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Ginger-lyn wrote:
I'm sorry I'm still being as indecisive as a cat, but there it is. snip Sorry guys for crying on your shoulders. I wish I could say things are turning around and going great, but that hasn't happened -- yet. I keep hoping. That's the news from here, or at least some of it (I don't have the patience to read long posts anymore, either -- lol). Hope you are all well, and I will try to check in more often between my disasters. Love, Ginger-lyn e-mail: glsummer AT moonsummmer DOT com {{{{{{{{{{{{Ginger-lyn}}}}}}}}}}}} Still purring for you. -- Adrian (Owned by Snoopy, Bagheera & Shadow) Cats leave pawprints on your heart http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk |
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On Jul 30, 4:41*am, "jmcquown" wrote:
BTW, I'd appeal the decision for SSDI if I were you, ASAP. Actually, she probably doesn't qualify for SS*I*...those claims are almost always turned down, and have very strict qualifications. $50 a month more makes a difference. (Of course, is divorce a possibility, GL? it's your husband (who isn't helping much) who makes too much.) However, she should still be eligible...and have an application in process for...SS*D*, which is disability income and is based on how disabled you are and how much you get is based on how much you put into the SS fund over your working life. It's just giving you your social security payments earlier than retirement. Good luck, either way, Ginger-Lyn, And hang in there. You're worth it. Deborah slave to The Seven |
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"Ginger-lyn" wrote | Most days, I do feel suicidal. But the cats need me, so I keep trying I can totally relate on this and on the financial trouble. We're barely eating here, and I drag myself around because I have no energy. The extreme heat doesn't help either. |
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alisont via CatKB.com u11078@uwe wrote:
From what I hear it's pretty much SOP to deny the first claim. I think this was her second claim - the first was back in January. -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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wrote | alisont via CatKB.com u11078@uwe wrote: | | From what I hear it's pretty much SOP to deny the first claim. | | I think this was her second claim - the first was back in January. The usually deny the first reconsideration request, too, but if you keep at it, you will eventually win, and there's no need of a lawyer if you don't mind handling the paperwork and providing answers in the form they require. |
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Ginger-lyn wrote:
My depression has deepened to a point where it is hard to function. And I am *on* antidepressants. My old doctor graduated, so I guess I should see what the new one says. [snip] Ugh, Ginger-lyn, I'm really sorry things are so incredibly difficult! There seems to be no end to how high sh*t can be piled. So many of these problems are either directly caused, or are made insurmountable, by poverty. And yet, you are too "wealthy" for SSI??? As usual, I am concerned with how much you tend to fall and seriously injure yourself. I'm surprised that no doctor has been able to find out any reason for that. Maybe your new doctor will have a better idea of where to look? And why on earth is your landlord refusing to mow your lawn? That's just bizarre. sigh Hang in there. Purrs from my crew to you and your crew! -- Joyce ^..^ (To email me, remove the X's from my user name.) |
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Purrs on the way for you.
-- Ann in Connecticut see my cats at http://www.flickr.com/photos/ann791/sets/ read Sam's blog at http://kittens-3.blogspot.com/ * * * "Ginger-lyn" wrote in message news I'm sorry I'm still being as indecisive as a cat, but there it is. Thank you (and I'd give you a kiss if you were here) {{{{{{{{{{{{Adrian}}}}}}}}}}}} for remembering my birthday, and thank you to all who responded. I send purrs and prayers and share laughter and smiles where they are appropriate. My depression has deepened to a point where it is hard to function. And I am *on* antidepressants. My old doctor graduated, so I guess I should see what the new one says. I managed the last week of June to somehow break and/or sprain my left ankle. Badly, of course. They put me on Dilaudid, and with all my other meds, about all I could do was sleep until I stopped taking it. The ER docs said there was a piece of bone floating around my ankle, so it was a fracture; the P.A. at the orthopedics clinic said (without looking at it) it was a very bad fracture. Wish they'd make up their minds! Before that, I managed to fall and mess up my rotator cuff. So I'm now in physical therapy for two things at once. Found a "wheelie" walker for $8 at Goodwill; helps me to not fall down. Friday I applied for SSI and was promptly told I wasn't eligible. Richard's 1/2 paycheck is about $50 over their limit. So I was turned down immediately after waiting since filing in January to hear from them. My landlord has turned out to be an ass, which is just what I need. He has ordered the mowers not to mow my half of the yard at *all*. Not just the garden, but everything. I am so sick of people like this I could scream. My gas will probably get shut off soon; my vet's slightly irritated at my bill; I'm on a 30-day medical for the electric; I'm two months behind on my rent, and I am ready to throw myself in front of a bus. No, wait a minute -- that's Richard's line whenever I talk to him. Every conversation lately ends with "I'm gonna throw myself in front of a bus and you can get the insurance money which is all you really want anyway." His own mother told me not to call him if he's going to be that way. So I won't. I have an excuse for my bad memory now: I got diagnosed today with fibromyalgia. Always knew I had it; just never had the doctor finally say so. So I'm hopping around on one foot, trying not to overuse one shoulder, hurting from head to toe, and trying to feed 11 cats. Yes, I said 11. She is NOT NOT NOT staying. She is lost, and I am going to find her home or get her to a shelter. She's a calico, with the attitude to match. Gorgeous green eyes and a very weird meow. She's stuck in R's old room for now, which is hot, but I can't afford to get her checked out at the vet. Most days, I do feel suicidal. But the cats need me, so I keep trying to hack away at whatever help I can get, whatever I can do, to get things moving. I felt so bad I gave myself a birthday party on the 12th. Seven people came. It was a cookout. It rained the entire time. My MiL and a friend of her son's were helping me with groceries last week. Two of the cats (ShadowCat and Internet) managed to bolt out the door. I, in my condition, managed somehow to jump off the porch and grab enough of each of them to get them back inside. Sorry guys for crying on your shoulders. I wish I could say things are turning around and going great, but that hasn't happened -- yet. I keep hoping. That's the news from here, or at least some of it (I don't have the patience to read long posts anymore, either -- lol). Hope you are all well, and I will try to check in more often between my disasters. Love, Ginger-lyn e-mail: glsummer AT moonsummmer DOT com |
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Ginger-lyn wrote:
I'm sorry I'm still being as indecisive as a cat, but there it is. Thank you (and I'd give you a kiss if you were here) {{{{{{{{{{{{Adrian}}}}}}}}}}}} for remembering my birthday, and thank you to all who responded. I send purrs and prayers and share laughter and smiles where they are appropriate. My depression has deepened to a point where it is hard to function. And I am *on* antidepressants. My old doctor graduated, so I guess I should see what the new one says. snip Lots and lots of purrs and gentle hugs for you, Ginger-lyn, Polonca and Soncek |
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Mosey =^. .^=` wrote:
Purrs lovingly going out to you Ginger-lyn for all the horrible crap you're going through, be well, try and laugh at ONE thing each day and everything will work out. Bless your sweet heart. I feel so bad for what you're going through (((((((Ginger-lyn))))) Kyla Thank you so much, Kyla, for your kind words. Ginger-lyn e-mail: glsummer AT moonsummmer DOT com |
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