the magnitude of e.g. 40 inches (corresponding to 1 m), and therefore cannot be passed from the ground to the upper surface of the water, since its weight is prohibitive.
It is the underlying purpose of the invention to create a device for the inspection of pipelines which avoids the above mentioned disadvantages and facilitates, in particular, a simple introduction into the pipeline.
This purpose is solved in accordance with the invention using a device for the inspection of pipes having sensors disposed about an outer girth thereof which is characterized by radially expandable inspection units.
The solution in accordance with the invention allows a pig to be passed through an introductory pipe having a smaller diameter, e.g. a diameter of 16 or 28 inches (corresponding to approximately 40 and 70 cm, respectively) and introduced to the main conduit having the above mentioned diameter, whereas the pig has a smaller diameter than the introductory conduit and can expand to the larger diameter of the main conduit passing the medium while nevertheless permitting a reliable inspection of the pipe conduit by means of the sensors disposed around its outer girth (in the respective expanded position).
A most preferred embodiment provides for a front and a back inspection unit having sensors disposed about their girths in a displaced fashion and which can be axially moveable relative to each other. The expansion of sensors located on arms of such a pig causes an increase in their angular separation within an inspection unit. On the other hand, one must inspect the pipe conduit about its entire periphery. This is fundamentally possible in that sensors, when appropriately axially displaced, are disposed in such a fashion as to cover the entire periphery of the pipe. Since however the signals from the individual sensors have to be correlated and in particular since, when passing though curves in the pipe conduit, the relative angular positions of the sensors, possibly provided on two differing inspection units, does not remain defined, it is therefore advantageous to completely cover the entire girth of the pipe conduit with sensors at one axial position. This is accomplished in the above mentioned preferred embodiment in that the inspection units are capable of displacement towards each other in such a fashion that the mutually angular-displaced sensors of the two inspection units occupy the same axial position. This guarantees that the entire girth of the pipe is covered by sensors and appropriately inspected at a common axial position when the device for inspection of pipe conduits is expanded.
In order to avoid difficult and expensive active displacement mechanisms for the inspection units which would require their own drive and power supply (the providing of sufficient electrical power to a pig is difficult since this must be supplied in the form of batteries or rechargeable batteries over substantial lengths and over long periods of time), the invention provides, in a most preferred improvement, that the rear inspection unit be moveable towards the front inspection unit under the action of the flow pressure of the fluid flowing in the pipeline, wherein, in particular, the back inspection unit can be moved towards the front inspection unit by means of a pull unit. The pull unit thereby has a collar which seats under the action of fluid pressure on the inner wall of the pipe conduit and is also pushed in a forward direction under the pressure of the flowing fluid such that it moves together with the rear inspection unit in the direction of motion of the inspection pig and in the direction of motion of the device for inspection of the pipeline conduits in a manner more rapid than the front inspection unit (relative to an external stationary point) to thereby more towards the front inspection unit. Since the extensive additional elements of an inspection pig such as electronic units, power supply units etc. are connected to the rear inspection unit and the pull unit, the front inspection unit moves relative to this residual portion of the inspection pig.
Further preferred embodiments of the invention provide that the inspection units are fixed relative to each other in certain angular positions, wherein, in particular, the sensors of the inspection units are disposed in angular displaced positions in such a manner that a sensor of the front inspection unit has an angular position midway between two neighboring sensors of the rear inspection unit with sensors of an inspection unit being aligned with each other.
A preferred embodiment provides that the inspection units can radially expand under the action of a spring force. In this manner, one guarantees that the sensors of the inspection units are pushed closely against the inner wall of the pipe conduit, wherein a predetermined defined separation can be effected by guide rollers mounted to a sensor support along with the sensors to guarantee that the sensors are located at a small defined radial separation from the inner wall of the pipe conduit while not coming in contact therewith, to prevent wear. A further improved embodiment can provide that the sensors be disposed on parallelogram rods. In this manner a stable configuration of the expandable inspection unit system is created, wherein one guarantees that, independent of the expansion position, the sensors always remain constantly parallel to the axis.
An additional preferred configuration is characterized by a releasable blocking mechanism to axially fix one of the inspection units, in particular the front inspection unit, to a guide element (guide rod), wherein, in particular, a release mechanism for releasing the blocking mechanism is provided when the corresponding inspection unit has reached its expansion position. This guarantees that, in the introductory position of the inspection unit, the front inspection unit is blocked on a guide rod at an axial separation with respect to the rear inspection unit and can not move relative thereto to prevent damage. One simultaneously guarantees that, when a predetermined radially expansion position is reached, the blocking mechanism is released so that the above mentioned relative motion between the two inspection units can transpire and the inspection units can move towards each other in an axial direction so that their sensors can occupy the desired common axial position (with angular displacements).
Further advantages and features of the invention can be extracted from the claims and the following description in which embodiments of the device in accordance with the invention are described more closely with reference to the drawing.
FIG. 1 shows a complete inspection pig located within a pipe conduit having a large diameter during inspection operation having expandable inspection units in accordance with the invention which can move into each other;
FIG. 2 shows the inspection pig of FIG. 1 in a compact introductory state within an introductory pipe having a narrower diameter;
FIG. 3 shows the inspection device in accordance with the invention in the expanded state before the two inspection units have moved axially into each other;
FIG. 4 shows a side view of the front inspection unit;
FIG. 5 shows a cut through the front inspection unit corresponding to V—V of FIG. 4;
FIG. 6 shows a side view of the rear inspection unit;
FIG. 7 shows a cut through the rear inspection unit corresponding to VII—VII of FIG. 6;
FIG. 8 shows a spring unit for radial erection of the inspection unit;
FIG. 9 shows a blocking and releasing mechanism to release one of the inspection units for axial displacement;
FIG. 10 shows a part of the blocking and releasing mechanism in the blocking position;
FIG. 11 shows the part of the blocking and releasing mechanism of FIG. 10 in the releasing position;
FIG. 12 shows the progression of the expansion of the device in accordance with the invention during transition from a narrow introductory pipe into a wider pipeline being inspected.
