I brought up the fact that I had always been entirely composed in his office and that nothing in my behavior would indicate that I was unfit to pursue foster care. He used the fact that I was crying right then as proof that he was right, though I would like to see how he would react if some cold, unfeeling person who didn't really know him used his power to murder his one last dream right in front of his face.
My first time there was ok and I was comfortable with the staff that helped. For the first time I was treated based on my illness and records not my appearance. Not everyone looks like what they've been through
I went into Dr. Mormon's office Monday expecting no problems when I told him my plans. However, as soon as the words came out of my mouth he shook his head and deemed the idea "too stressful." "Taking care of kids is stressful," he explained, even though at 37 of course I already knew that and I would estimate that about 99.99999% of his other patients had kids to take care of. He also explained that he had spent six years as a child psychologist and that may of his patients were foster children. I tried to educate him on the fact that due to the fact that I lived in a one bedroom apartment, I would only be allowed to take in babies under 3 years old and that the children with severe mental and physical problems are assigned to foster homes who receive special training in those fields, but his mind was already made up.
The few people at Spindletop I told about this goal were supportive and urged me to continue on with the process, which included taking classes and getting my home inspected. For the first time in my life, I felt like I had a purpose. I had hope. Not only would I be helping myself but I would be helping others, which I've always heard is the best way to forget your own problems. I was honest with my assigned case worker about my depression and she said this would be no problem but that I would need a doctor's note to finish certification.
A more streamlined version of my review of Spindletop is this: There are too many doctors who come and go. (Though Dr. Mormon should GO). Some are only seen on screen and none of them really get to know you and most don't seem to care or put forth any effort to understand. They think anyone who steps through that door is dangerous and go only by their textbooks and put patients in a box, whether they fit into one or not.
They always let you run out of medication for days before they request them. They dont release medical records required by law.
Very much racist against white people, if your african amercian you get special treatment, had an appointment pre scheduled and kept letting 4 african amercain with no appointments go before me and 1 came after me, they are so racist against white people and they always hollar whites are racist just another one of their lies, to get away with it time amercians start speaking out
I came to Spindletop with the goal of bettering myself and lifting the situational depression that had plagued me since age eleven. I had had undiagnosed selective mutism which turned into depression and social anxiety. I was recommended to Dr. Mormon because of the treatment resistant nature of my depression. I functioned. I had a job and I never qualified for disability. I never had thoughts of harming myself (for many years) or others (ever), but I still wasn't happy with my life. In truth, this was because I had always been alone because of my social anxiety and was desperately unfulfilled in life. Wouldn't you be depressed if you had nothing in your life and never had? I set a goal for myself to become a foster parent, as my mother and grandmother had before me. I had been around foster children all my life as well as had many years caring for children, including helping raise my adopted (former foster child) special needs sister.
So now I'm back to having no hope, no goals (because I'm obviously not equipped to do anything meaningful) and no life. I will just be sitting in my apartment with my cats for the rest of my life, being a "shut-in" (the type of person society makes fun of) because it hurts too much to go out and see everyone else living life when all doors have been shut to me to have any chance to do so. Seeing a doctor is supposed to make your life better and give you more opportunities in life, though in my case it was quite the opposite.
I have been going here for years and years. I think about 16 or 17. I have seen doctors in private practice that were not even close to as good as the once I have seen here. I am white and I have had not been treated any differently than anyone of any other race, good or bad. These people in all my years, with the exception of one, long ago have been absolutely wonderful. Many times if you are treated badly it's because of your attitude, just saying, I can't imagine that anyone would be treated badly here after all the years I have had experiences here and with all of these people.
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