Hello,
here's what I did today!
February 2012,
the state of New Hampshire kicks off dentists with a heart program here
in NH.
I called towards the end of January to see if I could make an appointment.
The pleasant voice on the phone told me to callback the the beginning of February.
the list was not made yet.
I called February 1st and was told the list was full now. but there were some walk-in clinics.
two, to be precise. none in my local area.
I called the various dentist's office's to see what time the clinics would be open.
I was told February 4th from 8-4. I then asked what time does the crowd show up?
the pleasant voice on the other end of the line told me people got there as early as 5:30 AM!
5:30 AM! hey I am disabled, and I can't get out out of bed that early. I then began to explain
to the receptionist Sue, that I was in a wheelchair and been to situations like this.
I explained people were mean and rude, they will cut you off and jump line, like old women at a bargain table
at Filene's! Just to get "Theirs" regardless of who they were hurting
I told her the wheelchair is usually the last person they bring in the building.
that said
I never get to take advantage of anyone's generosity. Sue, then told me SHE should be there eight a.m.
and would see that would not happen.
the day of that this with a heart program, I awoke at 4 AM. it took me till 5:30 to get out of the house.
I then drove over an hour to North Hampton. I arrived at the dentist's office at 6:35am and to my surprise
there were five people already there. I called over to one person and asked if he could help me with my wheelchair.
he told me it's too cold stay in the car. 20 minutes past and more people came, I called over to another person.
I asked, "could you help me with my wheelchair". that person also said it was too cold, and to stay in the car.
but, he said he would come get me as soon as the doors opened.
with*am rolled around, and just ask she said, SUE was there. I introduced myself and told her
I made it on time!
by that time there was over 20 people in line. just as SUE said, she opened the doors at 8 AM. the crowd piled in.
Finally, someone did come outside to assist me with the wheelchair. Remember I was there 5th because I woke at 4am and drove over an hour
to be sure I was seen.
the rear of the building is where the wheelchair ramp was located. Eventually it was opened and
the gentleman helped me from up the ramp into the building. everyone had clipboards in the hands. the receptionist
asked if I needed a clipboard. she handed me a C/B with a form to fill out. shortly thereafter she came out with another clipboard
and handed it to a group of new arrivals approximately 8:30 AM. When she turned around she took my clipboard and passed me the other clipboard. That clipboard was the sign-in sheet. (I got it at 830am)
I waited in the waiting room patiently, and hour rolled by, and after an hour and several paople in and out
the gentleman who was first in line asked,
"how come he had not been seen yet", HE was first? the receptionist explained, there were three dentists, and one
dental hygienist. (he still should have been first). 20 minutes later he was seen into the office. 10am
two hours have passed, and I wanted to see how my dog was in the car. I asked if somebody could help me out of the building.
a woman said she would help. As we worked our way thru the narrow hallways with the wheelchair, I asked where I was on the list.
I was told there were 8 more people before me on the list I was on.
everybody that was before me was seen and left! a half a dozen others that came after me, were seen and leaving!.
and she tells me I won't be seen till after 12. In fact, "Come back after lunch!"
I've been up since 4 AM and my pain medication was wearing off and I was told I would hafta wait another
two more hours before being seen?
Sue told me this would not happen, this woman's telling me there is nothing she can do about it.
I had no choice but to drive over an hour home for more medication. I laid down to rest my back for a few minutes,
and pasted out for 2 1/2 hours. I was exhausted!
what happened? did the receptionist walk into the room, and just hand the clipboard to whoever she felt like?
did she even think to ask, "OK, who was here first?" She should be fired, or at the very least reprimanded.
what about the guy that was they before me (at 6:30 AM?) And what of all those people that showed up at 8:30 AM,
Who Where handed the clipboard as they walked in the door? while I'm still being pushed into the building?
needless to say, I am very hurt by this experience.
She at the very least should have apologized to me, and seen if I could had been seen sooner.
Not, "There's nothing I can do about it" BS(A very few places actually see a wheelchair person before the crowd....not in the last four years though)
I have a filling that fell out, The pain is unbearable and I cannot afford to see a dentist.
I'd like to say I didn't expect this to happen. I called to be sure it wouldn't.