FIG. 1 shows an inspection pig for the inspection of pipe conduits 10 having an inspection device in accordance with the invention. In the embodiment shown, the pig 1 comprises a pull unit 2, a guide unit 3, the inspection unit 4 in accordance with the invention having, in the representation of FIG. 1, a front inspection unit 6 and a rear inspection unit 7 which can move into each other. An inspection pig 1 of this type normally has an additional electronic unit 8 and a power supply 9 having batteries or storage batteries. The individual units are guided in the pipe conduit 10 by means of wheels 11 disposed on arms 11 a pushed in an outward direction by springs. Such an inspection pig moves within a pipeline in response to the flow pressure of the medium transported in the pipeline, and in the embodiment shown, by means of collars 12, 13. The collar 12 is designed for a pipe conduit having a narrow diameter, in the example shown, in the range between 26 and 28 inches, whereas the collars 13 are inactive in such a narrow pipeline. However, when the inspection pig 1 in accordance with the invention passes into a wider conduit, e.g. one having a diameter on the order of 40-42 inches, these can expanded to take over the drive function for the inspection pig 1. Inspection units 6 have sensors 15, 15′ about their outer periphery which, in the embodiment shown, can be magnetic sensors, e.g. for inspection of the pipeline by means of stray magnetic field techniques, or other types of sensors.
The modules 2, 3, 4 seat on guide rods 16 through 19 which are connected to each other by means of linkages 21 through 23. The electronic unit 8 is connected to the inspection unit 4 via an additional linkage 24 and the power supply unit 9 is connected to the electronic unit 8 via a linkage 26.
In this manner, the inspection pig 1 can also be guided through pipe conduits having narrow radii of curvature. An inspection pig must not be precisely equipped with the inspection device in accordance with the invention as disclosed in this embodiment. For example, the electronic and power supply modules can be integrated within each other or be combined with other units.
Whereas FIG. 1 shows the inspection pig having an inspection device in accordance with the invention in an expanded operating state of the inspection device 4 in which the two inspection units 6, 7 are expanded and axially displaced within each other, FIG. 2 shows the same inspection pig 1 in an introductory state with which the two inspection units 6, 7 are axially apart, disposed at a separation with respect to each other, and radially compressed, as is also the collar 13 of the pull unit 2.
FIG. 3 shows the inspection device 4 in accordance with the invention in an expanded state with which the two inspection units 6, 7 are expanded such that their radii are adjusted to the pipe conduit of larger diameter which is to be inspected. The two inspection units 6, 7 are however not yet axially displaced within each other, rather still have an axial separation corresponding to the compressed introductory state through a narrow pipe conduit as shown in FIG. 2. They are thereby disposed on both sides of the linkage 23 on rods 18, 19, wherein the inspection unit 7 is axially fixed to the rod 19 via bolts 27 and the inspection unit 6 is guided in an axially displaceable fashion along the rod 18 past the linkage 23 and up to the rod 19. It is, however, guided or fixed in the angular direction relative to the rod 18, 19 and thereby aligned with respect to inspection unit 7. Towards this end, the rods 18, 19 (see, in particular, FIGS. 4 and 5) have axis-parallel guiding grooves 28 into which guide rollers 29 of the main body 31 of the inspection unit 6 engage to fix same at certain angular positions along the rods 18, 19. Bolts 27 likewise engage, as can be seen in FIG. 7, into guide grooves 28 of the rod 19 so that the inspection unit 7 is fixed both axially and in an angular manner. A comparison between FIGS. 5 and 7 shows that the sensors 15 of the front inspection unit 6 and sensors 15′ of the rear inspection unit 7 are radially displaced with respect to each other in such a manner that the sensors 15 of the inspection unit 6 can engage into the intermediate angular spaces between two peripherally adjacent sensors 15′ of the inspection unit 7 when e.g. the bolts 27 and the rollers 29 (FIGS. 5 and 7) engage in precisely the same guide groove (designated in the figures with the reference symbol 28).
Each inspection unit 6, 7 has a central main body 31, 31′ with which it can be guided and fixed in the above mentioned fashion along and to rods 18, 19.
The sensors 15 and 15′ respectively are supported on the main bodies 31, 31′ via parallelogram rods 32, 32′. The parallelograms 32, 32′ consist essentially of the main body 31, 31′ front and rear connecting arms 33, 34 and 33′,34′ respectively and the forward sensor support 36 and backward sensor support 36′ which are thereby guided parallel to the main body 31, 31′.
Each sensor support 36, 36′ supports pole shoes 14, 14 a, 14′, 14 a′ respectively at its outer side which are aligned one behind the other and parallel to the axis. These can e.g. be in the form of brushes which rub against the inner wall of the pipe conduit to thereby introduce a magnetic field into the pipe which can be detected by the sensors 15 and 15′ respectively. The sensors themselves are borne in an elastic and resilient fashion on elastic supports 15 a, 15 a′ (for example made from polyurethane) having a longitudinal section which is parallelogram in shape. A ceramic member 15 b and 15 b′ respectively (FIGS. 4 and 6) is provided on the outer side to protect against wear.
The members 31, 33, 34, 36 of the parallelogram rods 32 and the members 31′, 33′, 34′, 36′ of the parallelogram rods 32′ are linked to each other by means of linkages 37 through 39, 41 and 37′ through 39′, 41′ such that the sensor supports 36, 36′ are guided parallel to the corresponding main body 31, 31′ independent of their radial position.
The sensor supports 36, 36′ having the sensors 15 and 15′ respectively are pressed via spring units 42, 42′ into their radial extended position. The spring units 42, 42′ comprise a disk spring 51 or helical springs.
The spring unit 42 is shown in an enlarged manner in FIG. 8. An end 53 of a piston rod 43, 43′ is linked to the respective spring unit 42, 42′ at a location 52 between the linkages 39 and 41 or 39′ and 41′ respectively of the connecting arms 34 and 34′ respectively. The spring 51 is tensioned between two abutments 54, 56. The abutment 54 is disposed on an end of the piston rod 43 opposite end 53 thereof. The abutment 56 is formed by a plate through which the piston rod 43 penetrates and which is fixed to a roller support 57 for the roller 11 connected to the sensor support 36. The spring unit 42′ is correspondingly configured. The spring action of the spring unit 42, 42′ attempts to shorten the free region of the piston rod 43 between the end 53 and the abutment 56 and thereby to radially erect or to expand the parallelogram rods 32 (or 32′) so that the inspection unit can radially expand during transition from a pipe of low diameter into a pipe of larger diameter.
