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odds and ends, this and that


lmctrouble

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The stinkleys and I are ready for winter to be over!!! Playing "let the cats out, let the cats in, let the cats out, let the cats in" is becoming a tiresome game - especially when I see a furry head in the window two minutes after I get back to my chair and get comfortable.

 

The job search is slow - it seems like everybody wants somebody with a bachelor's degree and five years of experience even for just a general office job.

 

Therapy is going well - my OT says she can see improvement in my arm (nothing in the hand though). We've been working on carrying a bag on my left arm but it's hard to concentrate on relaxing my leg and trying to walk normally while also concentrating on keeping my elbow bent and raised so the bag doesn't fall off - the first day we tried it they told me I was walking like a drunk cuz I was wobbling all over the place :0). That led to a discussion with the PT about possibly getting a brace to help with the walking part so at my next therapy session they had someone come out that specializes in custom made AFO's to watch me walk and discuss some possibilities. They did a mold of my leg that day and it should be ready for fitting in the next week or so.

 

I had applied for disability online in the fall of last year and received a questionnaire to fill out because they wanted more information (that was just before Christmas) so I was trying to check online to see what the status was but I kept getting an error message so I called only to find out that they had no record of me even applying so I went online and applied again. That was actually kind of good because this time I filled out the remarks section with things I've been experiencing since going back to work full time. Things like an almost constant headache from looking at a computer screen all day, the constant ringing in my ears that I've had for years and it seems like has been worse since the stroke, the fact that walking for any distance at all wears me out and the fatigue that some days makes getting out of bed, taking a shower and brushing my teeth seem like a herculean task.

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Seems as if things are going too slow for yo right now.  I hope there are signs of Spring soon, in your world and in your heart. Maybe that will lift your spirits too.

 

Sue.

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Keep on pushing for your disability, they turn everyone down at frist. I got

turned down twice, a friend asked me what i was going to do?d got my I went and got an attorney plus got my genral doctor involved. That did it.

Let us know how thing are going?

 

Yvonne

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Gotta love our government!! Last week they told me they couldn't see where I had even applied for disability so I went online and applied again. Today I received their denial from when I applied last fall. No wonder nothing gets done in Washington - nobody knows what's going on!!!

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