Nerves & asking for help...

[Guest]

"We've been hurting one another & now the pain has cut too deep" __ Annie Lennox __ 'Walking On Broken Glass'


Life IS mostly good, but am I the only 1 nerve-wracked?

I'm contemplating whether or not to appeal the disability denial; need to receive more of my medical records & speak with a lawyer...ugh.

I have time for a road trip, but no $$. [Best road trip moments begin when you say "hello"...!]

A couple weeks ago, we had flooding rains 1 day; accumulating snow the next.

Bombing at the Boston Marathon; explosions in TX & OK.

A friend of 20+ years wrote me a scathing note about how bad of a friend/person I am.... Yet, someone I recently met, knowing my affinity towards older cars, suggested I start a niche business. I've contemplated that before (or some sort of road tripping or radio-related endeavor), but not sure ... so many ideas & possibilities with not enough starting $$.



My future looks bleak, but sometimes determination (or something else...) kicks in. But, I need help:

I'm still job-hunting; need 1 with health insurance for obvious reasons. COBRA runs out in ~2 months.

Do you need help social media managing, organizing, reviewing, or researching ... something to get me out of the house a bit? We could barter....

Anyone interested in getting together? Maybe lunch, dinner or both. Maybe with cars, but definitely good company & conversation.

Someone to detail my 1979 Caprice Classic. I need to find energy to detail my 1989 Caprice Classic myself, since I haven't even washed it yet! [The '79 & '81 MCs were detailed with a friend's help last year & probably will not be out in 2013, in an attempt to TRY to keep them.]

& ... something that will NOT take YOUR $$ ... if on facebook, "like" my page, OLD CARS, STRONG HEARTS ... please.
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[OldManEmu]

Cort
I hope things turn around for you soon.

I'm contemplating whether or not to appeal the disability denial; need to receive more of my medical records & speak with a lawyer...ugh.

I think you may need to call that lawyer before the COBRA runs out in a couple of months.
Hopefully with the 165k jobs created in April in the US and the unemployment rate falling to 7.5% things may start looking better on the employment front.

A friend of 20+ years wrote me a scathing note about how bad of a friend/person I am....

This person may not have been as good of friend as you had thought.
Better to focus on people that are your real friends.

 

[Duffey]

I'd contact a lawyer about the disability, Cort. Ross always suggested getting one, and I'm sure he was right. As I said before, we'll be up your way in about 45 days. I'm planning our travel so we can meet up in Rochelle, or somewhere else good for you, for a bit. Looking forward to it.

 

[Gail in Ca]

I had heard that getting disability is tough. My accountant suggested I try after my 3rd OHS, as he said of all his clients, I have been thru the most, and they have qualified. I don't know, maybe they are police or fire, who seem able to get a positive response from disability.
I haven't tried, although I often think I should. How sick does one have to be now? Why are they in the deny mode? My daughter is so sick with ulcerative colitis and has just been fighting 2 serious bacteria's, but I doubt she would get disability, either. It doesn't seem very fair.
I hope good things for you, and that you find a job with benefits. My own husband was off for 15 mos, and we paid for COBRA, what a nightmare and a quick way to go thru one's savings. Keep looking up!

 

[kimcdougc]

I will pray for you. Keep your chin up.

 

[Guest]

I hope things turn around for you soon.

Thank you.

Hopefully with the 165k jobs created in April in the US and the unemployment rate falling to 7.5% things may start looking better on the employment front.

Trouble is ... that 7.5% is NOT an accurate rating.

And, I agree about focusing on the real friends. Doesn't make it sting any less, though.

As I said before, we'll be up your way in about 45 days. I'm planning our travel so we can meet up in Rochelle, or somewhere else good for you, for a bit. Looking forward to it.

Looking forward to it, too, Mary! Keep me posted, please!

How sick does one have to be now? Why are they in the deny mode? My daughter is so sick with ulcerative colitis and has just been fighting 2 serious bacteria's, but I doubt she would get disability, either. It doesn't seem very fair.

Nope, it doesn't.

I'm on my 15 month of unemployment. If I don't get a job within the next few weeks, since most companies have a 90-day waiting period for benefits to kick in, I'll be screwed ... big time. Talk about scary & frustrating & downright maddening.

Trying to keep my chin up is too difficult these days; I'm just done.......


BUT ... I am looking to disability. Once the records of my 11/11/2011 open heart surgery arrive, I'll combine them with the records of my previous 3 open heart surgeries & go see a lawyer. Ugh.......



Cort | 39.m.IL | pigValve + paceMaker + cowValve | 2 MCs + '79 & '89 Caprice Classics
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