The inspection unit 6 has a blocking and releasing mechanism 44 for axially blocking and releasing the motion along the rods 18, 19 (FIG. 9). The blocking and releasing mechanism has an arm 47 hinged to a connecting arm 33 and an arm 47 connected to the main body 31 which are linked for relative motion towards another by a slot in arm 46 and a pin 48 a in arm 47 engaging therein. The arm 47 is linked in a pivotable fashion at 61. In the compressed state of the inspection unit, the arm 47, at an end facing away from the arm 46, passes through the body 31 and engages into an opening 63 in the rod 18 to thereby block the inspection unit 6 with respect to displacement along the rods 18, 19 (FIG. 10). A leaf spring 66 bears on a outwardly directed shoulder 64 and thereby presses the arm 47 into its radially inward position. If the inspection unit 6, when passing from a pipe of small diameter into a pipe of larger diameter, then expands under the action of spring unit 42 so that the parallelogram rods 32 radially erect, the arm 46 is carried by the arm 33 but, due to the slot 48, can nevertheless move relative to the arm 47 which, in turn, is initially held stationary by means of the leaf spring 66 and blocks, by means of its shoulder 62 engaging into the opening 63 of the rod 18, the inspection unit 6 on the rod 18 even during its radial expansion. When a predetermined radial diameter is reached, the arm 46 carries the arm 47, in opposition to the action of the leaf spring 66, along with it and pivots same so that its shoulder 62 leaves engagement with the opening 63 of the rod 18 (FIGS. 9, 11) to thereby release axial motion of the inspection unit 6 such that it can, via the pig motion, move along the rod 18, 19 towards the inspection unit 7.
As soon as the parallelogram rods 32 have radially erected, a blockage is thereby released which, in the compressed introductory state of the inspection unit 6 blocks same axially on the guide rods 18. After release, the inspection unit 6 can travel via its rollers 29 along the guide rods 18 and past the linkage 23 along the guide rods 19 towards the inspection unit 7.
The expansion of the inspection unit 4 in accordance with the invention and the axial moving together of the inspection units 6 and 7 transpires in the following manner (FIG. 12).
The inspection pig, having the inspection device in accordance with the invention, is initially guided through a pipe conduit 10′ having a reduced diameter of e.g. approximately 28 inches while disposed in its radially compressed position shown in FIG. 2. It is pushed through the pipe conduit 10′ by means of its collar 12 since same enters tightly into the pipe conduit 10′ so that the upstream pressing fluid can press the inspection pig 1, substantially via the collar 12, through the pipe conduit 10′.
As soon as the collar 12 and the front collar 13 have gained entrance into the transitional region 10″ between the narrower pipe conduit 10′ and the additional pipe 10, the most forward erecting collar 13 can initially expand since it presses firmly against the wall of the transitional region 10″ and of the pipe 10 to thereby drive the inspection pig 1 (phase 2). In phase 3, the rear erecting collar 13 also expands. The pig is pulled further out of the narrow pipe 10′ past the transitional region 10″ into the additional pipe 10 (phases 4, 5). As soon as the front inspection unit 6 passes through the transitional region 10″ it expands thereby under the action of its spring units 42. As soon as the inspection unit 6 has assumed its fully expanded position, the blocking and releasing mechanism 44 releases the inspection unit 6 in a manner described with respect to FIG. 9 so that the inspection unit 6 can move along the rods 18, 19 and past linkage 23 (phases 6, 7). The relative motion of the inspection units 6, 7 towards each other is due to the fact that, subsequent to release, the inspection unit 6 is held on the inner wall of the pipe conduit 10 by friction, whereas the inspection unit 7 which is fixed to the rod 19 is pulled further in the direction of motion of the inspection pig (arrow A) by means of the collar 13 and via the rods 16,17, 18 to thereby move towards the inspection unit 6. The entire inspection pig, with the exception of inspection unit 6, and in particular along with inspection unit 7, thereby carries out a larger relative motion relative to a stationary observer in the direction of arrow A than the inspection unit 6 (which moves relative to the overall remaining inspection pig and in particular with respect to and towards the inspection unit 7). In the embodiment shown, the guide unit 3 is connected to the inspection unit 6 to thereby carry out together therewith the relative motion with respect to the remaining pig 1, as can be likewise extracted from the phases 6 through 8. When the inspection unit 7 completely enters into the additional pipe conduit 10, the inspection units 6, 7 have moved axially within another in such a fashion that the front sensors 15 and the rear sensors 15′ of the two inspection unit 6, 7 both occupy a common axial position while being, however, displaced with respect to angle in the manner described above. In this manner, a sensor 15 engages into each free angular space between two sensors 15′ and vice versa.
The pig is then located (phase 8) in its inspection position and can carry out an inspection of the walls of the pipe of the additional conduit 10 to locate defects.
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Share Your Thoughts: Oct 07
Dear Editor,
I read with interest and empathy the recent article "Nothing satisfactory about patient sat surveys" (Sept 07). As a practicing emergency physician for the past 23 years I certainly agree with a lot of the points you make. I too frequently made the same points to administrators only to have them fall on deaf ears. I practice in suburban Phoenix, which has the longest wait times and highest level of ambulance diversion in the country (Press-Ganey). There is a severe in-patient bed shortage (national average 2.8 beds/1000 population, Phoenix is at 1.8). All hospitals report increasing problems with specialty coverage. We have one of the lowest per-capita nursing ratios in the country, combined with a very high median age (42).
Out of frustration with all that is wrong with EM, a group of EPs opened an acute care general hospital (Gilbert Hospital) in February 2006. Our first year we saw 42,000 patients and we are on track to see 50,000 this year. The ten most important points to a patient in regard to their satisfaction is door-to-doc time. We see 98% of our patients within 31 minutes of arrival. 7,000 patients did not pay the first year. We are expanding. We are profitable. Our satisfaction rate is 98%.
