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Sudden Closure of Lags Medical Centers Leaves Patients in Limbo
Patients of the pain management clinics in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties are given little notice to find alternative care
Lags Medical Centers has closed multiple clinics on the Central Coast and beyond. A sign at the Carmen Lane location in Santa Maria claims the closure is temporary and provides contact information for accessing medical records. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo) By Janene Scully, Noozhawk North County Editor | @JaneneScully
May 18, 2021
| 7:34 p.m.
Lags Medical Centers, which has six pain management clinics in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties plus more throughout the state, has closed with little notice to patients dependent on services for coping with chronic pain.
I just didn t want to be alive anymore, Meghan Markle revealed in her two-hour interview with Oprah Winfrey on March 7. And that was a very clear and real and frightening constant thought. And I remember I remember how [Prince Harry] just cradled me.
Watching the eye-opening conversation all I could think was:
Oh Meghan, I m so sorry. I ve been there. Though I ll never experience racism or the toll microaggressions can take on your mental and physical health, or know what it means to meet Queen Elizabeth or be a royal (I ve never even been to the U.K.) I do know what it s like to be a woman, to be pregnant, to have suffered a miscarriage, to be a mom, to struggle with my mental health, to feel isolated and lost, and to need help like I need air. And now, a toddler mom with baby number two on the way just like Markle I know what it s like to be pregnant in a stressful time and to need the support of my family and partner and workplace more than ever. But also to feel hopeful fo
Image zoom Credit: Illustration: Caitlin-Marie Miner Ong
This past April, only a few weeks postpartum, my son s pediatrician handed me a print out of the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS). The screening tool, developed in Scotland in 1987, is 10 questions long and used around the world to detect a variety of perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) such as postpartum depression or postpartum anxiety.
The form s prompts range from I have been able to laugh and see the funny side of things to The thought of harming myself has occurred to me. Each answer is assigned a numerical value. The higher the score, the more likely the respondent is suffering from a PMAD.