I was told "It wouldn't" but it did...again.
It's happened before, it will happen again.
dentists with a heart,? how about, receptionist with no brain.!
a few people were very hurt by by her actions today, but the sneaky ones were pleased.
do you think they didn't know they were jumping the line?
do you think for a moment they thought these people here before me?
sure they did,
the old man, the two elderly women, and the man in the wheelchair
were at the end of the list.
Thank you Doctors that volunteer your time.
Shame on you receptionist that could have done a better job
if you cared.
Now, who cares?
what can I do about this injustice that happens to so many every day?
a feeling of helplessness. soon to be replaced by a feeling of hopelessness
if history follows thru as it has with other disabled persons.
nobody starts out hopeless
(could be the abscess talking)
Saturday, February 4, 2012
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Justice or Just us ?
what do they mean by Justice? I am involved with a tenant landlord dispute. the landlord has hired a lawyer and the lawyer has manipulated the system, for lack of a better word, to help the landlord evict a tenant. the tenant a 75-year-old woman has no law degree. So this is very easy for the lawyer. I just want to get up in court and scream. I am sure if I am witnessing this one injustice, that they has to be countless others.
I am absolutely sick to death with what I witness going on in this country. Then forced to think, it must be happening in other countries also. so what do we do?
I sometimes wonder what I see an elderly angry person why they are so angry. Now as I get older I am getting angrier also. It is small wonder why so many are depressed, on drugs, alcoholics or suicidal. I am not that far yet. But I am so young.
I am absolutely sick to death with what I witness going on in this country. Then forced to think, it must be happening in other countries also. so what do we do?
I sometimes wonder what I see an elderly angry person why they are so angry. Now as I get older I am getting angrier also. It is small wonder why so many are depressed, on drugs, alcoholics or suicidal. I am not that far yet. But I am so young.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Beggerman, Theif?
Dog info
Ifound alink for an ultra sound clinic
but it has it's hoops and rings to jump thru
but still.
let be thankful
for the ultra sound clinic info.
I have not heard back from them yet.
I found a vet
that will help me financially with possibly treating Tisha's CHF,
but he says all he needs is one x-ray
to see her heart
how big it is, and the shadow around it.
the draining,
as long as I know is not going to save her life,
and understand she could go into shock and die.
maybe even sooner if she is a candidate for fluid drainage.
if that is better than to see her trying to catch hr breath all day
and coughing, he will help her and not hurt her.
and charge me all I can afford
so, my question is can you do one x-ray for me please?
how much would that cost me please.?
I am sorry to have to keep bothering you about MY problems.
I have a simple life and my dog is the most important thing in my life
how sad is that? She is with me all day, everyday
right by my wheelchair, she comforts me and makes me have to get out of bed
to feed her and take her outside.
I don't know what will happen when she is gone.
Ed W
now I can't even have, non-luxuries. I really believed workmens comp when they told me I would be afforded anything I could not do directly due to, or because of, my disablity. I also was told I would receive a settlement once I was ,
"Medically cleared". That was continuously postponed every time I asked about it.
Hey, can I work over time this week? I really could use the money. I was always better at earning money than I ever was at begging.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Disregard this correspondence since it has nothing to do with anything you are obligated to help me with.
Ifound alink for an ultra sound clinic
but it has it's hoops and rings to jump thru
but still.
let be thankful
for the ultra sound clinic info.
I have not heard back from them yet.
I found a vet
that will help me financially with possibly treating Tisha's CHF,
but he says all he needs is one x-ray
to see her heart
how big it is, and the shadow around it.
the draining,
as long as I know is not going to save her life,
and understand she could go into shock and die.
maybe even sooner if she is a candidate for fluid drainage.
if that is better than to see her trying to catch hr breath all day
and coughing, he will help her and not hurt her.
and charge me all I can afford
so, my question is can you do one x-ray for me please?
how much would that cost me please.?
I am sorry to have to keep bothering you about MY problems.
I have a simple life and my dog is the most important thing in my life
how sad is that? She is with me all day, everyday
right by my wheelchair, she comforts me and makes me have to get out of bed
to feed her and take her outside.
I don't know what will happen when she is gone.