Since this hospital is extremely physician centric, labs and X-rays come back very fast. Radiologists read the CT, MRI, US, NM exams with a written report in 30 minutes after the exam is complete. We have one caregiver for every two patients. Paperless EMR with computer in every patient room. Remote scribes. Private rooms (no cubicles or curtains permitted). No overhead paging. Refreshments for all. Zero tolerance for boarding patients in the ED.
Meanwhile, other hospitals in our area operate with the [old] mentality: ED's fulfill two functions for a hospital (an administrator once told me this); 1. To fill in-patient beds. 2. To lose money. So, they continue rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic and all the usual problems persist. Given the choice, where do we think patients will go? It is time for physicians to take back control of their hospitals.
Tim Johns, MD
Dear Editor,
I couldn't read Dr. Elfenbein's letter (Nothing satisfactory about patient sat surveys, Sept 07) without thinking I wrote it myself. I am so happy to hear a well qualified young physician express their discontent with the status of our field. I know I am 100% in agreement with everything he says except that I don't just blame the ER community. Primary care medicine has seemed to evolve into nothing but well care check ups, and medication modifiers. Patients are sent o the ED for their X-rays and labs because PCP's are too lazy to do them, because they are then required to follow them up. Any phone call to a PCP for fever, headache or nausea comes to the ED because it could be meningitis, bone cancer, or appendicitis according to the receptionist. EMTALA is probably the biggest culprit due to the fact that it mandates only ER's are bound to see and treat regardless of payor status. We all agree this is appropriate for emergencies, but it has turned into ER referrals for every patient that now has an outstanding balance at their doctor. It also trumps the ability to refer patients to specialists because those crazy docs actually want to be paid for their work, and require money up front; novel concept.
I agree with Dr. Elfenbein that it is our job to police ourselves, and kick these drug seekers out of the ED, and be forthright telling our patients that their cold did not require an ER visit now nor when they have their next cold. We all go through too much training and experience to really care that the chronic back pain patient with a drug treatment plan in the ED is on their 30th visit, conveniently on Friday night after hours with the long weekend ahead. It is more important to spend much more time with a family explaining what heart failure means and what we are doing to try and help their loved one.
Chris Galloway, MD
Colorado Springs, CO
Dear Editor,
My best memory of "the good old days" occurred in 1973 when I scored my first "save." I was suturing a patient in the ER when the patient in the next room made a loud groan. The nurse ran into my room and said I'd better get in there. I dropped my instruments and as I entered the room I saw the patient had been put on a monitor and was in V-tach and was unconscious. I turned to our defibrillator and put the pancake paddle behind him, turned on the sync button and held the paddle on his chest and pushed the button. He converted, woke up and said "what the hell happened." In my youth and excitement, I said "you died and I brought you back." From that moment on I knew Emergency Medicine was for me. Has it really been 34 years?
Ron Ellis, DO
Dear Editor,
I found the article "Nothing satisfactory about patient sat surveys" (September 07) to be incomplete and would like to offer a different perspective. As a former full time practicing EP, I felt that patient satisfaction surveys were useless, but now, having been in the role of a hospital administrator for over one year and former role of emergency department practice administrator, I find true value in the survey process. The surveys actually do improve care and do not threaten to bring the system to its knees as the author implies.
Problem one: getting angry with patients due to their addiction problem, payor class, only adds to the individual EPs frustration and carries over to the sicker patients. There are methods of instituting pain policies, consistency among physicians within a group which influence higher patient satisfaction scores, and can lessen frustration. Recognition of unhappy patients within your current system may assist in developing those policies and procedures.
Problem two: Does a patient sat survey force you to see the less acute first? If in fact you are using the survey tool correctly, you can identify the need for a fast track or possibly a change in your staffing pattern to result in decreased wait times.
Problem three: the idea of legitimizing system abusers is blown a little out of proportion. If you believe you are sending the survey only to system abusers then you may feel this way. If the tool is used properly and randomly, you may find out what a scared young lady who was bleeding in her first trimester felt out about her visit. Did she feel safe, comforted? Did you make sure she wasn't in pain? Did her family feel relieved when they went home?
Problem five is where I have the most difficulty with Dr. Elfenbein's assessment. In EM throughout most of the country, you do not work side by side with your colleagues, so your understanding of their practice and how they treat patients can be a mystery. When you find that a physician consistently is not examining patients (yes, it happens), not discussing treatment and test results with patients and families, you are able to find this problem early.
The sad reality is that our complacency in policing ourselves has resulted in outside evaluation tools being so helpful for ED directors and hospital administrators. This is money well spent. You can spend millions more by allowing a rogue EP to fraudulently bill, injure patients and create a reputation for your group. Wait until one patient files a lawsuit against your practice because the physician 'looked in the door', ordered 'some shot' and sent the patient home without a proper history and examination. Finding this problem early will allow the group to continue without stopping salaries cold due to a freeze on your entire group's A/R.
The last issue he raises is that sat scores have become a game. Well, I say, "Game on!" If you can improve a patient's comfort, care, willingness to utilize your ED again, then so be it. Finally, the last statement echoes many of medicine's problems today. 'If the politicians and hospital administrators will not fix the problem, we need to stand up, exercise some leadership and do so ourselves.' He is correct. In many arenas the complacency of physicians has forced outside influences. Remember, we as EPs can't do it all. I think that if we look at the bigger picture, some sense can be made of patient satisfaction scores.
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I was intrigued by Amy Levine's recent tip on removing nasal foreign bodies by saline lavage. Over the years I have tried to have Mom blow in mouth to blow out the offending object or use a neonatal bag and mask to accomplish the same thing. What I have found to work best is to hold the mouth closed and flush the object out by oxygen. I connect the suction tubing to the oxygen valve and set to 15 l/min. I then attach the other end to a barrel connector or even better a neonatal aspirator, available in your newborn nursery. I then papoose the child and put the aspirator in the patent nares and put my thumb over the control. The object usually comes flying in about one second before the child knows what happened. I like the nasal aspirator which is tradenamed BBG aspirator because it allows me to control when the oxygen will begin to flow in the nose. The barrel adaptor blows oxygen all the time and gets the child more upset. The nursery nurses tell me the BBG stands for Booger-Be-Gone but they may be pulling my leg.
