What is pissing you off this time? - Page 102

footfootfoot · 06-06-2017, 07:45 PM

Probably Lyme. They took some blood, gave me some doxy.

Probably also have to see a northopedist about knee tendon weirdness. Fibular Collateral Ligament is all messed up on needle drugs or something.

At some point I have to write a rant about how the pharmacy I've been using is dead to me, but I have to get ready to chaperone a school field trip w/ the mm in the a.m. (i.e. sleep)

glatt · 06-06-2017, 08:12 PM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

Probably Lyme.

That sucks. I'm glad you went though.

Fucking Lyme.

Griff · 06-07-2017, 06:24 AM

warm winters = tick population explosion

Good luck with the followup.

Snakeadelic · 06-07-2017, 06:44 AM

For the record, I cannot use poisons on ants or any other buggy invaders. The maintenance department would be very upset if I screwed up the lawn in any way, plus the neighbor whose kitchen was under siege is highly chemical-sensitive.

Had my first encounter with ticks a couple weekends ago. Turns out I have a serious squick-factor problem with any kind of parasitic arthropod--I must've gone through my hair with a literal fine-toothed comb four times before I was convinced every little twitch and tickle wasn't a bug in my hair (shudder). No sign of hitchhikers, thank God. All the rocks from that trip either went thru the dishwasher or are still soaking in soapy water, and I quarantined my clothes in the washer while showering, then washed everything on Extra Rinse in the hopes of drowning the little jerks.

Snakeadelic · 06-07-2017, 06:52 AM

Now here's my thread-compliant post for the day:

FUCKING SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGING THINGS WITHOUT NOTICE SUCKS BALLS, YOU GUYS.

We were informed yesterday that:

1. My sweetie has to decide whether or not to retain payee services (the reason our rent's been paid on time EVERY month since October 2007). The mental health center has been handling payee duties, but they're hemorrhaging money right now and so the Council on Aging is taking over.

If my sweetie retains payee services, they'll charge him the same, cut his monthly spending by half, force him to get a $49 check to his bank to cash EVERY WEEK because no, they don't do direct deposit, and they'll probably audit him. The thought of an audit makes him queasy at best.

If he doesn't, he has to suddenly come up with the emotional and mental resources (right in the middle of a massive medication switch-out) to handle all his own finances again. I can't be his payee and we don't know anyone who's qualified to be a private payee in this state.

2. Regardless of his choice, the way we pay our rent has just been declared illegal. It's been this way since May 2008, when I was put on disability--his payee issued the rent check in the full amount and was legally bound to make sure it was paid as close to the 1st of the month as possible, and I would pay him back half of that because SSI requires me to pay half the rent and utilities anywhere I live.

So this is now illegal, me paying him back, regardless of payee status (I've never had one), we think. It was a huge info-dump on our unprepared brains. We don't know if the new management team is allowed to have 2 people bringing in half-rent checks every damn month. If not, my sweetie may have to go without a payee so that a single check can still be issued every month, if we can find a way to be sure that doesn't cost me my health insurance while Medicaid is still viable.

I read every single terrifying thing Social Security sends me. I haven't gotten a letter from them since the beginning of the year when I always get a "this is now your per-month amount" letter. A little warning on "your rent payment plan is now illegal and can get you thrown off SSI for life" might have been nice!!!

Gravdigr · 06-07-2017, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakeadelic

FUCKING SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGING THINGS WITHOUT NOTICE SUCKS BALLS, YOU GUYS.

We were informed yesterday

The information you received yesterday was notice.

classicman · 06-13-2017, 04:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Snakeadelic

Now here's my thread-compliant post for the day:

FUCKING SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGING THINGS WITHOUT NOTICE SUCKS BALLS, YOU GUYS.

Yes, that does. I'm dealing with it as well.

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force him to get a $49 check to his bank to cash EVERY WEEK because no, they don't do direct deposit, and they'll probably audit him.

They are ONLY allowing my son to do Direct Deposit. There must be some miscommunication on your end. Also, if they aren't already, they have little to no interest in auditing you...or him.

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SSI requires me to pay half the rent and utilities anywhere I live.

Not true either, not even close to true.
https://www.ssa.gov/ssi/spotlights/s...rangements.htm

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I read every single terrifying thing Social Security sends me. I haven't gotten a letter from them since the beginning of the year when I always get a "this is now your per-month amount" letter. A little warning on "your rent payment plan is now illegal and can get you thrown off SSI for life" might have been nice!!!

I think you may be mistaken here as well.

monster · 06-07-2017, 09:15 PM

Would you have been happier if you had received a letter two weeks ago saying "we're going to make some big changes, we'll tell you more in two weeks"?

DanaC · 06-08-2017, 01:19 PM

Might have given a little more time to explore options.

monster · 06-08-2017, 08:57 PM

Not if you don't know what the changes are going to be.

footfootfoot · 06-09-2017, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Not if you don't know what the changes are going to be.

