Guest guest Posted July 9, 2002 Report Share Posted July 9, 2002 Should have included my email address: sschulm1@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Too funny, Sharon! I'm so glad to have you for a " mentally unstable, " " don't look sick " friend! grins, sherry z > > True, > Where I live the (neighborhood) is very noisy and like > to be in everyone's business. I tried to say the > retired thing first then I got well you are > independently wealthy (NOT). Someone in this area > found out that I was on SS. So I was told that I LIED > to get on it because I don't look sick, although this > is probably not the answer that most people would want > to use my reply ( to stop all from coming near me) was > that I was mentally unstable and that I could and > would go OFF at any moment or by a comment that was > said that I did not like. I am now called the crazy > B---- of the neighborhood, but I got my peace and > quite back and also I don't hear what the people 2 > houses down were fighting about the night before. > I will say that they leave me alone now and I don't > have to be bothered with the he said she said. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Does anyone else prefer the term, 'retired' whateverprofession to 'disabled' whateverprofession ? OR do I show bigotry when I do that? I use it to keep my privacy with people I do not know well. Hello, from one RN to another! My dh has suffered from intractable epilepsy for the past eight years. Luckily he was able to receive SSD on his first application (although it took several months to go through the process TO receive it!) I always put " disabled " on any forms/communications I must fill out for him. I figure if someone else has a problem with that term, it's THEIR problem, and not mine or his. He couldn't help what happened to him, and were it not for the epilepsy, he would still be working, so I'm not about to say or put " retirement " on anything. (Involuntary retirement, maybe.) I can understand you wanting to keep your privacy though, and dh's situation is different. When he has seizures in public, that's rather obvious that he has a medical problem and is disabled. Not like us PA sufferers who face the " but you don't LOOK sick " mentality of others. Blessings to you! Wanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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