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Dear Editor,
I am finding the series of articles written by Ilene Brenner, MD, on what to do after being served and how to handle the subsequent morass that ensues very well written and on point. How lucky she is to have a med mal father and how very fortunate we are to benefit from her wise advice.
Thank you,
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Dear Editor,
When I was in my ER residency at San Francisco General Hospital in 1979, we did not have a CT scanner. In those days if you had a head injury with possible subdural, if the patient was stable you could do an arteriogram which took about three hours and gave indirect evidence of a mass effect. Otherwise, you took the patient to the OR for burr holes and craniotomy urgently. One night I was covering on the Neurosurgery service for that rotation and a young woman came into the ER from an MVA with head injury, back pain and weakness in the right foot. She was A+O x3, and initial X-rays of her neck and back were normal. She suddenly deteriorated in the ER and became unresponsive and blew her L pupil. She was intubated and given mannitol in preparation for the OR. Unfortunately all the senior Neurosurgery staff were attending a special meeting about 40 minutes away and were not immediately available, but "on their way in" and I had no one available to assist me. Just about that time, the chief of trauma surgery walked into the ER (the original pioneer for trauma centers then). I asked him if he would assist me in the case; he indicated he would be happy to but it had "been a while" since he had done a craniotomy. We then took the patient to the OR, and I had just drained a subdural with burr holes, when the chief neurosurgery resident arrived. After the operation, the patient woke up in the ICU one hour later and pulled her ET tube out; she had an uneventful recovery. It was a great experience. I'm now 56 and still practicing ER half time. I could probably write my own book.
Alan Buchwald, MD
Dominican Hospital/CHW
Santa Cruz, California
Dear Editor,
As a 57-year-old EP I enjoyed your bringing up an important subject (The Age-Old Question, July 2007). What do we do with us soon to be old guys? Fortunately, I am a member of an independent group which for many years has had a policy of exempting from night shifts the two physicians in the group who have been there the longest. What this does is allow me to continue to work longer than I might have if I still had to do nights (I've already done 25 years of them). It also shows that if you stay with our group you have the chance to do the same. We all however share equally the holidays and weekends. I don't mind at all working some shifts for those with young families. I don't agree that we can't slow down or limit our practice. I feel, in fact, that one of the great advantages of the ED is that we can do just that. At some future time I will cut back to a smaller amount of hours and accept the lower pay. I have no problem with compensating the night shift at a higher rate, although our compensation is not a simple hourly rate. Many EDs double cover shifts and this is a good place for the older physician to be as is the "Fast Track." I am happy to take some of the "duller" cases and difficult patients and leave the interesting stuff to my colleagues who want them.
We are already seeing a shortage in board certified EPs and this will only get worse. It makes good economic sense to keep the older EPs working who want to and keep up their patient flow and CME. Our experience should be worth a few perks along the way.
Thanks again for bring up this most relevant of topics.
Peter Manis, MD
Pensacola Florida
Dear Editor,
Joe DeLucia wrote a fine article on aging in emergency medicine (The Age-Old Question, July 2007). I became the oldest doc in my group when my mentor finally had to stop practice at the age of 83. He lived to be 89, and we kept in touch up to the end. I had to stop at 62 due to lung cancer (never smoked, wife never smoked, got it anyway). But, frankly, I'd already announced my retirement date even before the diagnosis was made. There really does come a time in a person's life when he wants to sleep at night instead of in the afternoon and early evening. I'd done emergency medicine for 33 years, and I could afford to retire. Anyway, you're supposed to be healthier than your patients, and I'm no longer healthier than the typical emergency department patient.
I'm still a doctor, though. I've been doing home visits for hospice patients for 22 years. Fortunately, I'm still healthier than my hospice patients so I can still do house calls.
There's something to be said for having a secondary specialty that's not as physically demanding as emergency medicine. And while I can't, for the most part, cure my hospice patients, it's quite rewarding to bring comfort to people who would otherwise be suffering from terminal illness and from the inability to get their regular doctor to make house calls.
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The 40 Hour Famine is an Oz and Kiwi based charity event. Other countries do 30 hours (US and Canada) or 24 hours (UK):
On an international forum it's best to ensure that those who are unfamiliar with the event are on the same page. Instead of calling guys "ignorant" for not knowing about an Australian based charity (why should they, they don't live here and an event such as this is highly unlikely to gain any international press), it's probably better to inform and educate them of the details so that they understand exactly what it is you're setting out to achieve.
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The sheer amount of spending that has gone on in this town for the preponderance of this year and the last is simply staggering. Whether it was the stimulus bill at the beginning of 2009 or the health care bill at the beginning of 2010, and everything in between, most Americans understand that the spending levels are simply out of control…and are continuing in ways that are both big and small. But I assure you, even the instances that receive less media attention, they are every bit as egregious.
On Wednesday, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called a press conference of the Capitol Hill Press Corps to announce the installation of new light fixtures in one of the House cafeterias. Nothing major to report here right? Well these new light fixtures will cost the taxpayer $140,000. That's $140,000 for light fixtures in ONE room in a single House cafeteria.
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To the Editor:
Michel Gurfinkiel's article, "Is Turkey Lost?" [March], is an excellent primer on contemporary Turkish politics and its antecedents, but he makes a few dubious assertions and errors, and omits some important points.
Mr. Gurfinkiel is quite correct to draw attention to the influence of the National Council of Security (MGK) in preserving the secular Kemalist state. But since its founding in 1961, the MGK has never enjoyed "almost exclusive control of the armed forces"; this is the province of the powerful military chief of staff, who himself sits on the MGK. Though formally subordinate to the prime minister of the republic, the chief of staff has historically enjoyed considerable autonomy.
Mr. Gurfinkiel also skips over the seven reform measures that the government of the Justice and Development party (AKP) and parliament have passed since 2003 diminishing the influence of the MGK. Prior to the reforms, the military dominated the MGK. Now, all of its members are civilian except for the chief of staff. The reforms have also stripped the MGK of its executive authority, prohibiting it from launching national-security investigations on its own and shifting its budgetary authority to the prime ministry.
