Guest guest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 I don't have any savings so I really have to watch out for the donut hole. If I didn't have Bob I wouldn't be able to get around in the winter. He takes me where I need to go. He is waiting for me to get off from here and go to Spokane. No one had ever called me BJ but go ahead. I have thought of using that for a signature before. Gotta go. BJ Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 BJ...thanks for the ok to use BJ. It is shorter to type that's for sure. Take care. MamaSher; 70, IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 BJ...thanks for the ok to use BJ. It is shorter to type that's for sure. Take care. MamaSher; 70, IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 10, 2009 Report Share Posted March 10, 2009 BJ...thanks for the ok to use BJ. It is shorter to type that's for sure. Take care. MamaSher; 70, IPF 3-06, OR. NasturtiumsDon't fret about tomorrow, God is already there! Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 You are welcome. BJ Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 My income is just above the poverty level. That means that I am not eligible for anything other that what I am eligible for simply because I am old. I get Medicare and a prescription drug plan. I have to pay for both plus another insurance plan that pays most of what they don't on the medicine. What they don't pay on the prescription plan is a lot and that is all mine to pay for. I have decided to be happy with what I have. They are letting me get meals on wheels for awhile because I was way below the poverty level last year and I don't drive in the winter. think that is ridiculous. I thought that anyone 65 or older could get the meals if they paid for them. I am partly getting it because I have a gas stove and my oxygen provider said that I shouldn't be cooking on it. The meals aren't very good. I wish that I felt more like cooking but I just eat quick prepared foods if I have to cook for myself. I guess I must have confused a few people with my lack of knowledge. Thank God I am an old lady who knows how to use the internet. Beverley Joy, 70, IPF, 1-09, Idaho Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 11, 2009 Report Share Posted March 11, 2009 My income is just above the poverty level. That means that I am not eligible for anything other that what I am eligible for simply because I am old. I get Medicare and a prescription drug plan. I have to pay for both plus another insurance plan that pays most of what they don't on the medicine. What they don't pay on the prescription plan is a lot and that is all mine to pay for. I have decided to be happy with what I have. They are letting me get meals on wheels for awhile because I was way below the poverty level last year and I don't drive in the winter. think that is ridiculous. I thought that anyone 65 or older could get the meals if they paid for them. I am partly getting it because I have a gas stove and my oxygen provider said that I shouldn't be cooking on it. The meals aren't very good. I wish that I felt more like cooking but I just eat quick prepared foods if I have to cook for myself. I guess I must have confused a few people with my lack of knowledge. Thank God I am an old lady who knows how to use the internet. Beverley Joy, 70, IPF, 1-09, Idaho Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Beverly Joy, your oxygen provider is very right when stating that you shouldn't be using gas with oxygen in the house. It is very dangerous and a huge explosion could result, even from the pilot light. In one of my elderly housing projects, which in this case has both hot water and heat provided with propane, I removed the hot water heater and replaced it with electric. The propane heat was discontined and replaced with electric. I did this because the new tenant was on oxygen 24/7 and I could not sleep at night knowing the possibility of a catastrophe. If there is any possible way for you to discontinue the use of gas, please do so, if not for yourself, do it for me so I can sleep. You are not an "old lady" at 70. You are a lady who just happens to have 70 years of experience and wisdom. As I have so widely advertised, I am a man who just happens to have 80 years of experience and jokes. No wisdom here. In reality, I don't feel any differently than I did at 70, or 60, or 50, except that I am no longer embarrassed when I make an ass of myself. And no body dares to contradict me. Jack79/IPF - UIP/dx06/05 Maine To: Breathe-Support Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:51:35 PMSubject: Re: BJ My income is just above the poverty level. That means that I am not eligible for anything other that what I am eligible for simply because I am old. I get Medicare and a prescription drug plan. I have to pay for both plus another insurance plan that pays most of what they don't on the medicine. What they don't pay on the prescription plan is a lot and that is all mine to pay for. I have decided to be happy with what I have. They are letting me get meals on wheels for awhile because I was way below the poverty level last year and I don't drive in the winter. think that is ridiculous. I thought that anyone 65 or older could get the meals if they paid for them. I am partly getting it because I have a gas stove and my oxygen provider said that I shouldn't be cooking on it.. The meals aren't very good. I wish that I felt more like cooking but I just eat quick prepared foods if I have to cook for myself. I guess I must have confused a few people with my lack of knowledge. Thank God I am an old lady who knows how to use the internet. Beverley Joy, 70, IPF, 1-09, Idaho Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 12, 2009 Report Share Posted March 12, 2009 Beverly Joy, your oxygen provider is very right when stating that you shouldn't be using gas with oxygen in the house. It is very dangerous and a huge explosion could result, even from the pilot light. In one of my elderly housing projects, which in this case has both hot water and heat provided with propane, I removed the hot water heater and replaced it with electric. The propane heat was discontined and replaced with electric. I did this because the new tenant was on oxygen 24/7 and I could not sleep at night knowing the possibility of a catastrophe. If there is any possible way for you to discontinue the use of gas, please do so, if not for yourself, do it for me so I can sleep. You are not an "old lady" at 70. You are a lady who just happens to have 70 years of experience and wisdom. As I have so widely advertised, I am a man who just happens to have 80 years of experience and jokes. No wisdom here. In reality, I don't feel any differently than I did at 70, or 60, or 50, except that I am no longer embarrassed when I make an ass of myself. And no body dares to contradict me. Jack79/IPF - UIP/dx06/05 Maine To: Breathe-Support Sent: Wednesday, March 11, 2009 10:51:35 PMSubject: Re: BJ My income is just above the poverty level. That means that I am not eligible for anything other that what I am eligible for simply because I am old. I get Medicare and a prescription drug plan. I have to pay for both plus another insurance plan that pays most of what they don't on the medicine. What they don't pay on the prescription plan is a lot and that is all mine to pay for. I have decided to be happy with what I have. They are letting me get meals on wheels for awhile because I was way below the poverty level last year and I don't drive in the winter. think that is ridiculous. I thought that anyone 65 or older could get the meals if they paid for them. I am partly getting it because I have a gas stove and my oxygen provider said that I shouldn't be cooking on it.. The meals aren't very good. I wish that I felt more like cooking but I just eat quick prepared foods if I have to cook for myself. I guess I must have confused a few people with my lack of knowledge. Thank God I am an old lady who knows how to use the internet. Beverley Joy, 70, IPF, 1-09, Idaho Re: Social Security disability> >> To: Breathe-Support@ yahoogroups. com> >> Date: Friday, March 6, 2009, 7:31 PM> >>> >> I understand the process to receive the _disability_ status> >> can be a lengthy one. For all of you who have attained this> >> status (based on restriction in your lungs) have you had to> >> meet with Social Security staff each year on the anniversary> >> to renew your status. I would think that once they made> >> their medical decision based on your lungs having> >> dropped below an acceptable level, they know your lungs are> >> not apt to turn around and improve but being a government> >> agency, I find I can't assume anything. What have been your> >> experiences?> >> > >> Mike> >>> >>> >>> >> ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >>> >>> >> No virus found in this incoming message.> >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > >> Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >>> >> > >> > > > ------------ --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------> >> >> > No virus found in this incoming message.> > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.8/1987 - Release Date: 03/06/09 07:20:00> >> >> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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