This afternoon, I received a call from Denise Miller, an attorney at the Law Foundation of Silicon Valley (Health Legal Services), in regards to the PACE Clinic's unlawful refusal to provide me with necessary and essential medical care and treatment for a terminal illness. This is the first call I've received from her since the beginning of December—far too long for someone who needed treatment even long before Ms. Miller's involvement: Although our phone conversation describes the situation fairly well, here's a summary, followed by the background: PACE Clinic agreed to provide services in a court-of-law over two years ago. Since that time, they have barred me from receiving treatment, which constitutes a clear violation of their in-court agreement, and even the law—a fact the district attorney has since verified; Alternative providers for treatment are not available anywhere else, and companion providers (i.e., those within the same network of providers as
My inevitable demise, daily.