As I argue in my recent book, Ruling But Not Governing, no one should be under the illusion that Turkey's recent reforms mean the end of the military's much-vaunted autonomy and its ability to influence the political system. General Yasar Büyükanit, the current chief of staff, has demonstrated that the military remains a major player with a series of pointed statements about northern Iraq and the threat to Turkey from Islamic fundamentalism. Still, the reforms of the last three years have gone far toward clipping the army officers' wings.
As for the title question of his article, "Is Turkey Lost?," Mr. Gurfinkiel seems oddly reluctant to answer it directly. Perhaps this is because Turkey is not lost. Rather, Ankara is coming into its own, enjoying an unprecedented confluence of economic development, political stability, and diplomatic prominence in its immediate neighborhood. Indeed, Turkish foreign policy seems to be coming more in line with Atatürk's maxim, "Peace at home, peace in the world." This dictates that Ankara maintain friendly relations with all of its neighbors, regardless of their character. This may irk Washington and lead to major diplomatic blunders like Ankara's hosting of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal last year. But from Turkey's own perspective as a leading power in the Muslim world, this independence allows it to play a significant role in mediating between Washington and its antagonists in the region.
If Turkey is lost as a reliable American ally, however, the primary factor has been the war in Iraq, which figures surprisingly little in Mr. Gurfinkiel's analysis. In this light, his eloquent discussion of Turkish anti-Americanism lacks context. The Turks, as he points out, were opposed to Operation Iraqi Freedom. But he fails to discuss why. In the run-up to the war, Ankara expressed its concern that toppling Saddam Hussein would destabilize Iraq, leaving Turkey to confront a range of national-security problems. And, indeed, the war has coincided with growing nationalist sentiment among the Kurds in northern Iraq, renewed terrorism by the Kurdistan Workers party (PKK) against Turkish soldiers and interests, and unrest in Turkey's own predominantly Kurdish southeast region.
Ankara, of course, has much to answer for when it comes to the political alienation and underdevelopment of its Kurdish regions, but the fact remains that a large majority of Turks believe that the war has negatively affected their security. As ordinary Turks see it, Washington's inability or unwillingness to shut down the PKK and squelch what they see as the (Iraqi) Kurdish drive for independence adds insult to injury. It is no wonder, then, that at funerals for Turkish soldiers and civilians killed at the hands of the PKK, mourners sometimes chant "Down, down PKK! Down, down U.S.A.!"
Steven A. Cook
Council on Foreign Relations
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Michel Gurfinkiel's article is a reasoned and balanced assessment of the Turkish political scene. For many decades, the story of Turkey has been told to the West only by its Westernized secular elite, which has portrayed the country's more traditional Muslims as backward-minded know-nothings. The implication, of course, was that Westerners should not encourage Turkey to become a real democracy but rather continue to support the semi-autocracy of the secular elite.
But the supposedly backward Muslims of Turkey have transformed themselves quite remarkably in the past few decades. Their involvement with the free market and democracy has led them to embrace liberal ideas (of which there is a distinguished indigenous history dating back to the modernist Muslim intellectuals of the Ottoman Empire). In contrast to other countries in the Islamic Middle East, Turkey has been able to cultivate an authentic tradition of moderate Islam. Necmetin Erbakan's radical line developed in the 1970's as a reaction to this, but he never received full support from major Islamic groups like the Nur ("Light") movement. Thus, after the dramatic failure of his brief moment in power in the late 90's, the reformist wing of his party felt comfortable moving out and creating a "conservative"—but decidedly not Islamist—party, the AKP.
The AKP has been in power since 2002, and is likely to run Turkey for at least another five years after the elections that will be held this coming fall. Some Kemalists fear that the party is steadily undermining secularism, but these fears do not seem very realistic when one considers the nature of the secularism they have in mind. Turkey's French-inspired laïcité is more intolerant than France's, and the reforms that the AKP is hoping for—giving graduates of religious high schools equal access to the universities, allowing headscarves on campus—seem to be in line with a First Amendment spirit. Recently, an influential former general argued that secularism in Turkey is in danger "because Darwinism is being challenged." Such arguments, along with alarmist remarks about the personal religiosity of AKP leaders (and their wives!), are no more convincing then those of liberals in the U.S. who call President Bush "the American Taliban."
As for foreign policy, the AKP's dedication to Turkey's bid for membership in the European Union is a matter of consensus among its members. Its attitude toward the U.S. has been more complicated. Some blame the party for the rampant anti-Americanism in Turkey, but this can be better explained with reference to the public reaction to the war in Iraq. The liberation and empowerment of Iraq's Kurds has especially infuriated Turkish nationalists. Mr. Gurfinkiel may be right that the AKP has been influenced by anti-Americanism, but it has hardly been the source of it. And when compared with other political parties in Turkey, the AKP looks (and has been accused of being) pro-American.
Mr. Gurfinkiel is right that the strongest competitor to the AKP at present is the ultra-nationalist bloc—which happens not only to be fiercely anti-American but also passionately against the free market and free speech. Turkey will be "lost" only if those illiberal forces win.
Mustafa Akyol
Istanbul, Turkey
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I am flattered that Steven A. Cook considers my article "an excellent primer." But what about the "errors," "dubious assertions," and "omissions" that he nonetheless ascribes to me?
The main "error" he finds lies in my assessment of the role and legal powers of the MGK. Clearly, I did not undertake to write a detailed report about the institution's changing relation to the civilian government and the armed forces. My concern was to point out that something as odd (to Western eyes) as the MGK exists at all in Turkey, and that its underlying purpose, in my view, has been to maintain the supremacy of the (Rumelian) military establishment over the (predominantly Anatolian) civilian political class. In his own description of the MGK, Mr. Cook concurs with this analysis. It is rather subtle of him—or should I say Byzantine?—to dispute my observation that the MGK and not the government wields "almost exclusive control of the armed forces," and to state instead that "the powerful military chief of staff," who remains the main force at the MGK, "has historically enjoyed considerable autonomy" from the prime minister, and that the "military's ability to influence the political system" has not ended.
