Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I'm afraid I'd want to smack that psychiatrist! . . . RogeneSunny <wellnessnow@...> wrote: Boy, oh, boy...these insensitive (un)professionals! Before my implant surgery, I consulted with a Psychiatrist as to whether I should or not...he smuggly sat back in his comfy chair, crossed his arms and said,"Why not? It'll probably make you feel better about yourself".Now, there's some sound advice (sarcastically spoken) lolLove,Sunny > I went to a neurologist last thursday. He said I needed a good > psyciatrist sp? He said that I am manifesting my own symptoms by > thinking it is the implants. I don't dwell on it but I have been sick > and it started with the implants. He also said he didn't know why I > was on disability. As soon as I got them, I started having problems > with my legs after my daily run. I had dr's telling me it was > anxiety. Six times I went to the hospital emergency room with a blood > pressure at stroke level and they told me it was anxiety. I finally > flew to a dr. in Arizona and if I hadn't I would have been long dead > by now. I had an adrenal tumor and Cushing's Syndrome. The tumor was > on my kidney. It was life threatening. I have lost everything, my > home, career, time with my children. The neurologist said I would > still be sick if I took them out because any woman who thinks it is > the implants has mental issues to start with. I was so upset. > It is like all the doctors have a pact to tell everyone this. Can you > relate????> Lora> > > > > > > ---------------------------------> How low will we go? Check out Messenger's low PC-to-Phone call rates.> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Yep - I have been in the "system" for over a year... SS is very backed up according to my atty and it is taking them forever to get anywhere with the claims.... I have had 2 completely different docs tell them that I could not work... they have told me the same... not only can I not drive but I have no memory and am on medications that would make it impossible for me to work.... and they have still denied me... 2 times. I am at the "hearing level now" and my atty said it will be over a year before we get a date.... the system is crazy now - completely crazy. I should have hired the atty a year before but we did not have the money - still don't really.... I was an engineer before the implants - had a very good career making very good money... now they are sending me letter saying that they think I could maybe be a receptionist part-time.... a job I had at 17... they look in your history and pull anything out that looks remotely good and say it.... I can not even handle out personal finances now.. I am so forgetful my hubby had to take them over as I was making sooo many mistakes... I doubt I could even be a receptionist.... I screw up phone calls and call routing... they are nutty at the govt they come up w/ weird crap to deny you...my doc will tell them what he said on his reports and they will say to me that he said that he was treating me w/ meds for that condition so I was ok..... hmmmm - where do they get from doctor saying she can not work - I have her on all these meds trying to help her with blah blah blah so she can not drive or operate equipment to + oh - she is being treated for these conditions w/ meds so you are fine...doc think it is nutty as well maybe they would like me to work for them for a while? see just how incapable I am? sheesh - I am lucky to get out of bed some days anymore. sorry to rant - it is just sooooo aggravating and frustrating to be in this position and have no $$$ not be able to drive or work - medical bills piling up - now epilepsy to boot... have a family to try to care for and have them telling me that.... urghhhhhhhh shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 Rogene Well - I have been out of work three years now - a little over... one thing is that my prior employer had long term disability and short term.... I went on short term then to long term w/ them.... long term was "up" as of the end of June but due to my new issues w/ the epilepsy diagnosis coming before the end of June that is under review.... to take that a step back... this will get a little confusing.. I am still lost really... their long term co called last summer and asked if I was interested in filing for SSI... I said I was but could not afford an atty... they said they would pay for it with of course their benefit being they will get their $$ back when all the SSI $ comes in first that they have given me but they agreed to eat the difference as what they are paying me is mych higher then what ssi will pay as I was getting 60% of my salary thru the work policy... anyways - confusing but as of last summer I had an atty, SSI had been filed - long term disability thru employer was paying for it. now - both are in review SSI due to normal government crap and regular long term due to epilepsy.... what will happen next -who knows... all I know is I received my last $$ in june. If I have to wait for SSI it will be well over a year according to the atty.. if long term extends due to the new circumstances of my illnesses, we will be ok a while... if I have to go over a year without another $$ and no ability to work or drive.....that is going to make me crazier than this has already made me... the whole not working - giving up my career and money that my family needed was bad