Zanna Re: MYO~Carla

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Zanna,

Dont worry about babbling.. I do it all the time!! I know a store

here use to deliver for 10.00 but not so sure now. I go to wal-mart

and hang on the cart for dear life..of coarse my middle boy wants a

free ride and tries to hang off the end which adds more weight..LOL.

so I have to tell him to get off constanly. Once school starts,

grocery shopping will be so much better.

IM glad your mom helps you with the presents. You have some good

ideas. I dont buy for the older kids either unless at Christmas. They

are expensive! I get a gift certificate for gas or for their favorite

places to eat and thats about it! Better then nothing I say.

Sounds like you have a gem of a daughter! Im glad that you found a

good place for your son to go to. Sounds like a wonderful place. I

bet you are a proud momma. I am looking forward to being home with my

littlest this year. It will be nice to play mommy and homemaker for a

change.

Did you have alot of trouble getting your disability??

Thanks for your post

Carla

> Hi Carla,

> I haven't worked in 2 years. My doctor wanted me to quit right

away but like

> many of us here, I am stubborn and thought I could do it all. I

was working

> at Home Depot. They were really good to me but I just couldn't do

it

> anymore.. I quit one 1/2 years after dx.

>

> I do most of my shopping over the internet. I even get my

groceries

> delivered for 10.00. They do the shopping for me and deliver it

for that and

> since I am 20 miles round trip from the grocery store and don't

feel like

> dealing with my son at the store, it is well worth it!! I order

gifts for

> family (most of them live in the midwest) and send them all to my

mom and

> then send her 5.00 or 10.00 with the cards so she can purchase

wrapping paper

> and tape. They are coming out in October so I am just going to

send paper

> and bags back with her and maybe gifts if I get ambitious. Lately

I have

> started giving my nieces and nephews savings bonds (the young ones)

the older

> ones I quit buying for. Just can't afford it. Here I go

babbling....ARGGGH.

>

> I am on disability and have been for about a year and a half. It is

enough to

> cover our mortgage so it helps a great deal.

>

> My daughter goes back to school on August 19th. I am not looking

forward to

> it though because she is a great help. She cooks, cleans, does

laundry and

> helps with her brother all the time. I tell everyone that I could

not have

> invented a better daughter. My son goes to preschool 3 days a week

for 3 1/2

> hours a day. We found the best preschool in a home only 1/2 mile

from us.

> The woman is Christian and is so patient. My son is pretty hyper

and is

> easily distracted. He has only been going for 2 months and knows

his ABCs

> and has learned the pledge of allegience, and some other new

songs. Even at

> home, he has changed. He now can say his prayers by memory and

sits better

> during dinner, etc....He wouldn't do his abc's for us and now he

sings them

> all the time. This woman is a Godsend!!!

>

> I hope you get a dx soon and then can apply for disability.

>

> Take care,

>

> Zanna

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Carla,

Boy oh Boy are you at the right place!! We are Walmart shoppers here. We

should call this the Walmart support group!! We refer to it as 'wallyworld'.

I must spend a $100.00/wk there! I don't order groceries very often because

you can't use coupons but when I am really feeling like crud, I will. My

friend and I always call each other when we go to wallyworld or the grocery

store and pick up stuff for each other too. That helps so much.

My daughter is a gem and I am a proud momma. I am firm but give them

unconditional and lots of love. I don't put up with much and they know that.

I actually think my daughter respects that. Our family picture is at the

group site under photos and the file 'zanna'.

I had no problem getting disability. I am one of the few lucky ones. I had

a great doctor who wrote a wonderful letter and I was approved the first

time. My dad was surprised because he applied at 57 when his doctor told him

he couldn't work anymore and he had to go through it twice. My mom had a

stroke 10 years ago at 55 and was in a wheelchair, partially paralyzed, and

having seizures and she had to appeal 3 times AND go to court-can you believe

it????? She is doing better now. No more wheelchair. She uses a cane

occasionally and still has a rare seizure but to have to go to court in a

wheelchair with your mouth drooping and partially paralyzed to prove you are

disabled!!!! Good grief......

Zanna