Long time no see friends

Hello Pink Grandma,

 I have been trying to catch up lately as I have been really slow these days at work. No drama between the love birds this week Thank God! I read you have talked with Shelly, Please let her know she is in my thoughts and prayers and Shelly if your reading this we miss you something terrible. I do know that you need time for yourself as I know it has been a difficult year for you so far. Bigg Huggs and Smooches!

 Wil has an apt. set for Thurs. and Fri. next week so please everyone whisper an extra prayer for him as I'm really concerened the prognosis isn't going to be good. I hate when I  have these intuitions but I'm scared that these 2 lesions they found last visit have grown and from what I understand could become cancerous. Anyway, Just wanted to say Hello to all on the forum and newbies you have come to a special place here as there is alot of caring people and a wealth of knowledge. Take care All! Thoughts and prayers are with you!

Huggs and Smooches!

Toni

Hi Toni,

 

My thoughts and prayers are with Wil.  Please keep us posted on how he/you and doing.

 

Hope~

Hi pinkgrandma,

I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while. I am doing OK. I have been having quite a bit of upper right quadrant pain, but as usual would rather not deal with it. My friend was at his wits end and called my son in New Mexico who threatened to call the police if I didn't go to the ER. Of coarse I knew that would be a waste of time but I finally went. I was right. Because I have no insurance they didn't do anything but charge me more money than I have. Although they did insist in doing a pregnancy test. Now keep in mind I am 44 years old, was on my period at the time and have not gotten pregnant in22 years because of a tubal I had done when I got Grqaves Disease. All of which I told them. But they insisted anyway so I told them that if it came back positive , they needed to call the Catholic church because my name is Mary and it would have to be the second immaculate conception. (Hey, I thought uit was funny at the time, but I don't think the doctor did.) Anyway all they ended up doing was putting me a ulcer medicine and telling me I needed to see a specialist and have another biopsy done.

OK enough of the petty party. I hope you are well, even when I don't write I still read the forum and keep everyone in my prayers.

pasey

Connie,
Thank you so much for the info. I guess today has been one of my down days. I hate coming across as having such a negative attitude. Actually I have been trying to look into things to help me. I went to the local welfare office and was turned down again. I was pretty sure I would be but I had to give it one more go. I found out that if I need to go to the ER that I will go to OU med center. I am told that they will not turn me away nor treat me like some kind of med seeker. They will really try to find out what is going on. One good thing came out of last weekend. My son has decided to move back here from New Mexico so that I will have someone here to call when needed. I hate that he is having to do this especially after losing his dad when he was only 13 and now I'm getting sicker and I can't tell him I will get better. I know I will have good days but this is not something that is going to go away. He just turned 20 yesterday and everyday I thank God for him I just wish I could make life a little easier for him. I still work part time at a local college and my boss is wonderful. So I have many things to be thankful for. Those are the things I need to concentrate on but some days it is harder than others. I will check in againtomorrow and again Thank you so much. Sometimes I forget that I am not alone.
Hugs and prayers
Pasey

Hi Everyone, I am sorry that I haven't been back in awhile. Everything seems like too much these days. Even just logging onto the computer. I just wanted you all to know that I am doing fine. My husband's condition is stable at the time. That should be comforting to me, but he doesn't seem stable to me. I just miss him so much. We are still waiting to hear on Social Security's decision. I am hoping that we hear something very soon. His hearing was in April.

You all are always in my thoughts and prayers. I will try to come back more often.

Hi Butterfly,
Good to hear from you! I'm so glad you are doing OK and hope that your husbands SSD comes through in April.

Take care Butterfly,
Carol

Hi, Butterfly!  Good to hear from you!  If you had your hearing in April, then you should hear something about 90 days from that date; i.e., "soon."  I surely wish you luck with that.  Congrats on the coming birth of your new grandbaby.

It's good that your son will be moving back to be near you, Pasey.  I know you will only call on him when you have to.  You do need to be open and honest with him, though.

