Re: Paxil Survivor Launches Internet Fundraiser

[Guest guest]

Someone had moved my boat to a temporory mooring.

Was that someone Alistair Bimbo????? I'm so sorry to hear that. I was so looking forward to being part of the galley crew on the SSRI Cruise! LOL

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[Guest guest]

Dear Trisha

I am so sorry to read of this situation and I had intended writing

to you in full over the list.

Truth is, I have had some bad news.

You remember my sail boat and the plans to a round Britain SSRI drug

awareness cruise in company with victims / survivors?

Someone had moved my boat to a temporory mooring.

Yesterday, during high winds and high seasonal tides this boat broke

loose and was washed up on the rocks.

Two attemps have been made to refloat her ..........but with no luck.

I have had a late night and a long harrowing day.

I need some rest.

I will write to you in full tomorrow.

Remember you have beaten Paxil ...........you will beat this

parasite lawyer.

We are here for you ..........just as you are always here for us.

Hugs to you from

> Dearest Mardi:

> Your situation only proves that I am right about what they are

trying to do,

> and that is strip me of every penny of equity. I know so many

people are

> where I am now, and I just can't stand it. People who don't have

as big a mouth

> as me who are just pushed around by greedy lawyers and inept

bureaucrats. It

> makes me sick. Thank you so much for your kind words. It really

means a lot

> to me that you understand just where this has put me. Hugs and

love to you,

> Your friend T

>

> Blind Reason

> a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

> Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.

[Guest guest]

Yeah...

It makes me SO ill to see bad things happen to SUCH a wonderfful E-

person & her famliy.

I feel blessed & oh' so lucky to have met Glitter & have already

done what I can to help the situation, so far.

As I told you *off-line* T, if there is anything 'more' I can do, as

the date approaches - just drop me a line.

As always, wishing you the absolute best.

Kev

: )

[Guest guest]

Glitter...Count me in. Although small, I will help. I am so sorry

about all the hell. and yes, anyone anywyere in ANY socioeconomic

level can lose their home in an instant. We are a society who does

not give a **** about the elderly, the unborn OR the handicapped OR

our pets which are also our responsibility. We either kill the above

or place them in " homes " .

I am hoping you soon have the money in hand to beat these ***holes

who are preying on you.

Terry

> Dear friends, relatives, fellow Paxil plaintiffs, crusaders, and

victims of

> injustice:

>

> Most of you have known me for many years, in many different

capacities. Some

> of you have known me in excess of 20 years. All of you know me as

someone

> who fights the system and lobbies for justice, especially as it

pertains to

> recent pharmaceutical litigation against GSK. I have always tried

to be the

> champion for the underdog. Alas, I am now the underdog.

>

> In 1997, I opened a restaurant with my husband, who, as many of you

know, was

> one of the great chefs in America. We had barely gotten it started

when I

> took Paxil. Within three weeks, I was hospitalized, and thereafter

I spent many

> years being terribly ill and trying to recover from this

experience. The

> restaurant closed after being open just two months. To finance that

restaurant, I

> gave my home as collateral for a $10,000 Deed of Trust. That

instrument has

> been accruing interest and legal fees and is now in excess of

$26,000.

>

> My Paxil experience rendered me disabled, both with brain damage

and PTSD.

> Two years later, my husband was involved in an automobile accident,

which also

> caused him to be disabled. We have both struggled to keep our

lives on track

> after these two cataclysmic events. I have written a book (see web

link

> below), and started a small cottage industry, and my husband works

part-time laying

> tile and marble. We have managed to get through these difficult

years

> without borrowing money or asking for charity. For the last year

we have been

> planning on selling our home so that we could take our equity and

buy a small house

> in a rural area in Oregon. We have contacted a real estate agent

and will be

> listing our home for sale next week. However. . .

>

> On the same day I contacted the real estate agent, I was informed

that the

> holder of the Deed of Trust intends to foreclose on my home. I

immediately

> called the lawyers involved and explained that we were going to

list our house for

> a quick sale and that they would have their money in 90-120 days. I

explained

> to them in great detail that my husband and I are both disabled;

that our

> lives would be totally destroyed if they proceeded with

foreclosure. They told

> me they didn't care what happened to us and they absolutely would

not stop

> foreclosure proceeedings, which they intend to file on April 12.

For two solid

> days, I have called and written letters to my Governor, State

representatives,

> the Department of Justice, the Bar Association, the Legal Aid

Office for the

> Disabled, the Brain Injury Association, the local media, and anyone

else I could

> think of to help me. I was told that my problem is not unique. It

is

> rampant in this country, with unethical lawyers preying on the

vulnerable population

> of the disabled and elderly (I now belong to both groups). While I

only owe

> the Deed of Trust holder $17,000, the rest of the debt is comprised

of lawyers

> fees. Once they file for foreclosure, they will have the ability

to strip

> every penny I have in equity with padded costs, hourly fees, etc.

At the end of

> the day, my husband and I could wind up destitute, homeless, and

disabled. I

> cannot let this happen to us without pursuing every avenue

available to me. I

> am attempting to secure a home equity loan to pay off this

indebtedness. It

> may or may not come through, given that our income may not fall

into their

> acceptable framework, although at the moment we have six-figures in

equity, all

> of which I stand to lose if the lawyers proceed with foreclosure.

>

> So, I have decided to do an Internet fundraiser. When I spoke to

several

> people about this, one committed to giving me $10,000 (for which I

am

> overwhelmingly grateful). My Internet network is worldwide, and

if each of you to whom

> I have sent this sends it out to everyone on your list, I could

theoretically

> reach 50,000 people by the end of the weekend. I am asking for as

little as

> $1.00 to be donated into my paypal account -- www.paypal.com --

follow

> instructions and use the e-mail account I set up for this purpose:

> SaveTheirHome@a... I will aIso accept checks to the address I

will list below. I am

> willing to repay all contributions from the proceeds of the sale of

my house if I

> can get a stay on the foreclosure. Just so you don't think I am

making this up,

> or exaggerating in any way, I am listing the names of the lawyers

involved in

> this egregious action so that you may call them to verify what I

have said in

> this e-mail:

>

> C. HelgesonEsq., Kipling Street

> Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033

> Telephone -

> Fax -

>

> J. Aronowitz, Esq.

> 1615 Downing Street

> Denver, Colorado 80218

> Telephone -

> Fax -

>

> Never in my life did I think I could ever be in this position.

What I have

> learned from this experience is that this can (and does) happen to

the most

> unlikely people. I was told by the advocate at the Legal Aid

Office for the

> Disabled that most people in this category to whom this happens

feel powerless to

> do anything except capitulate to the circumstances. I'm not good

at

> capitulating, and I intend to work tirelessly until there are some

laws in place to

> protect the most vulnerable segment of our population -- the

elderly and the

> disabled, and particularly the brain injured -- from being taken

advantage of by

> greedy, unscrupulous lawyers.

>

> The power of this effort lies in the sheer number of people this

message can

> reach. I know each of you understands how quickly my problem can

be solved.

> I have until April 12. Thank you each and every one of you for the

spiritual

> and emotional contributions you have made to my life. If at this

time you

> could make a small monetary contribution to my plight -- as little

as $1.00 --

> you can help me save my home and give me the resources to make sure

this problem

> is brought to light in the media worldwide. God bless all of you.

>

> With the deepest gratitude,

> Trisha Spinelli

> PO Box 251

> Evergreen, Co 80437-0251

>

>

>

>

> Blind Reason

> a novel of espionage and pharmaceutical intrigue

> Think your antidepressant is safe? Think again.