Guest guest Posted June 16, 2006 Report Share Posted June 16, 2006 Metcalf is the moderator of the List, but two of us Members (one in Australia and one in USA) help him so that we can give 24 hour service in welcoming new Members, because we realize that sometimes they are pretty desperate for some help. All the best Terry Herbert in Melbourne Australia Diagnosed ‘96: Age 54: Stage T2b: PSA 7.2: Gleason 3+3=6: No treatment. June '04: TURP. June '06 PSA 24.3 My site is at www.prostatecancerwatchfulwaiting.co.za It is a tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn’t know, and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything. Joyce Carey From: ProstateCancerSupport [mailto:ProstateCancerSupport ] On Behalf Of Sent: 17 June 2006 10:53 AM To: ProstateCancerSupport Subject: Thank you Thank you for your welcome! Terry are you the moderator of the group? I think all just hang for awhile and see what this is all about. Yahoo! Sports Fantasy Football ’06 - Go with the leader. Start your league today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Kerry, I was denied twice and the 3rd time I got an attorney. He misrepresented himself as knowledgable @ social security disability. After the hearing I fired him and retained a new attorney. According to him, the first lawyer did EVERYTHING wrong! Amoung other things, he had failed to submit any medical evidence for over 2 years! To top it off I got a judge who NEVER approves a claim. The judge misconstrued and misinterpreted the evidence. I balled like a baby when I read the report. It's so hard when people don't take our pain seriously. I would kill to have a husband like yours - be grateful. Your mom sounds like a case - one of those people who always wants to be the center of attention. I do a lot of reading - especially out in my lawn chair in the back yard. I try to cook when the pain isn't too bad. I love my crock pot - I can do the work in the morning and have a nice meal waiting. My year old Golden Retriever who loves to take me for walks, even when I don't think I can. My kids keep me going most of all. Take care and have a good evening. Hugs, Alanna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Thank You Thank you for the welcome. It really is amazing how many people don't want to understand what we are going through - so many think we are faking, trying to get out of doing things, or using it to get drugs. I remember telling my wonderful dr - I've never felt a high from any of my meds - I've felt the pain go away and that is a wonderful feeling. Sure wish it would last longer than the 3-4 hours! LOL! Alanna - think it was you who said you were applying for SSDI - they will disapprove you the first time. Seems like it's automatic! Then they put me through the mill when I appealed - sent me to several drs to have things checked out. But it came back very quickly as approved. Once that happened - things started to roll - and everybody has been very helpful. Now, if this health care reform goes away, I'll be happy. I have good health insurance and don't want it changed. My husband is very supportive - very helpful. He will even bring a meal to bed for me - if I need it. He's practically taken over all the household duties and we have cleaning ladies come in every two weeks to help. I wish I had the support from my mother. She's hard to describe, but does a lot to get attention. She does a lot of embellishing - as my sister and I call it. One day she screamed at me - how could my pain be worse than hers - I couldn't possibly hurt more than her! Goodness, didn't mean to ramble on again. I promise I won't do that every time I post! LOL! What do you all do to keep yourself active and your mind off the pain - if that's possible? Need to run for now. Will check back later. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2009 Report Share Posted August 4, 2009 Alanna, I'm not surprised by the lack of knowledge on what's covered under disability. I was disapproved and got a lawyer. Don't think it really did anything but make them some money. Most of the time SS called me to get people to send them information. I really think it's a racket! I work on making cards and when I can, some decoupage. I also have two goldens - very blonde - Barney, who is 5 and Meggie who will be 4 this Sept. Both are quite the characters and I wonder if Meggie will ever grow up. Barney was quite ill at 1.5 years - almost lost him - so I always say he missed his childhood! It took about six months to cure him - he " caught " an auto-immune disease - Masticatory Myositis. His jaw froze closed! He was on massive doses of steroids for months. What it is the chewing muscles were affected - so he literally lost his pretty head and has a very pointed head now. The muscles never came back. I found a web site that had hundreds of people, if not more, that had dogs with the disease.. Its quite prevalent in goldens, shepherds, dobermans. Anyway, my beautiful little golden grew up quickly. Gosh - I promised I wouldn't ramble on when I posted again! Ummmm - I really do have people to talk to during the day - LOL! Today was a very painful day - seems like nothing was going to help. So, I try to keep busy with my cards. And yes, my husband is a keeper! Thanks for listening. Kerry, Barney and Meggie too! Subject: Re: Thank You To: Hugs-N-Pain Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 6:06 PM Kerry, I was denied twice and the 3rd time I got an attorney. He misrepresented himself as knowledgable @ social security disability. After the hearing I fired him and retained a new attorney. According to him, the first lawyer did EVERYTHING wrong! Amoung other things, he had failed to submit any medical evidence for over 2 years! To top it off I got a judge who NEVER approves a claim. The judge misconstrued and misinterpreted the evidence. I balled like a baby when I read the report. It's so hard when people don't take our pain seriously. I would kill to have a husband like yours - be grateful. Your mom sounds like a case - one of those people who always wants to be the center of attention. I do a lot of reading - especially out in my lawn chair in the back yard. I try to cook when the pain isn't too bad. I love my crock pot - I can do the work in the morning and have a nice meal waiting. My year old Golden Retriever who loves to take me for walks, even when I don't think I can. My kids keep me going most of all. Take care and have a good evening. Hugs, Alanna Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry Thank You Thank you for the welcome. It really is amazing how many people don't want to understand what we are going through - so many think we are faking, trying to get out of doing things, or using it to get drugs. I remember telling my wonderful dr - I've never felt a high from any of my meds - I've felt the pain go away and that is a wonderful feeling. Sure wish it would last longer than the 3-4 hours! LOL! Alanna - think it was you who said you were applying for SSDI - they will disapprove you the first time. Seems like it's automatic! Then they put me through the mill when I appealed - sent me to several drs to have things checked out. But it came back very quickly as approved. Once that happened - things started to roll - and everybody has been very helpful. Now, if this health care reform goes away, I'll be happy. I have good health insurance and don't want it changed. My husband is very supportive - very helpful. He will even bring a meal to bed for me - if I need it. He's practically taken over all the household duties and we have cleaning ladies come in every two weeks to help. I wish I had the support from my mother. She's hard to describe, but does a lot to get attention. She does a lot of embellishing - as my sister and I call it. One day she screamed at me - how could my pain be worse than hers - I couldn't possibly hurt more than her! Goodness, didn't mean to ramble on again. I promise I won't do that every time I post! LOL! What do you all do to keep yourself active and your mind off the pain - if that's possible? Need to run for now. Will check back later. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2009 Report Share Posted October 20, 2009 Dear Alice, I just wanted to thank you for your wonderful 4 part credo. :-) You have a wonderful appreciation of the Now. And thank you for the delicious trip your poem in credo part 4 took me on. :-) Lovingly, jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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