Hugs,

Connie

I hobbled in and was reported as staggering. Everyone I passed kept saying I was late . I knew that. The judge informed me that someone had reported I had staggered in . I told him I had twisted my foot where it was broken before. He looked at it and said why isn't it in a cast. I tried to explain But he just kept cutting me off. I told him if he had read my excuse he would have known what my problems were. Including Meds. I take. He just said I never saw it. Well I just happened to have a copy in my purse , so I took it out and handed it to him. He looked at It, threw it back to me and said I can't read that Dr.s writing. So I said well I can tell you what it says. He just said this was an important case and we had to postpone it because you are intoxicated. I said who in their right mind would be drinking at 7:00am after taking a half dozen Meds. He just order them to put me in a holding cell. Till someone could pick me up. And I couldn't get my car keys back. and if someone didn't pick me up they would have to send me to jail. My husband was out of town. So was my son. And I could'nt remember his girlfriends number so she could get in touch with one of them somehow. So I sat in the cell then I finally remembered her number and called her. She was able to reach my son . There I sat in a cage for about 4 hours. They wouldn't let me have my purse, I needed my medications again and they told me ,they would have to talk to the judge. He said no I couldn't have any more drugs. I just sat , there not saying anything that may make matters worse. When my son arrived my feet were so swollen he had to loosten the straps and help me squeez into them. Then we had to walk all the way back to the parking lot buy then I thought I was going to explode. My son was so loving and helpful. Especially when I couldn't remember where I had parked the car. So he ran ahead and found it for me.
So much for jury duty. Hope they read my husbands excuse about being my only caregiver. june

So thats my jury duty story. They couldn't charge me with anything , only humilated me

June, I knew a woman who got out of jury duty by announcing that if they were arrested they were probably guilty so save the taxpayers money and just send him to jail cause she was going to find him guilty. I have never gotten called and I used to wonder if it was cause I wasnt a natural born american but I have been told that isnt true, so who knows. When they ask if the case will be a hardship you can speak up then and hope for the best.

Sue

Pink Grandma,
Please understand that my sons know I have Hep C. I just try not to let them know when I am not feeling well, because I don't want to worry them. They have their whol;e lives ahead of them and know there will come a day when I will have to rely on them more and I just want to put that off as long as possible. I just received and email from my family that my father is having a procidure done on July 9. They are doing a heart cath. on him. his doctor doesn't want to. He told Dad there was nothing left to do ( dad has had 8 bypasses, a pace maker and defibulator implanted, he has 1 kidney left and I can remember how many stints) but he says he is not going to go without trying. So my son is going to go with me because he doesn't want me going alone. I lost my mother at a very young age also my only brother. I am so thankful Nathan is going with because my sisters told me come prepared for the worst.
Anyway, I live in OKC. Oklahoma Medical Center is only 10 minutes away. Can you tell me who I ( or what department ) I could contact to find out if they have any programs I might qualify for. I make less than $700 a month so income should not be a problem. Thank so ALL so much for your caring and prayers and ideas and well.......just everything. It seems like when I am at my lowest and ready to just throw in the towel I seem to always come back and read some of the posts and it is amazing how you all seem to lift me back up from the depths I fall into. GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You will never know how much hope you all give me! Words just can't explain it!
Love and prayers,
Pasey

Pasey, at Mayo it's the Financial Services office.  A phone call to Information at the hospital should put you in touch with the right dept.  Be prepared to have copies of bank statements and income available, as well paperwork on any assets.  They will also want a photo ID (such as a driver's license or State I.D.), SS card, etc.  There will be a form to fill out and using that and the financial evidence you provide, they will decide whether or not you qualify for help from them.  I only get a little under $800 a month and they accepted me.

Hugs,

Connie

Pasey, I just posted to you under the thread "Pasey."

It does sound like it might be a good idea for you to go back on your antidepressants, and you certainly need your thyroid medicine.  If you are hypothyroid, you can get depression if you're not taking your Thyroxin (I assume that's what you're on.)

Glad to hear you are ready to be more proactive about your care!  I kind of pretended like I didn't have hep C, too--rarely thought about it--until the cancer diagnosis threw it in my face again!  LOL!  Sometimes bad news can be good news in disguise, as it got me to eat better, drink more water, etc.

Hugs,

Connie