enough.. living on 60% was hard... living on 0 is going to be impossible... i guess they will let us lose our home? our car? who knows. I don't even want to think of it. this is why we re-financed to buy time for these appeals. Hopefully it will not take as long as they say it could... I'm telling you - they drive people crazy and MAKE them depressed doing this crap.....they wonder why the depression rates are up.... anyways - we will see - hope and pray love shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Shari, I can't believe how bad the system is! . . . How can anyone survive that long when they can't work? . . . What do they expect people to do? . . . Turn to crime? I wish you had turned to that doctor and asked him if he would like you to work for him! . . . He'd probably be red-faced and stammering! One of my favorite lines is "I can't carry a number across the room" . . . And I can't! Numbers drive me crazy! The good news is that, when you finally do get SSDI, they will pay you back to the first application. Did your attorney require that you pay up front? . . . Love, Rogene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Shari . . . We'll just have to keep praying for you a little longer then! . . . God has brought you this far . . . He's not going to give up on you now! Somehow, some way, you need to find a way to release the stress. . . It's not helping matters at all! I've sent you Dr. Nicolson's address . . . and have sent a message to him on your behalf. . .Let's see what happens! Love, Rogene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Shari, Not to depress you but that is exactly what happened to me I lost everything I had 0 income except for childsupport, That is when my ex-husband said come back to hawaii and we can try again ,you can just get better and stay home. I went on welfare. They are going to be reimbursed from SSI. If and when my appeal is not denied. My situation was different because we are divorced. I get money for my son who has a different father and no child support and myself. About 600 a month. I hated having to do it but the medical covers everything. I know it is different for you but maybe you could look into something through your state. You did pay taxes and that is what it is there for. When honest hard working people can no longer work. I hope it doesn't come to that. Hawaii has been great, Nevada wasn't helpful at all Terri P Hawaiihalvey70@... wrote: Rogene Well - I have been out of work three years now - a little over... one thing is that my prior employer had long term disability and short term.... I went on short term then to long term w/ them.... long term was "up" as of the end of June but due to my new issues w/ the epilepsy diagnosis coming before the end of June that is under review.... to take that a step back... this will get a little confusing.. I am still lost really... their long term co called last summer and asked if I was interested in filing for SSI... I said I was but could not afford an atty... they said they would pay for it with of course their benefit being they will get their $$ back when all the SSI $ comes in first that they have given me but they agreed to eat the difference as what they are paying me is mych higher then what ssi will pay as I was getting 60% of my salary thru the work policy... anyways - confusing but as of last summer I had an atty, SSI had been filed - long term disability thru employer was paying for it. now - both are in review SSI due to normal government crap and regular long term due to epilepsy.... what will happen next -who knows... all I know is I received my last $$ in june. If I have to wait for SSI it will be well over a year according to the atty.. if long term extends due to the new circumstances of my illnesses, we will be ok a while... if I have to go over a year without another $$ and no ability to work or drive.....that is going to make me crazier than this has already made me... the whole not working - giving up my career and money that my family needed was bad enough.. living on 60% was hard... living on 0 is going to be impossible... i guess they will let us lose our home? our car? who knows. I don't even want to think of it. this is why we re-financed to buy time for these appeals. Hopefully it will not take as long as they say it could... I'm telling you - they drive people crazy and MAKE them depressed doing this crap.....they wonder why the depression rates are up.... anyways - we will see - hope and pray love shari Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Actually - sounds exactly like something I would do if I worked there.... since the epilepsy seizures and anti-seizure meds, me memory is 20 times worse than usual - they warned me of this w/ the meds.... I am a wreck.. i tell someone something - the next day tell them the same story... can't remember telling them at all.. them a few days later remember telling them twice.. really weird. for Fathers day.. in advance.. bought 2 cards for Father in law... lives ion w. Virgina so I have to mail several days in advance - I am in fl..... one from hubby and I and a cute - grandpa card from my 5 yr old.... i have been bad about this in the past so I wanted to make sure they made it on time this year... had my son sign his name.. signed ours, stamped them and put them in the mail... so I thought anyways. got a note by email from mom-in -law a few days later that they got