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1964dodge

1964dodge

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Nettie said:
Had a tough yr. mum got sepsis last jan & my dickhead brother moved back from the states & stopped everyone seeing her. She now has dementia & I haven’t seen her since March as my brother has taken over everything.
I’ve been having falls & fell top to bottom backwards down our stairs breaking 2 ribs & fracturing 3 vertebrae in my spine. I spent 2 wks in hospital. I was falling 4 to 5 times a day. Then there were major hostilities from my kids & they moved out. In oct my hubby had a stroke & when I was leaving the hospital I fell down 7 concrete stairs. A man helped me up but when he’d gone I realised he’d taken £500 from my purse that a friend had collected for a friends baby’s headstone.
It’s just my hubby & I 24/7 & it’s so hard.& I’m so lonely Physically he’s ok but cognitively & memory wise he’s not good. It’s like having an aggressive toddler in the house.
I’ve reached the point that I’ve had enough & am making plans, but I need it to be permanent & I don’t know the most efficient way to go about it. I’m totally lost!
There’s nothing anyone can do either but thanks for listening!
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Metamorphik

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#102,824
1964dodge said:
i'm sorry that has happened to you. is there anything they can do to help you live with this?

mike....*hug*console*shake
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Thanks. All providers do is tell me to become rich and see a specialist. Since I’m unable to work and don’t have any hope for insurance (and in Tennessee, it’s one hundred percent impossible to get disability without having kids) I’ve put in a referral to a charity based program to see a neurologist, but that is likely to take six months or longer if they even take it. Hopefully I’m wrong but it seems I’ll either be incapacitated or dead by then. If those are the only two possible outcomes, I’ll make sure it’s the latter.
 
1964dodge

1964dodge

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Metamorphik said:
Thanks. All providers do is tell me to become rich and see a specialist. Since I’m unable to work and don’t have any hope for insurance (and in Tennessee, it’s one hundred percent impossible to get disability without having kids) I’ve put in a referral to a charity based program to see a neurologist, but that is likely to take six months or longer if they even take it. Hopefully I’m wrong but it seems I’ll either be incapacitated or dead by then. If those are the only two possible outcomes, I’ll make sure it’s the latter.
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i'm not sure if you have thought about social security. even if you aren't eligible for ssdi you should be eligible for ssi. i'm not sure if it's the same now but i couldn't get medicare until 2 years past my filing date. this may not help now but it will later as i'm sure you will need help long term. most important thing is file soon because the clock starts on your filing date

mike....*hug*shake
 
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Metamorphik

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#102,827
1964dodge said:
i'm not sure if you have thought about social security. even if you aren't eligible for ssdi you should be eligible for ssi. i'm not sure if it's the same now but i couldn't get medicare until 2 years past my filing date. this may not help now but it will later as i'm sure you will need help long term. most important thing is file soon because the clock starts on your filing date

mike....*hug*shake
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Thanks, but where I live is backwater hell on earth. Next to impossible to get SSI if you actually need it. Not exaggerating, I’ve seen an old lady with terminal cancer get kicked off of it because her kids were grown up.
 
Aurelia

Aurelia

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I ate and drank wine with my family tonight as we awaited midnight. My mother made a wonderful meal, as she always does. I had four people who care about me surrounding me today, quite the change from spending my days in my room by myself all day. Of course, no one is forcing me to do that, but I'm not sure how to bond with my family on a regular day. None of us really spend a whole lot of time together, but it'll definitely make for a good memory. In the midst of my depression, I don't always notice the blessings that I already have, but tonight we all did. And I thank God for that. I wasn't alone. Also, this wine is kicking my ass right now. Sleep time. 🥂😴
 
AvidFan

AvidFan

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#102,836
Tired. Started 2024 with worst night of insomnia for a while. Just the ticket to start getting ready to look at work things again! Went to bed, had a dream for about 20 minutes so was up at 4am and then went off again for another short while with another dream, but by 7am it was clear the balm for hurt minds was not going to be applied in this 24 hour slice of destiny. Maybe tonight, the sleep of exhaustion, as tomorrow I must call the dentist to get a slot to look at my filling that's come out over Christmas. Not really slept well since Christmas Day but last night was a bit of an insomnia peak 😒
 
1964dodge

1964dodge

Has a monkey as a friend
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#102,840
AvidFan said:
Tired. Started 2024 with worst night of insomnia for a while. Just the ticket to start getting ready to look at work things again! Went to bed, had a dream for about 20 minutes so was up at 4am and then went off again for another short while with another dream, but by 7am it was clear the balm for hurt minds was not going to be applied in this 24 hour slice of destiny. Maybe tonight, the sleep of exhaustion, as tomorrow I must call the dentist to get a slot to look at my filling that's come out over Christmas. Not really slept well since Christmas Day but last night was a bit of an insomnia peak 😒
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