The only "dubious assertion" Mr. Cook discusses is the notion (which he assigns to me) that Turkey should be seen, from a Western perspective, as "lost." He himself suggests that Ankara is not lost, just more independent, and on this I certainly agree. I made clear throughout my article that the Anatolians, whose influence has been growing since the 1960's, have generally been pro-Western and pro-American, and that the current prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and large segments of his party are eager to stay reasonably close to the West. But let us not understate the visible shift that has occurred. Until recently, Turkey was regarded by the West as an immovable ally, and both sides derived much benefit from the relationship. This state of affairs is over. Turkey as a special friend is lost.
Finally, Mr. Cook finds me guilty of "omitting" the Kurdish problem. His contention that Turkey's opposition to the American invasion of Iraq stemmed from its concern about pan-Kurdish nationalism is a bit of conventional wisdom, but I see no grounds for it. Turgut Özal and the Turkish military did not oppose the Gulf war in 1991, when PKK terrorism was endemic all over eastern Turkey and when Saddam's defeat meant more autonomy for the Kurds in northern Iraq. Twelve years later, on the eve of the American invasion, the global strategic position of Turkey had enormously improved, including on the Kurdish front: the PKK was a spent force and its leader, Abdullah Öcalan, was imprisoned. Moreover, the Bush administration was willing to give Turkey a paramount role in the post-war environment. But realizing that an outbreak of nationalist and anti-American hysteria could be a powerful tool against the recently elected AKP government, the Turkish establishment opted to oppose the war.
As for "ordinary Turks," assessing their opinion is more complicated than Mr. Cook lets on. Turkey is not exactly a First Amendment nation—it is still a place where writers can be intimidated or murdered for speaking out on the Kurdish and (worse) the Armenian questions. At the very least, one has to take account of the establishment interests working to promote militant nationalism of the sort in Mr. Cook's anecdote about chanting at funerals.
I thank Mustafa Akyol for his interesting remarks. But he may be too optimistic about the AKP administration. One reason the establishment has played the anti-American and anti-Western card so heavily since 2002 is that it strikes a chord among Erdogan's Islamic followers. Admittedly, some are Özal's true heirs, both neo-Islamic and deeply pro-Western. Others, however, come from Necmetin Erbakan's Refah party, which blended Islamic nostalgia with fascist infatuations and strong anti-American and anti-Semitic prejudice. Erdogan himself and his closest political friends may now have converted to Özalism—one hopes this is the case—but their original political faith was with Erbakan.


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Marilungo's season is over after he ruptured knee ligaments in the 0-0 draw at Inter and Denis has now suffered an injury.
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The APC President Addresses the Nation
Welcome to The APC
The African People's Convention (APC) was founded on the 5th September 2007, precisely to fill the political void that existed since the advent of Democracy in 1994.
It was formed to be the alternative Voice, the voice of the voiceless.
The voice that will never betray the revolution, but will advance it to ensure that freedom and democracy have material meaning to all the citizens of the Country.
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Instructions for Speechmaking When He's Stalled and "Not Ready" to Commit to You
Hi – Nancy wrote a great comment laying out her situation with a man who's been "not ready" for marriage for over a year — and I wanted to make sure you got my answer, so I'm going to reprint the whole question here and answer it…
"Hello Sirens,
Help me tweak my power speech! My guy of a year and 3 months is stuck and I'm miserable. We have a good love relationship going and he's the most amazing boyfriend in every respect, except that I want a shared life with a husband and he's not moving us towards marriage and it's driving me out of my mind.
So, even though I adore my time with him and he calls me multiple times each day, is affectionate, funny, fun, sexy, supportive, thoughtful and wonderful, I can't really enjoy my time with him because I'm constantly aware that we're not in an ultimately comitted relationship and so not really together. We're great together and it's beyond a doubt the best relationship I've ever had. I'm longing for us to be married so we can live together and really let the relationship take off.
About a month after we met he casually mentioned that we could start discussing marriage after about a year. I never liked that and felt it was too long for me to wait emotionally and now at 1 year 3 months, I can feel that he isn't even thinking about bringing it up with me. Every so often I explode out of the top of my head and put a ton of pressure on him, to which he never responds well, of course. I've realized that I explode because I'm not circular dating and he has all the power. So a few days ago I resolved to go back to the Turnaround and then let him know, in 2 months or so that he can't expect to keep me all to himself (thank you Rori!) while he's making up his mind/dealing with his issues.
When I made this plan, I had a ton of pressure built up inside and felt that I also just had to know that I'm not in a dead-end relationship. So that very night I tried to have the talk without having the talk and asked him point blank if he sees us as a couple in a "pre-marriage state" or something (should have written that power speech!) to that effect and he said yes, but that he never wants another divorce, so wants someone really, really compatible and is still assessing. He also said that he sees us as being in a good dating, getting to know each other, committed relationship. He also said I'm pressuring him immensely, that these conversations make him feel like the relationship is going backwards. What really alarmed me is that he cited 3 or 4 reasons why he's not ready and they are the exact same reasons he gave me 9 months ago:
1. he had a traumatic divorce a year and 8 months ago (married 3 years and she cheated on him. he divorced her immediately and moved out and bought his own home. He has no relationship with her other than some loose ends that he tied up neatly during the first few months of our relationship)
2. he has a "crappy" job with night time hours and his ex cited that as a problem. I myself don't find it to be a problem and have told him as much several times. It's also not a crappy job. It's an exciting job for him in many ways – driving limos full of exciting rock stars and other VIPs. The pay is not huge, but I'll take an affectionate, fun and loving man without money over many men I've met with money anyday.
3. we can't sell our houses now because the economy is so bad that we'd lose money.
Obviously, there has been NO movement on his part over this last year!
I understand that a man's career is super important to him. I understand that he had a hurtful experience and has needed time. I broke up with him in January fearing I was a rebound. After a month he told me he loved me and missed me and that I was never a rebound and he stopped talking about his ex. But my gut tells me that these are mostly excuses he uses to keep me from storming the door. And I don't WANT to be storming the door. I want HIM to take the lead, pick up the ball and walk me up that bridge. I'd be so EXCITED and HAPPY to marry him.