Ed W
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Bill and Jill, I spend all day trying to find a clinic or affordable care for myself and my dog. More doors are shut than even opened a crack. THIS is what happens when you cannot go to work anymore. My Teeth, my Pets, my family all suffer...not just me.In the past I would just work over time or get a second job for anything I needed, even for luxuries I WANTED in the past. and there was nothing I couldn't have if I wanted it.now I can't even have, non-luxuries. I really believed workmens comp when they told me I would be afforded anything I could not do directly due to, or because of, my disablity. I also was told I would receive a settlement once I was ,
"Medically cleared". That was continuously postponed every time I asked about it.
Hey, can I work over time this week? I really could use the money. I was always better at earning money than I ever was at begging.
CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: Disregard this correspondence since it has nothing to do with anything you are obligated to help me with.
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
To kill or let die
Hello.
I have a sick dog.
A 13 yr old Schiperkke named T*****.
She is absolutly the love of my life. She is also a service dog.
Now she is at terminal end stage CHF, chronic Heart Failure. Her abdomin is round and hard. Bloated. There is no cure for the condition, anyone whos seen this knows how heartbreaking it can be.
Now, at her age. some say,"Let her die" Or "Put her to sleep, $75+.
CHF is often a long painful death. So I call all local Vet's. They want me to schedule an appointment, $50+, Then they want to examine her, $50+. After that, X-rays, $150+, Bloodwork $50+. all to say either: "She has a tumor and there's little we can do", because of her age...and "we could opperate, but she may not make it thru" $2k+.
BUT if there's no tumor, and it's CHF (Which is OBVIOS) I mean they are professionals and see this stuff everey day, correct? CHF, Untreatble. But w/medication we can slow her death down....for another $50 extra. And maybe we can drian her. $100+ because we will need to do it in stages,,,and it's not healthy to do..but it can relieve some of the pressure on her heart and lungs, meaning she could breath a little easier.
So, I go the $50 for the examine and get the pills for CHF, They will not hurt her if she has a tumor. But she is getting bad, worse, can hardly breath. They're not helping.
I call all the vets again and explain, begging that they please release some fluid from her abdomin. I have $118 to my name I will give them. Guess what??...Read above, all over again. THEN, and only then, will they consider "Draining".
So, I tell them, I am going to stick a pen in her side and let out what fliud I can. They all get upset and rightous, saying,"It could kill her".
What is wrong with this picture?
Is it I am not giving them $100's for diagnosis, x-rays, and pills for a TERMINAL illness? OR, is it the risk she might die, without them getting $75 to euthanize her?
OR, do they actually care about the dogs health and well being?
I have a sick dog.
A 13 yr old Schiperkke named T*****.
She is absolutly the love of my life. She is also a service dog.
Now she is at terminal end stage CHF, chronic Heart Failure. Her abdomin is round and hard. Bloated. There is no cure for the condition, anyone whos seen this knows how heartbreaking it can be.
Now, at her age. some say,"Let her die" Or "Put her to sleep, $75+.
CHF is often a long painful death. So I call all local Vet's. They want me to schedule an appointment, $50+, Then they want to examine her, $50+. After that, X-rays, $150+, Bloodwork $50+. all to say either: "She has a tumor and there's little we can do", because of her age...and "we could opperate, but she may not make it thru" $2k+.
BUT if there's no tumor, and it's CHF (Which is OBVIOS) I mean they are professionals and see this stuff everey day, correct? CHF, Untreatble. But w/medication we can slow her death down....for another $50 extra. And maybe we can drian her. $100+ because we will need to do it in stages,,,and it's not healthy to do..but it can relieve some of the pressure on her heart and lungs, meaning she could breath a little easier.
So, I go the $50 for the examine and get the pills for CHF, They will not hurt her if she has a tumor. But she is getting bad, worse, can hardly breath. They're not helping.
I call all the vets again and explain, begging that they please release some fluid from her abdomin. I have $118 to my name I will give them. Guess what??...Read above, all over again. THEN, and only then, will they consider "Draining".
So, I tell them, I am going to stick a pen in her side and let out what fliud I can. They all get upset and rightous, saying,"It could kill her".
What is wrong with this picture?
