if course, ken.  hugs! And i'd be fighting mad at the things you have had
to put up with. it's understandable how frustrated you are.

hugs, my friend
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> [Original Message]
> From: ken barber <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: 4/13/2006 6:39:25 PM
> Subject: i really am sorry guys (unfortunatly long)
>
> 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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