the card. didn't really think about it... about two week later was going thru old mail on the counter to separate junk from bills - hubby has to do bills and checkbook now as I can no longer do it.... anyways found a card addressed to him with stamps, was a bigger card and required more than 1 so I knew i screwed up. etc.... opened it and it was our dad card... nice card - mushy.. signed by my son... I guess I had my son sign the nice one and I signed the little crappy grandpa one and mailed that one... makes no sense whatsoever.... I asked my mom-in-law and she said they thought it was a little weird but didn't think anything of it as he is a grandpa too.... weird thing is his gift card was in the card I never sent... sheesh - not that he cared.. not a big deal it was just the fact that both cards were in front of me - one was significantly larger and nicer than the other and one had the gift card in it and I had the wrong one signed and didn't mail one altho I stamped it... ??? who knows.... yeah - I should be working for SSI.....I'd fit right in... maybe that is their problem.... shari Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Maybe they do hire applicants, I think the lady working on my case has mental issues. She is sooo wierd talking with her. She called me one day to "confirm" an appointment she had made for me with a psycologist. She said it was that day. In 45 min. She told me to get dressed and go. This was the first I had heard of it. My hubby left work and met me at the office. We ended up sitting there for over a half an hour and no Psycologist. She gave us the wrong phone number for the Psycologist and we couldn't get ahold of him. Randy called this lady back and she said she was mistaken, it wasn't for 10 more day later. I was and still am a basketcase working with this woman. She is very hard to talk to, like I have to speak slowly for her to understand anything. I honestly think I could do her job better then she could. halvey70@... wrote: Yep - I have been in the "system" for over a year... SS is very backed up according to my atty and it is taking them forever to get anywhere with the claims.... I have had 2 completely different docs tell them that I could not work... they have told me the same... not only can I not drive but I have no memory and am on medications that would make it impossible for me to work.... and they have still denied me... 2 times. I am at the "hearing level now" and my atty said it will be over a year before we get a date.... the system is crazy now - completely crazy. I should have hired the atty a year before but we did not have the money - still don't really.... I was an engineer before the implants - had a very good career making very good money... now they are sending me letter saying that they think I could maybe be a receptionist part-time.... a job I had at 17... they look in your history and pull anything out that looks remotely good and say it.... I can not even handle out personal finances now.. I am so forgetful my hubby had to take them over as I was making sooo many mistakes... I doubt I could even be a receptionist.... I screw up phone calls and call routing... they are nutty at the govt they come up w/ weird crap to deny you...my doc will tell them what he said on his reports and they will say to me that he said that he was treating me w/ meds for that condition so I was ok..... hmmmm - where do they get from doctor saying she can not work - I have her on all these meds trying to help her with blah blah blah so she can not drive or operate equipment to + oh - she is being treated for these conditions w/ meds so you are fine...doc think it is nutty as well maybe they would like me to work for them for a while? see just how incapable I am? sheesh - I am lucky to get out of bed some days anymore. sorry to rant - it is just sooooo aggravating and frustrating to be in this position and have no $$$ not be able to drive or work - medical bills piling up - now epilepsy to boot... have a family to try to care for and have them telling me that.... urghhhhhhhh shari Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 I'm afraid I'd be tempted to ask her if she ever had breast implants! Rogene Lamse <wannabe_proverbs31@...> wrote: Maybe they do hire applicants, I think the lady working on my case has mental issues. She is sooo wierd talking with her. She called me one day to "confirm" an appointment she had made for me with a psycologist. She said it was that day. In 45 min. She told me to get dressed and go. This was the first I had heard of it. My hubby left work and met me at the office. We ended up sitting there for over a half an hour and no Psycologist. She gave us the wrong phone number for the Psycologist and we couldn't get ahold of him. Randy called this lady back and she said she was mistaken, it wasn't for 10 more day later. I was and still am a basketcase working with this woman. She is very hard to talk to, like I have to speak slowly for her to understand anything. I honestly think I could do her job better then she could. halvey70aol wrote: Yep - I have been in the "system" for over a year... SS is very backed up according to my atty and it is taking them forever to get anywhere with the claims.... I have had 2 completely different docs tell them that I could not work... they have told me the same... not only can I not drive but I have no memory and am on medications that would make it