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Posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
The letter said that 'the service might not be able to provide the treatment that is reccomended in your assessment'.
Thats it.
If they don't fund it I am going to seek legal advice. I think a payout is likely. Might be able to find a lawyer who will take the case on the basis of taking a substantial ammount of the (fairly likely) payout.
First: Community Mental Health
Second: ACC
The doctor who discharged me right before I 'jumped' of an overbridge and was rendered borderline disabled (after being told I would never be able to walk again without crutches) can rot in hell for all I care.
That f*cker.
F*ck this
F*ck them
I am sick of this sh*t
I can spend the proceeds on the treatment of my choice
(if I can find someone willing to see me after hearing of my suing past clinicians)
f*ck this
have had enough.
Posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 21:15:44
In reply to Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
Posted by just so sad on March 2, 2005, at 21:37:13
In reply to Re: Of course I'm not really going to... (nm), posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 21:15:44
Posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 21:37:19
In reply to Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
I am sorry.
I shouldn't post that kind of stuff.
Posted by just so sad on March 2, 2005, at 21:41:49
In reply to Re: Just ignore me please, posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 21:37:19
that's why we're all here - for each other - strong when someone else is feeling weak, comforted by the strength of others when we are feeling weak...
Posted by Toph on March 2, 2005, at 21:50:51
In reply to Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
Do you have anything resembling the Social Security Disability benefits that we have here, alex?
Toph
Posted by Dinah on March 2, 2005, at 21:53:47
In reply to Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
Justified anger, Alexandra. Hold onto that anger. Don't give in to despair.
The good news is that the assessment came back recommending treatment? Appropriate treatment in your opinion? That means that one practitioner listened and understood. If one does, others could as well.
If you think suing the people who are denying you recommended care will work, by all means seek legal advice. In our country, it is so common for the government to deny disability benefits that it is practically an expected part of the process that then goes into the legal arena and an SSDI attorney.
Do any of the private therapists in your area do pro bono, or sliding scale work?
Posted by Damos on March 2, 2005, at 22:51:59
In reply to Re: Just ignore me please, posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 21:37:19
> I am sorry.
Don't be, not ever okay.
> I shouldn't post that kind of stuff.
Oh, yes you bloody well should, in 50 point font bold and underlined with all the !#$@$%@$'s you need. You just can't keep that sort of stuff bottled up inside kiddo it only makes it all worse in the long run.
You do whatever you feel you need to do (preferably not Medhed's 1 or 6 solution though) as much as you might feel like it :-) You have every right and then some to feel incredibly angry and let down so let yourself feel it, focus it and get the advice you need to decide your next steps, and then do whatever it is you need to do for you. Bureaucracies aren't sentient beings and need to be made to understand the impact they've had on your life.
Anything I can do to help just shout.
(((((alexandra_k)))))
Posted by anastasia56 on March 2, 2005, at 23:14:58
In reply to Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 2, 2005, at 20:43:25
that sucks. if they can't provide you with what you need, do they have an alternate plan?
((((alex)))))
Posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 0:43:13
In reply to Re: Anger and desperation... » alexandra_k, posted by Dinah on March 2, 2005, at 21:53:47
No. I am sorry. I just go round and round with this. Sharing my frustration, and not a lot else...
But I have done it now...
So, to answer your questions:>Social Security Disability benefits
Not sure what that is. Typcially there is ACC. Accident and something or other (no doubt beginning with 'C') Compensation. Work related injuries get an ACC payout (to save people suing their employers). Employers and employees pay a levy to ACC and ACC requires the workplace to be of a certain standard etc. Non work related injuries also typically fall under ACC. If I had been drunk off my face and had decided to walk along the guard rail and had fallen - then ACC would have convered me. But apparantly I 'jumped' which is an intentional action and thus the incident does not count as an 'accident' and thus I get nothing. Well. They covered hospitalisation (surgery and physio) and that is all.
> Justified anger, Alexandra. Hold onto that anger. Don't give in to despair.
No. I need to lose the anger too... It is eating me up.
> The good news is that the assessment came back recommending treatment? Appropriate treatment in your opinion? That means that one practitioner listened and understood. If one does, others could as well.I haven't even seen the assessment yet. They wrote me the letter before they even heard what she was going to reccomend. They say they understand 'but there is nothing we can do'.
> If you think suing the people who are denying you recommended care will work, by all means seek legal advice. In our country, it is so common for the government to deny disability benefits that it is practically an expected part of the process that then goes into the legal arena and an SSDI attorney.Not done terribly often over here. People take them on occasionally. Sometimes get fairly substantial payouts. It is definately the exception rather than the norm.
> Do any of the private therapists in your area do pro bono, or sliding scale work?I don't know. I doubt it. I don't know how to find out aside from making an appointment to see them and billing that to community mental health (I am really very tempted). But I figure they would probably refuse to pay and then the debt collectors will come after me again...
>that sucks. if they can't provide you with what you need, do they have an alternate plan?
Yeah, they do nothing. Go 'sorry, but there is nothing we can do'. They have been doing that for a while now. It isnt' really anything new.
Sorry.
I am going to go to bed now...
Posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 1:00:25
In reply to Re: Anger and desperation..., posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 0:43:13
I am sorry that I started this.
Please nobody respond anymore - ok???
I will just start over tomorrow...
And this will archive in due course...Or continue talking about happy things or something...
Posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 1:03:30
In reply to Re: I really will be ok., posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 1:00:25
1. No car alarms for the past two nights :-)
I am settling in ok. Am happy with where I am living.2. My internet access.
3. You guys :-)
4. Nice weather
5. Coffee ((((PC)))) hon I am sorry...
Posted by Susan47 on March 3, 2005, at 10:19:48
In reply to I can't do 10 but I'll try tor a 5..., posted by alexandra_k on March 3, 2005, at 1:03:30
Yes I'm going to grab my coffee and make love to it right now.
Alex, I'm so glad there were no car alarms.
Wouldn't it be great if you could manage to eventually sleep through them? Is that possible? I think I've learned to train myself not to hear the men who rummage through our recyclables early every morning. I feel sorry when people have to do that, but it's an unbelievable nuisance when you're sleeping and it's every morning, five am, in the summer they come all night long, I just want to yell at them. But I don't, I try to stay calm and tell myself to sleep through the next one.
Coffee time.
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