September 23, 2005

• Matt

  
  

  Matt had another seizure this past week.  I brought him home from work.  He took Imitrex for the headache and laid down on the couch to sleep.  I went to sleep in the recliner since I had a migraine.  This seizure was mild, compared to the ol' days before his brain surgery.  He wasn't "gone" for very long and the other actions were less.  Even his migraine afterwards was less.

  
  

  I asked him if all the tests and the surgery were worth it.  We had hoped for zero seizures after the surgery.  Matt told me that it was well worth what he has been through even to lessen the seizures and after affects.  Even with the lessening, life is hard.

  
  

  DHHR

  
  

  For awhile (about 6 moths), the DHHR gave Matt a medical card.  He had to go back every 3 months to get it reinstated.  But this last time, they denied him the card.  Why?  **settles down to give answer**  According to them, Matt must have over $2000/month in medical bills, not including prescriptions (he makes about 1/3 of that required bill).  Okay, so he makes $100/month more than his prescriptions, but the medical bills equal to $100/month.  He didn't make it on the medical bill part, but he's actually working a low paying job just so he can pay for prescriptions and the doctor bills.  And when the truth is told, his doctor bills will last the rest of his life (if he lives to 150+ he'll have them paid off). 

  
  

  Isn't that pretty stupid?  Matt must have 3x his salary in medical bills before the state will give him aid.  Come on!  What genius figured this out?  This is really ticking me off!  They would probably give him a medical card and more money if he got fired from his job because of his seizures, and that may happen someday.  He's doing his best to be a contributing part of society and this is how he's treated.

  
  

  This is just another example that the people making the rules are too far removed from the problems.

  
  

  Ladder 49

  
  

  I watched this movie with the family last night.  Though I don't think it was a great movie, it did have some insight on the characters of firefighters.  The worse part about this movie is the memories that it stirred.  For 20+ years, I was Captain of a Fire and Rescue Squad, and now I can't be.  I remember fires and rescues, all part of my past life, past because of an accident.  The things that were changed for me in a blink of the eye, and I still miss some of those things.  Maybe I only sadden myself with this thinking, but it's really hard not to remember and only wish to have things back as they were.  But that won't happen.  I don't deceive myself.  And I still survive.

  
  

  Blingo

  
  

  I saw the Blingo Search at another Xangan's site and decided to join.  If you do an occasional search, and if you would like a chance to win prizes, then do a Blingo search.  There's a catch, if you click the button below, and if you join Blingo, when you win a prize, I win the same prize if you joined from my button.  So, if you really don't like me, don't join under me, but go join it for the fun of it anyway!  Or click here.   Everything is explained at the site.

  
  

  Thesaurus-ize

  
  

  "Perspicacity is the moniker that the generality of the populace bestows upon their aberations."

  
  

  Un-thesaurus-ize

  
  

  22 September 2005:  "I am never afraid of what I know."  Anna Sewell 

  
  

  The FogWalker remembers....but tries not to at the time....

  
  

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