"We have this plan, and it's going to be really great. A lot of people have looked at it and said it was the best plan they'd ever seen. We've got really good people working on it and it's a great plan, with a lot of really great changes. We're very excited about it and we know you are going to love it."
--i s all you need to know about the changes.

Griff · 06-10-2017, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by footfootfoot

"We have this plan, and it's going to be really great. A lot of people have looked at it and said it was the best plan they'd ever seen. We've got really good people working on it and it's a great plan, with a lot of really great changes. We're very excited about it and we know you are going to love it."
--i s all you need to know about the changes.

This from someone who just offered to testify under oath.

DanaC · 06-09-2017, 03:45 PM

Or, just build in a period of time between notifying affected parties with the details of changes to their income and housing status and those changes taking effect.

If the details have only been settled days before changes take effect that's shoddy planning.

footfootfoot · 06-11-2017, 05:15 PM

So, not Lyme and no inflammation markers in my blood.

Still headaches, and joint pain. The energy level is fair to middling.

Emailed the doc about next step.

glatt · 06-11-2017, 08:51 PM

Well, that's good at least.

06-06-2017, 07:45 PM	#1
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Probably Lyme. They took some blood, gave me some doxy. Probably also have to see a northopedist about knee tendon weirdness. Fibular Collateral Ligament is all messed up on needle drugs or something. At some point I have to write a rant about how the pharmacy I've been using is dead to me, but I have to get ready to chaperone a school field trip w/ the mm in the a.m. (i.e. sleep) __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-07-2017, 06:24 AM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	warm winters = tick population explosion Good luck with the followup. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-07-2017, 06:52 AM	#5
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	Now here's my thread-compliant post for the day: FUCKING SOCIAL SECURITY CHANGING THINGS WITHOUT NOTICE SUCKS BALLS, YOU GUYS. We were informed yesterday that: 1. My sweetie has to decide whether or not to retain payee services (the reason our rent's been paid on time EVERY month since October 2007). The mental health center has been handling payee duties, but they're hemorrhaging money right now and so the Council on Aging is taking over. If my sweetie retains payee services, they'll charge him the same, cut his monthly spending by half, force him to get a $49 check to his bank to cash EVERY WEEK because no, they don't do direct deposit, and they'll probably audit him. The thought of an audit makes him queasy at best. If he doesn't, he has to suddenly come up with the emotional and mental resources (right in the middle of a massive medication switch-out) to handle all his own finances again. I can't be his payee and we don't know anyone who's qualified to be a private payee in this state. 2. Regardless of his choice, the way we pay our rent has just been declared illegal. It's been this way since May 2008, when I was put on disability--his payee issued the rent check in the full amount and was legally bound to make sure it was paid as close to the 1st of the month as possible, and I would pay him back half of that because SSI requires me to pay half the rent and utilities anywhere I live. So this is now illegal, me paying him back, regardless of payee status (I've never had one), we think. It was a huge info-dump on our unprepared brains. We don't know if the new management team is allowed to have 2 people bringing in half-rent checks every damn month. If not, my sweetie may have to go without a payee so that a single check can still be issued every month, if we can find a way to be sure that doesn't cost me my health insurance while Medicaid is still viable. I read every single terrifying thing Social Security sends me. I haven't gotten a letter from them since the beginning of the year when I always get a "this is now your per-month amount" letter. A little warning on "your rent payment plan is now illegal and can get you thrown off SSI for life" might have been nice!!! Last edited by Snakeadelic; 06-07-2017 at 07:14 AM. Reason: Stress makes me forget details.

06-07-2017, 09:15 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Would you have been happier if you had received a letter two weeks ago saying "we're going to make some big changes, we'll tell you more in two weeks"? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-08-2017, 08:57 PM	#10
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Not if you don't know what the changes are going to be. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

06-07-2017, 06:44 AM	#4
Snakeadelic Banned Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 660	For the record, I cannot use poisons on ants or any other buggy invaders. The maintenance department would be very upset if I screwed up the lawn in any way, plus the neighbor whose kitchen was under siege is highly chemical-sensitive. Had my first encounter with ticks a couple weekends ago. Turns out I have a serious squick-factor problem with any kind of parasitic arthropod--I must've gone through my hair with a literal fine-toothed comb four times before I was convinced every little twitch and tickle wasn't a bug in my hair (shudder). No sign of hitchhikers, thank God. All the rocks from that trip either went thru the dishwasher or are still soaking in soapy water, and I quarantined my clothes in the washer while showering, then washed everything on Extra Rinse in the hopes of drowning the little jerks.

06-11-2017, 05:15 PM	#14
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	So, not Lyme and no inflammation markers in my blood. Still headaches, and joint pain. The energy level is fair to middling. Emailed the doc about next step. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

06-11-2017, 08:51 PM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Well, that's good at least.

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