impossible for me to work.... and they have still denied me... 2 times. I am at the "hearing level now" and my atty said it will be over a year before we get a date.... the system is crazy now - completely crazy. I should have hired the atty a year before but we did not have the money - still don't really.... I was an engineer before the implants - had a very good career making very good money... now they are sending me letter saying that they think I could maybe be a receptionist part-time.... a job I had at 17... they look in your history and pull anything out that looks remotely good and say it.... I can not even handle out personal finances now.. I am so forgetful my hubby had to take them over as I was making sooo many mistakes... I doubt I could even be a receptionist.... I screw up phone calls and call routing... they are nutty at the govt they come up w/ weird crap to deny you...my doc will tell them what he said on his reports and they will say to me that he said that he was treating me w/ meds for that condition so I was ok..... hmmmm - where do they get from doctor saying she can not work - I have her on all these meds trying to help her with blah blah blah so she can not drive or operate equipment to + oh - she is being treated for these conditions w/ meds so you are fine...doc think it is nutty as well maybe they would like me to work for them for a while? see just how incapable I am? sheesh - I am lucky to get out of bed some days anymore. sorry to rant - it is just sooooo aggravating and frustrating to be in this position and have no $$$ not be able to drive or work - medical bills piling up - now epilepsy to boot... have a family to try to care for and have them telling me that.... urghhhhhhhh shari Talk is cheap. Use Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1¢/min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 26, 2006 Report Share Posted July 26, 2006 Terri . . . Your ex must be quite a man! . . . So many men run away when their partners get sick . . . A man who invites an a sick ex-wife to come back so he can take care of her is a keeper! . . . Please give him a hug for us! Rogene Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Shari, Maybe we could all get a job thereTerri P Hawaiihalvey70@... wrote: Actually - sounds exactly like something I would do if I worked there.... since the epilepsy seizures and anti-seizure meds, me memory is 20 times worse than usual - they warned me of this w/ the meds.... I am a wreck.. i tell someone something - the next day tell them the same story... can't remember telling them at all.. them a few days later remember telling them twice.. really weird. for Fathers day.. in advance.. bought 2 cards for Father in law... lives ion w. Virgina so I have to mail several days in advance - I am in fl..... one from hubby and I and a cute - grandpa card from my 5 yr old.... i have been bad about this in the past so I wanted to make sure they made it on time this year... had my son sign his name.. signed ours, stamped them and put them in the mail... so I thought anyways. got a note by email from mom-in -law a few days later that they got the card. didn't really think about it... about two week later was going thru old mail on the counter to separate junk from bills - hubby has to do bills and checkbook now as I can no longer do it.... anyways found a card addressed to him with stamps, was a bigger card and required more than 1 so I knew i screwed up. etc.... opened it and it was our dad card... nice card - mushy.. signed by my son... I guess I had my son sign the nice one and I signed the little crappy grandpa one and mailed that one... makes no sense whatsoever.... I asked my mom-in-law and she said they thought it was a little weird but didn't think anything of it as he is a grandpa too.... weird thing is his gift card was in the card I never sent... sheesh - not that he cared.. not a big deal it was just the fact that both cards were in front of me - one was significantly larger and nicer than the other and one had the gift card in it and I had the wrong one signed and didn't mail one altho I stamped it... ??? who knows.... yeah - I should be working for SSI.....I'd fit right in... maybe that is their problem.... shari See the all-new, redesigned .com. Check it out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Terri . .. I'm really happy for you! . . . Having support like that is priceless! . . . Give him another hug for us . . . . Please? Rogene Peake <peaketeresa@...> wrote: Rogene, He is wonderful. Sometimes I am so caught up in this sickness that I don't show him enogh. I told him lastnight after reading Shari's post about maybe losing everything. And I told him , Where would I be right now ? Probaabaly on the street or dead I f he hadn't saved me. You know he works very hard and when he comes home if he sees me doing to much around the house he says,"Mom go rest" I take 2 naps a day most days. He never has an attitude about it. He is a very sweet man. Terri P HawaiiRogene S <saxony01 > wrote: Terri . . . Your ex must be quite a man! . . . So many men run away when their partners get sick . . . A man who invites an a sick ex-wife to come back so he can take care of her is a keeper! . . . Please give him a hug for us! Rogene Do you ?Get on board. You're invited to try the new Beta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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