Is it I am not giving them $100's for diagnosis, x-rays, and pills for a TERMINAL illness? OR, is it the risk she might die, without them getting $75 to euthanize her?
OR, do they actually care about the dogs health and well being?
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Laptops and crap like that
OK, so you paid $500
for that piece of eletrical equiptment last year, sure it was state of the art, ya, it was a great deal. But this year they make a better, bigger, faster one... and guess what? It's cheaper. So, why? do you think you can sell yours for more than half of what you paid? Sheet, for a few more dollars anyone can buy a better one than you have right now... NEW,
So people, let's get with it,. Hold on to it even longer, and it will be worth even less.
are you listening all you Craigs Listers??
Post your poop on craigslist realistically.
Or not...I wonder how many items form the countless hundreds of thousands do not ever sell? good question.
for that piece of eletrical equiptment last year, sure it was state of the art, ya, it was a great deal. But this year they make a better, bigger, faster one... and guess what? It's cheaper. So, why? do you think you can sell yours for more than half of what you paid? Sheet, for a few more dollars anyone can buy a better one than you have right now... NEW,
So people, let's get with it,. Hold on to it even longer, and it will be worth even less.
are you listening all you Craigs Listers??
Post your poop on craigslist realistically.
Or not...I wonder how many items form the countless hundreds of thousands do not ever sell? good question.
Durable Medical Equiptment
Hello
Ya, you guessed it, not a very good night. I thought I would take this time to write you about my disappointment with the order from Conlins. They sent a RoHo cover...exactly what I asked not to get. Second time too. It cost $100, gee's. I could had bought two for that price, but what stinks, besides it being what I asked NOT TO ORDER, is it's plastic, Nice for sweat ass, and promoted tissue break down. Top it off, it's the wrong size.
The gloves they sent, for $50. are the worse I ever seen. In fact I think they sell them at Walmart for $12, and I wouldn't buy or use those.
The tires are crappy, but it is what they sell. at least they will work, for a while.
and the reacher is the cheap one that they give you at rehab. it's disposable, probably the cheapest they make. they break that quick. Yes there are better models. I have one here that is three or more years old and works the best... but it's long. I asked for a 24" since it was the shortest that would fit my wheelchair, (So I could bring it with me) I got a 26". No good, I can add it to the pile of shitty ones I have now from various hospital & rehab stays.
So, needless to say, I am very unhappy. VERY... to the tune of $167. Not including the tires etc.
Total: $340.70. IF, I was given that much money to buy the products I wanted to order. I could have saved the company $250 easy.
I could had bought EVERYTHING I WANTED/NEEDED for the overcharge, alone.
Tires at $40 a piece. (not including tubes) what are they? Car tires?, cause last time I checked they LISTED for $18 each, from the manufacturer, but I could had bought them for $12.
WTF???
so how long before I can try and get stuff I can actually use, again? Six months? more? because half this shit is no good, don't fit or will be broken long before that?
Thanks. Damn pain is not letting up, and no, I haven't filled the meds Dr H? wrote yet.
sorry. will do it as soon as possible. I REALLY need a vehicle.
If I weren't disabled I could drive any cheap car because I could get out on the side of the road and fixed it, OR walked home.
So, I need a safe dependable, HANDICAP equipped van for a wheelchair bound person.
Is that too ridiculous to ask?
You want ridiculous, call Conlins.
I CAN get a van for about $5-6 k.... that Ride-A-Way would be happy to sell for $20k.
But hey, when your disabled, you are taken full advantage of, because nobody is on your side.
It's all about the money.
screw the crippled.
Ed Ward
Ya, you guessed it, not a very good night. I thought I would take this time to write you about my disappointment with the order from Conlins. They sent a RoHo cover...exactly what I asked not to get. Second time too. It cost $100, gee's. I could had bought two for that price, but what stinks, besides it being what I asked NOT TO ORDER, is it's plastic, Nice for sweat ass, and promoted tissue break down. Top it off, it's the wrong size.
The gloves they sent, for $50. are the worse I ever seen. In fact I think they sell them at Walmart for $12, and I wouldn't buy or use those.
