i hope i don't go bankrupt before i get a real fair
look at my case. if i actually do get a fair look. you
all of all people know how hard it is to get past what
people can obviouly see and get to what they can't
see. i guess having to sell my coins to get more cash
into the mix just got to me. that was never part of my
plans this early, but, you do what you have to do. and
this is not really like a big cash infusion, my
collection has always been modest with putting the
kids in a good school taking precedece over many other
things.
thanks for understanding.
--- Kathleen Salkin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Ken, please don't worry, I didn't take any of it
> personally. I know
> you've been having a tough time. I just had to give
> you some
> ammunition for your side. ;)
>
> Hang in there, mate. We're on your side.
>
> Kat
>
> On 13 Apr 2006, at 21:39, ken barber wrote:
>
> you know, i love all you guys on this list.
> sometimes
> you snap at the people you care about because you
> can't bite the people you'd like to just punch out.
> i
> let my frustration spill over into our discussions
> and
> our relationship. i am not really frustrated and
> angry
> with you guys, i am frustrated and angry with the
> bureaucrates at the dept of labor. just like most of
> you i was born a person with a disability. we all
> know
> that. but the cp was not a total disability with me,
> i
> still had enough of ability to go to work. in 1973
> cp
> was not total disability, in 1983 it was not total
> disability, in 1993 it was not. in 2003 my doctor
> told
> me i had repetitive stress injuries and had
> permanantly injured my tendons and ligaments in both
> arms and hands and had pulled a disk out in my neck.
> it is herniated. he took me off the job. i have seen
> 7
> doctors 5 of which daid i had work injuries that had
> taken what the cp had left. 1 doctors opinion was so
> far out that even dol had to drop his out of the
> picture. they had 1 doctor that runs a headache
> clinic
> that saids i just had cp. 2 physical medicine
> specialist 2 normal practice neuros and one neuro
> that
> is part of a motion disorder clinic at emory
> university hospital all said i was injured on the
> job.
> one said i was not. all six said i am now totally
> disabled and even the quack said i was totally
> disabled. the dol hacks goes with the one. 15 months
> ago they put me on minimun benifits which is about
> 1200 less than i should be getting. what i get is
> fully taxable so it amounts to about 1500 in
> spendable
> money. when i finally got a hearing the woman that
> came was more interested in getting finished than in
> getting the facts and my lawyer,judy and me all are
> pessimistic that she is going to really give us a
> fair
> look at my case. we think that only if G-D in heaven
> acts will we win this round. my lawyer says that if
> i
> have to appeal to the next 2 levels, it may be 3
> more
> years before i can get a final board hearing. i
> can't
> afford to live here and can't afford to leave. ben
> is
> in community collage and becouse of the hope
> scholarship here in georgia has no real cost. judy
> needs to stay here one more year to have a small
> pension built up with the georgia teachers
> retirement
> system even though she will not draw it until she is
> 62. we are slowly eating away at our savings just
> trying to last it out here. there is not enough to
> last 3 more years. this week i spent over a 1000
> dollars on ben and judys cars.
> then today i packed up some of the best coins in
> my
> collection to ship to dallas to be auctioned off.
> it has all just been grating on me. i am fustrated
> with the bureaucrats for the absurdity that they
> admit
> that cp is not a progressive condition, but, fail to
> see the logic that if cp did not progress and i
> worked
> 30 years with co then something additional (a job
> injury) had to be the difference if i can now not
> work.
> i am frustrated and quite angry with them, but,
> then
> i snapped at you guys. i am really sorry about that.
> i
> can only hope you see where it came from by reading
> all of this.
>
>
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