Sheri, & Attorney CRAP -long but worth it

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Sheri,

Your son is lucky to have a caring loving mother like you!

Try to hold on Dear Sheri. Soon you will feel better and you will

see the stars again. I know how hard it is too! Your son does need

you no matter what. Hang on and fight! Fight for your health. Don't

ever give up! You just call me and we can share our sob-stories and

then you will be able to actually smile about them, believe me. My

CML buddy, (chronic myelogenous leukemia)it's rare- caused by

implants but not included on disease form. Anyway, when we talk, we

can actually laugh about our disease and the side effects from the

meds....no one can make me laugh (except looking at my spelling here)

like Jim can, cause he is going through it too. We understand each

other like no one else can.

My Friends,

I have had a dissapointing day. :-( ...Any attorney ideas will be

appreciated after today please:

Todays story:

I am in the DC Settlement. Thought I lucked out and got refered to

an attorney by this advocate that I so strongly belived in before

today (who I sent all my files too). The advocate put a package

together to forward to a respected attorney, on her list. The

attorney seemed great, but she wouldn't tell me what she would do for

me until I signed the retainer. Hum? I have the explant proof and the

rupture proof. (all proof of manufacturer, etc-everything!) What if

she does nothing else but submit those and not much else. I have no

guarentee. We have no guarentees of anything, but with effort we can

try not to get ripped off, AGAIN. The attorney must have looked

over my files enough to say that she would take me on as a client. We

had a good conversation one day and I was happy and relieved (2-3

weeks ago or so). At the end of the conversation, I asked her " what

she can she do for me, or what did she think? " " What kind of case

do I have? " " What kind of money could I get from those bastards? "

(didn't sware) She said to me then that she didn't have all my

records and I had to sign the retainer before the advocate could

forward them to me....Well, HELL, My antenas went right up! They were

put in a package and sent by the advocate. I know this because I

was copied everything sent by email to her.

Ok, this is getting to long, but you may run into this so it's worth

a little more time:...what drama.

I asked the advocate if everything was sent. When the attorney

emailed me today asking if I was having problems filling out the

health and retainer documents, and did I need any help, I asked

again " what are you going to do for me that I can not do for

myself? " " I would like an answer about what /how my case looks, and

how much money I may finally get anter being so sick. ? " I sent

this to the attorney and the advocate.

Was this wrong to ask, " what will she do for me? " , " what does my case

look like, is it a good case? " Our wonderful Diane here, (thank you

Diane), suggested this question, the advocate did not like it. I am

being told by the advocate that I am asking for free advice. No

attorney will review your records before you sign the retainer ,

andthat I will never trust anyone. She said: " Even though our

Organization does not support individuals trying disease claims on

their own we believe in your case it would be appropriate since you

appear to have zero faith in one representing you " . She said a lot

of other unkind things as well. We were doing this all day. I just

kept asking that I think I should be able to find out what kind of a

case she thinks I have?

What? My advocate? What advocate, I ask? Holly shit. Unreal.

Guess I can kiss that attorney goodbye...she sounded great to me, but

unwilling to say if I had a good case. I know I have the rupture and

explant, but they want you to sigh for them to get a percentage of

that too, calling the contract (retainer) a " modified DC Settlement

Contract " . Is something wrong with that picture? I most definately

think so. Am I loopy to the 10th degree and don't get it? Aren't I

allowed to ask what she can do for me before I sign over my money? I

guess these advocates and attorneys expect us to follow them on blind

faith? . Tell me if I am screwed up, please? Am I making a giant

error on this?

What a day!! I did see an outrageous sunset over Laguna Beach, and

going night/night now and putting this day to rest. It was such a

disappointment.

I do remind my self that we have all been screwed over! Some

advocate to defend an attorney for doing this instead of having any

compasssion. It may have worked out if she stepped in and actually

advocated? Like, Hey, why not let know what you think? What a

joke. We are supposed to walk agound in the dark with no flashlight!

So, good night my darlings. After being told you have cancer this is

nothing. It will not upset me and I am proud of myself that I kept

my dignity and stood my ground. Once again, I have no attorney to

help me. My theory is that they want to intimidate us and control

us. They know we are sick and we need legal help, and they are scum

of the earth to try to take advantage of any of us when we are so

vunerable. So many of us need the money and they want us to follow

them with hope, and blind faith. They are the sorry ones. We have a

powerful group here and there is strength in numbers. We must stand

together to fight this abuse.

Love,

in Ca

PS...I did not find these people on this group site, FYI

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> Hi there

>

> No need to explain brain fog with me - I am the queen! I will

email you

> later personally w/ the atty's names that I have. (thanks for

letting me keep my

> son - I have grown a little attached!! )

>

> love shari