After this way too long and excruciating talk the other night, I fled to my laundry room, leand up against my stackable washer/dryer and buried my eyes in the crook of my arm. I didn't want to look at the results of how much I pushed him. I felt SO AFRAID. My dogs came in to see how I was and I knelt down to hug them. He got up and walked through the house, looked down at me and said "I think I'll just go home." I just looked up at him and said "Okay." I sat where I was until he was gone. I feel like he took the power in the relationship and walk out with it!
That was four days ago and this is the first time this has happened, so it's scary. I am not going to call him. I've prepared my speech and would love some help tweaking it and some reassurance that this is the right time to use it, when he calls. In the meantime I'm dating myself (out to dinner alone and pretty comfortable! out to a movie tonight! I'm amazing!) and working on myself and regaining my power. I'm working on 'flirting with the world' and making myself beautiful.
Here's my speech:
You know, I get that you need time and I really don't want to pressure you. But, I don't want to be one of those women who is waiting around for her man to make up his mind. I can't stand the feeling that I may be in a dead end relationship. I'm not looking for a really long courtship. I'm looking for the real deal and am feeling ready. I'm in a relationship because I'm looking for a shared life, together.
And I don't want to rush you. You are absolutely entitled to take as much time as you need. But I don't want a dead end relationship and I don't want to wait through a really long courtship. I love myself and I have to pay attention to my own feelings and needs. I don't want to wait. However, of course you can have all the time you want and need to assess us, to develop your career, to heal from your ex, whatever you need. I don't want to rush or pressure you. But, you can't have me all to yourself while you're taking your time and making up your mind.
I love what we have together and I don't want to break up. I'll remain sexually exclusive with you while you're making up your mind, but that's all.
Please tell me what you think and give me your feedback about whether this is the right time to use it.
Thanks! Nancy"
***Here's my answer:
Nancy – brilliant comment – brilliant speech. Here are instructions:
1. Make it very short, with the main pooints you have here, so you can say it simply and calmly, and then smile and DROP it…
2. This is YOUR statement – you're not looking for "permission" – or even "discussion." Don't even ask him what he "thinks" about this…just say it…It's your Mission Statement for Nancy's life…period – it is NOT ABOUT HIM!
This means you say it as "I feel…..I don't want…what do you think…" but the "what do you think" doesn't have to be there….up to YOU and what feels most powerful…
3. How to deal with your emotions around all this:
>>You FEEL all kinds of things: WRITE THEM DOWN. Examples: I feel angry, resentful, confused, weird, uncomfortable, stuck, trapped……
>>You DON'T WANT all kinds of things – Write Them Down, too…Examples: I don't want to put pressure on the relationship. I don't want to attack you…I don't want to be angry (it doesn't feel good to feel angry, and I don't like feeling that way…)I don't want to "talk" about this or "think" about it so much…I don't want to try to convince you of anything, or rush you. I don't want to chase you, or make you feel pushed or trapped.
>>You have ALL KINDS OF OPTIONS – Write them down. Examples: Circular Dating, Dating Yourself, taking classes, going to lectures, dressing differently, changing your hair, your colors, your makeup, whitening your teeth, taking a small trip out of town by yourself…
>>You want to work out all your feelings BEFOREHAND, so you can SPEAK them if the conversation gets longer than your one, simple statement
>>You want your PRIMARY emotion to be EXCITEMENT for your own life and your own dreams, and your own possibilities.
>>Workout your anger and write about it in words you can SPEAK, as much as you can beforehand, and then if it comes up, you can say, "I'm feeling resentful and angry and I don't like feeling that way, because I don't want to pressure you."
>>Whether you're feeling emotional, or you're feeling almost numb so you're being "reasonable" – say ONE SENTENCE AT A TIME.
4. Keep everything as short as possible, so you can track your emotions from moment to moment — and be prepared to speak your feelings as they come up, in words you've already written down for yourself. This helps TREMENDOUSLY.
5. Make sure you've planned something fun to do that you can turn and go do whenever you feel the urge to keep talking.
Okay – These are INSTRUCTIONS for speechmaking at this critical place of a stuck relationship.
I absolutely love Nancy's statement of "I'll remain sexually exclusive with you while you're making up your mind, but that's all…"
To just briefly touch on all his "excuses" – it doesn't MATTER whether they are "valid" excuses or just excuses…there's absolutely NO POINT in analyzing and judging his "whys."
The ONLY important thing is what YOU want — and what you're willing to negotiate for, what you're willing to settle for, what you're willing to tolerate…and what you're willing to DO for yourself to GET what you want.
This thing about him being afraid because he's been "cheated" on is a BIG thing men say and rely on. In other words — he's THREATENING you, very subconsciously.
When a man has this in his past and tells you about it — he's telling you that he expects you to be TRUE and LOYAL, and that if you veer from it — by having lunch with another man, he would cross you off his list. That you'd "violate" his needs.
And this is just, excuse me…okay, I'll be less colorful here – horsecrap.
The TRUTH is – EVERY man knows that if he isn't marrying you, he has NO VALID claim on you. He KNOWS he can't expect LOYALTY (as in "exclusivity") if he hasn't committed to you. It's plain, basic "man-speak" — whether he owns up to it or not.
And the more we buy into this, the less respect, on a deep, subconscious level, he has for you. I would be willing to guess that he didn't divorce his ex just because she cheated on him. There was more and uglier stuff he can't even get to inside his brain and heart. If someone cheats on us — every single one of us blames ourselves for it. We're enraged at them, but we think it's because we weren't "enough" (plenty around this for another discussion).
NOW – and this is IMPORTANT — along with this speech and your Boundaries – you're going to have to work extra hard with the Siren Tools of opening up your heart and being an INVITATION for him. the deeper you can go emotionally, the more you can welcome him into your heart when he shows up in a good way…the bigger your impact. (Again – for more another discussion around Modern Siren.)
So — stick to your plan, your instructions, and stick to YOURSELF. We're all behind you.
Let us know how it goes for you, Nancy, and let me know how it works for all of you..Love, Rori
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