The tires are crappy, but it is what they sell. at least they will work, for a while.
and the reacher is the cheap one that they give you at rehab. it's disposable, probably the cheapest they make. they break that quick. Yes there are better models. I have one here that is three or more years old and works the best... but it's long. I asked for a 24" since it was the shortest that would fit my wheelchair, (So I could bring it with me) I got a 26". No good, I can add it to the pile of shitty ones I have now from various hospital & rehab stays.
So, needless to say, I am very unhappy. VERY... to the tune of $167. Not including the tires etc.
Total: $340.70. IF, I was given that much money to buy the products I wanted to order. I could have saved the company $250 easy.
I could had bought EVERYTHING I WANTED/NEEDED for the overcharge, alone.
Tires at $40 a piece. (not including tubes) what are they? Car tires?, cause last time I checked they LISTED for $18 each, from the manufacturer, but I could had bought them for $12.
WTF???
so how long before I can try and get stuff I can actually use, again? Six months? more? because half this shit is no good, don't fit or will be broken long before that?
Thanks. Damn pain is not letting up, and no, I haven't filled the meds Dr H? wrote yet.
sorry. will do it as soon as possible. I REALLY need a vehicle.
If I weren't disabled I could drive any cheap car because I could get out on the side of the road and fixed it, OR walked home.
So, I need a safe dependable, HANDICAP equipped van for a wheelchair bound person.
Is that too ridiculous to ask?
You want ridiculous, call Conlins.
I CAN get a van for about $5-6 k.... that Ride-A-Way would be happy to sell for $20k.
But hey, when your disabled, you are taken full advantage of, because nobody is on your side.
It's all about the money.
screw the crippled.
Ed Ward
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More deeper cuts
We're screwed. There is no easy fix. and all the big money special interest groups run this country.
The are getting richer, and the poor? we can not even afford to fight for our rights.
to do that costs money.
I was caught in a car crusher at work and had both legs amputated from the hips down.
No fault of my own.
as a consequence, since they had better (Expensive) Lawyers.
I now live on 60% of my then starting wage!
While my cost of living in a wheelchair disabled, has more than tripled!
All this time I see perfectly able bodied persons collecting from the Government a bounty of services...and they still work, under the table.
and some can even collect from other agencies.
there are too many Lawyers scamming the Gov out of money
Money that truly disabled people cannot get access to.
I sit in line watching FAT people buy Shrimp with food stamps!
I am so unable to get out on my own, I seldom can even make it to the food pantry...where I sit again and watch FAT people with Mass. plates filling their shopping cart with food intended to feed NH's poor...if they can even get a ride there.
I can't always, and often, I cannot leave my bed... let alone the trailer I am now forced to reside in.
I have to fight for every crumb I get and, and now I hear cuts to this and cuts to that?
I did contact the DRC. They are there to Help the rich. The poor have no voice.
You can't take, or even cut enough from poor people, to fix this economy.
Hey, it's all great. Till it's YOU'RE family.
and hey, we all get old.
welcome to NH.
The are getting richer, and the poor? we can not even afford to fight for our rights.
to do that costs money.
I was caught in a car crusher at work and had both legs amputated from the hips down.
No fault of my own.
as a consequence, since they had better (Expensive) Lawyers.
I now live on 60% of my then starting wage!
While my cost of living in a wheelchair disabled, has more than tripled!
All this time I see perfectly able bodied persons collecting from the Government a bounty of services...and they still work, under the table.
and some can even collect from other agencies.
there are too many Lawyers scamming the Gov out of money
Money that truly disabled people cannot get access to.
I sit in line watching FAT people buy Shrimp with food stamps!
I am so unable to get out on my own, I seldom can even make it to the food pantry...where I sit again and watch FAT people with Mass. plates filling their shopping cart with food intended to feed NH's poor...if they can even get a ride there.
I can't always, and often, I cannot leave my bed... let alone the trailer I am now forced to reside in.
I have to fight for every crumb I get and, and now I hear cuts to this and cuts to that?
I did contact the DRC. They are there to Help the rich. The poor have no voice.
You can't take, or even cut enough from poor people, to fix this economy.
Hey, it's all great. Till it's YOU'RE family.
and hey, we all get old.
welcome to NH.
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