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Old July 30th 08, 02:54 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.
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Old July 30th 08, 06:59 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.

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Old July 30th 08, 07:59 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old July 30th 08, 08:48 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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.

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Old July 30th 08, 08:56 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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| alisont via CatKB.com u11078@uwe wrote:
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| From what I hear it's pretty much SOP to deny the first claim.
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| 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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Old July 30th 08, 09:02 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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!

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Old July 30th 08, 10:40 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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Purrs on the way for you.

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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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Old July 31st 08, 01:00 AM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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 was pointed out, SSI and SSDI are two very different creatures. It's
difficult to qualify for early SSI. SSDI is disability but they still
generally turn down the first application. You really have to fight for it.

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?

I'm thinking inner ear problems. Balance issues are affected by the inner
ear. Of course, I'm not a doctor nor do I play one on TV.

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!


Reiterating purrs. Persia is chock full of them

Jill

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Old August 3rd 08, 10:29 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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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Old August 4th 08, 07:31 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.anecdotes
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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


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