ON THE REALLY GOOD NEWS FRONT --- I HAVE A REAL, LEGITIMATE LLMD!!!!! YESSSSS!!!!
Thank God! After all these years, all that wasted time and wasted money and wasted treatments and being ignored or talked down to.
After all that I've lost physically, mentally, financially, relationship-wise.....
I CAN EVEN GET REAL, PROPER TREATMENT!!!
I can arrange a payment plan for the doc, meds $$$ I would have to figure out.
This is VERY GOOD news for me, as I am now losing my vision and my cognitive functions.
HOWEVER ----- ON THE REALLY NEGATIVE SIDE:
I may not have a car to get me there or my apartment! I am so far behind on rent and car payments that this may actually be for nothing!
And I'm only talking an amount like $3000 to catch me up, which last year at this time I COULD HAVE HAD.
Because my aunt lives with me (she has SSI), she doesn't qualify for anything more (so that she could help me out).
Social services has not been helpful since they tell me that I am not young enough, old enough, or have children to qualify for anything special.
One social worker had told me to "stop paying my car payments and keep the roof over my head!" so I did that for a few months and now I could lose the car.
Another social worker told me to "pay the car payments! at least you could have transportation to find another apartment!" and I tried that too so now I am a month and a half behind on rent.
I have no other relatives to go to. I tried 2 churches that could help me out with food and clothing (nothing to turn one's nose up at, of course!).
Why is there not a fund of some sorts for people like us to use when needed? It's awful to have to use living expenses money for medical care!
Mar
-------------------- The Bite: July 1995 Next 13 years: Treated for things I didn't have Symptom total: 45 1 faint Lyme IgM May 2000 5 More negative tests IGeneX says YES! 3/16/09 Finally feel human: 2012 Posts: 120 | From Plainsboro NJ | Registered: Feb 2007
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Geneal
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Have you tried applying for disability?
Sending you prayers of support.
Glad you finally have a LLMD.
Hugs,
Geneal
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