Update on Me, mostly On Topic (unfortunately)

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hi rebecca and group,

not on much, but i check everyday. i got an agency job working for

ford powertrain right after memorial day. 3 days after starting,

mark fields (one of fords new brain child ceos) put out a ford mass e-

mail stating that by aug 1st 15% salary cuts including agency. well,

all agency ppl ended up out. my last day was july 25th. i was there

9 weeks. so here i am back on unemployment with 4 weeks left. they

did just pass the 13 weeks extension, so at least " maybe " we will be

able to eat.........but..............depends, more bad news:

and i thought this would never happen to me (u get complacent

sometimes, ya know?). with all the screwing around with health

insurance cos, blue cross to the new one, then they took 6 weeks to

get the basic info to me, i had postponed my remicade infusion. i

was due june 18th. finally mid july i got my member number with the

new insurance co (not bc/bs) and found out my cd and pg will not be

excluded, not an issue. thats the good news. i went and started

appling via remicade-remistart and the patient access network

foundation to help get copays and deducts assistance. i have the

deduct assistance, waiting on the co-pay.

so now, i am, well.....about 6 weeks late with my remicade. a week

ago i was out in the back yard and tripped on the water well pipe

head. smacked my bad leg, but plenty above the old pg scar. luckily

i didn't hit the knee or i think it would have broken. well my whole

leg as been hurty, the wound from smacking it on the pipe is about

half way healed, no problem, BUT from that point down to my old pg

scare (about 8 inches), it is red, hot and really hurts. this

started the nite before last. has gotten worse since. i am

deducting that with the combo of no remicade and futher trama to my

leg, the main point of pain is right on the top edge of the old pg

scar, where these is plenty of flesh.

so i am putting protopic on it and i upped my mtx dose to 15mgs today

(50% increase). and since the financial helps are reimbursements and

my apps are in, one is approved, i am going to call the hospital

monday am and try to get a chair.

honest to God group, i don't think i can live through what i lived

through before. this has really got my head spinning. i have the

job issue, and btw, the job market is even worse now then 3 months

ago), almost all of my unemployment goes to pay cobra, and the

process of changing over in mid stream has taken way to long.

besides that, the financial help don't pay it all, but i am hopeful

that over 1/2 of the nearly $3,000 will be covered by them so i can

weather this storm.

i know rebecca and many ppl in this group know me and like to hear

how things are going. i know many ppl here care about me. i hate to

ramble with all this bad news, but anything, anyone can do in this

group, even if its words of encouragement, i will take at this point.

as the next few days progress, i am hopeful that i can turn, what

appears to be a new pg sore, subside and not go flow blown. idk.

the next 7 days or so well tell. i will write again in about a week

and let you know how things are progressing (and if our prayers are

getting answered).

you'll be good and take care,

jeff,

pg,

cd