04 Monday Feb 2019
Posted in Cancer, Leukemia, Photography, Retirement
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Three out of ten people who file for disability actually recieve disability the first attempt. Unfortunatly, I was not one of those three. Oh well. I knew I would be denied. I had a feeling. I’ve already sent my paperwork in to an attorney and even he said it could take 18 to 24 months to get a hearing. I’m not in a hurry. Just taking every day one day at a time.
23 Wednesday Jan 2019
Posted in Disability, Photography
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Yes, I’ve filed for disability. Let me tell you, so far, it’s been one hell of a ride. First of all, they tell you to go online, print out the paperwork, fill it out and send it in. I did that, and while I was getting the information,(doctor’s notes, procedures, diagnosis’) I found out that you can also fill all the paperwork online then submit it once you have it completed. Of course, I had most of the information filled out before I knew I could do it online. Once I completed the paperwork online, I hit the submit button and off it went.
Several weeks go by and I get a phone call stating that they had received the paperwork and they, in turn, had sent it to the appropriate people. I thought I had already done that. Oh well.
Another week or so goes by and I get a letter in the mail telling me that I’ve got to go see one of their doctors. I was expecting this. I had to send the letter back to them stating that I was to keep the appointment. The week before the appointment I got another reminder about the appointment.
The doctor was a psychiatrist. I had to see him because of the memory issues I guess. He asked a lot of questions regarding my health, my daily routine and of course, my memory. After about thirty minutes or so he was done. Now the waiting continues. Oh I know this could take years before I hear anything and it will probably end up being denied. I understand that. Of course, I willl apeal it.
Life goes on.
10 Thursday Jan 2019
Posted in Cancer, Family, Leukemia, Pets, Photography, Retirement
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Bird, Cancer, Chores, Dentist, Feeder, health, Photography, Retirement, Ulcers
It’s been since September since I’ve posted anything so I figured I’d do a little update on what’s been going on. First of all, I went to the dentist today and had some work done and I had to take a prescription pain pill to take care of the pain that I was in. So, if this doesn’t make sense, that’s why. As stated in my last post, I’ve retired. I can’t begin to tell you how happy I am about that. I get updates from one of my co-workers every once in a while and let me tell you when I get off the phone with him, it makes me so happy to think that I no longer work at that place. The management at that place has taken a turn for the worse and it seems that I left just at the right time. The stress that I felt while I was there is no more. That within itself is worth retiring over.
So, what is my plan since retiring? I’ve got several irons in the fire, none of which requires getting up and going to a regular job. I was blessed with an excellent pension and my 401k didn’t look bad at all either. I made an appointment before retiring with a financial planner and he told me that I had nothing to worry about. In fact, I got a little raise since retiring so I think we’re going to do just fine.
On most occasions, I get up with my wife when she gets up to get ready to go to work. I usually sit and talk with her while she’s eating breakfast. After she leaves, I usually take a shower and go to the garage and work on some woodworking projects. I take care of the laundry and try to have dinner cooking when my wife gets home from work.
Other things such as setting up my camera so that it can take pictures of the bird feeder have been another little project that I’ve been working on. It’s the simple things in life that make it interesting. My cats and I enjoy watching the birds in the morning while we’re sitting in the kitchen spending time with the wife while she’s eating breakfast.
On another note and this will be the last of this update for now. My cancer numbers are starting to look pretty good but on the other side of that coin, my iron levels have started to plummet. I’ve had to do two iron transfusions and had to have a colonoscopy and an endoscopy to find out where I’m bleeding out. Ulcers, I’ve got two bleeding ulcers. Another pill to add to my pharmacy list.
Thanks for taking the time to read and I’ll post again soon.
