ali had an appointment with her dr. yesterday.
he won't let her return to her job, due to the long hours for her position.
(45 hours minimum) and the physical lifting that her employer would require.
Mary,
While Ali's x isn't a jw...my x, Ali's father is. He hasn't been much help through all of this...although I think he tries... they don't have much of a relationship. He has remarried a woman younger than Ali. She is sweet...and I feel so sorry for her... but that's another story.
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ali had an appointment with her dr. yesterday.
he won't let her return to her job, due to the long hours for her position.
(45 hours minimum) and the physical lifting that her employer would require.
Her x was never a jw. He is a piece of work. Cheated on her, held a gun in her mouth...drug addict...could never hold a job....bipolar...you name it. It took her 7 years to divorce him, because he managed to avoid being served with divorce papers, and moved around so much, they could never catch up with him. He kept threatening to take the kids, and continually called DSS on her for imagined offenses...using the system to harrass her. They finally saw through his lies. In fact, she was approved as a foster mother. She can't do that now, though. Three kids are enough to take care of in her present condition.
She did not bail him out. He is much better off where he can't harm or threaten her...or the kids.
Coffee
ali had an appointment with her dr. yesterday.
he won't let her return to her job, due to the long hours for her position.
(45 hours minimum) and the physical lifting that her employer would require.
Ali had an appointment with her dr. yesterday. He won't let her return to her job, due to the long hours for her position. (45 hours minimum) and the physical lifting that her employer would require. So she is going on permanent disability, which he assures her she will get. She is conflicted about it, but knows she can't perform her former duties.
My last update, included her battle with an infection, following surgery to reattach her pacemaker and defibrilatory leads, and to reposition her device, which had flipped, due to violent coughing from a bad case of bronchitis. What the dr. didn't tell her at the time was that the infection was MRSA. Apparently, she has beat that as well. He didn't want to tell her at the time, since that could have thrown her into a panic, and she has severe heart failure to begin with... She is very grateful that she didn't know. I love her cardiologist.
Her ejection franction is up to 37...from 8 at the time of diagnosis. He never thought it would get that far! I keep telling her that she needs to write a book. All of this medical stuff is just another challenge in the incredible story of her life. As an example, her x husband is now in prison for beating up his girlfriend. When he was arrested, he used his one phone call to call Ali... to ask her to bail him out. Seriously? Through everything, she is raising 3 extraordinary children.
She has another appointment next week, at which time she will discuss stem cell therapy with him. Onward and upward!
Coffee
this is baffling me...someone suggested a day or so ago that outlaw is female?
and what about bandontherun ?
is that a lady too?.
100% woman
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my daughter may need this.
since she has heart failure, she may not be able to go back to work, because her dr. has placed her on a 5 lb lifting restriction.
her company has held her job open for her since the end of november, but will not agree this restriction.. she has applied for disability, but since her dr would allow her to work at all (dispite strict restrictions) she has been told that they will not likely approve her.... so she is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Ali has severe heart failure. She has a pacemaker and defibrilator. About a month ago her leads became dislodged due to bronchitis and the constant deep coughing. It also flipped the pacemaker, so all of that needed surgery to repair. She contracted a staph infection in her incision, and has finally beat that.
Her ejection fraction was 8 when she was diagnosed just before Thanksgiving 2010. It has improved with the device and medication. She is undergoing tests in about a week to see how far it has come, and if she can go back to work. He had cleared her to return to work with the restriction before her bout with bronchitis. So it's kind of like starting over...
Her cardiologist had limited lifting, because her job required her to help unload trucks from time to time, as well as other duties that required lifting. In her condition, that is no longer possible... 1. because she could dislodge the leads from the pacemaker again, and 2. because it would put further strain on her heart. Her employer has kept her position open for her, but will not agree to limiting her lifting.
More good suggestion! We'll look into all of them!
Coffee
my daughter may need this.
since she has heart failure, she may not be able to go back to work, because her dr. has placed her on a 5 lb lifting restriction.
her company has held her job open for her since the end of november, but will not agree this restriction.. she has applied for disability, but since her dr would allow her to work at all (dispite strict restrictions) she has been told that they will not likely approve her.... so she is caught between a rock and a hard place.
Thanks, everyone.
She held various management positions for Walgreens for over 10 years... She always loved to write...so that might be a good suggestion, Talesin.
Coffee
my daughter may need this.
since she has heart failure, she may not be able to go back to work, because her dr. has placed her on a 5 lb lifting restriction.
her company has held her job open for her since the end of november, but will not agree this restriction.. she has applied for disability, but since her dr would allow her to work at all (dispite strict restrictions) she has been told that they will not likely approve her.... so she is caught between a rock and a hard place.
My daughter may need this. Since she has heart failure, she may not be able to go back to work, because her dr. has placed her on a 5 lb lifting restriction. Her company has held her job open for her since the end of November, but will not agree this restriction.
She has applied for disability, but since her dr would allow her to work at all (dispite strict restrictions) she has been told that they will not likely approve her...
So she is caught between a rock and a hard place. She would like to return to her job, but realizes it is probably not going to happen.
Any ideas? Are there any legitimate online or work at home jobs>
Coffee
my job is to call on and consult with architects.
i've been doing this for almost 10 years, and have come to know some of them fairly well.
a few of them are also artists.
My job is to call on and consult with Architects. I've been doing this for almost 10 years, and have come to know some of them fairly well. A few of them are also artists. I thought I'd share some of their work. Here are a couple of websites.
http://www.johnmcconnellartist.com/Bio.html
http://strekalovskyart.com/about
Enjoy!
Coffee who loves to paint as well, but doesn't have the time.... but plans to some day....
there are many new posters here, and i'm very interested to learn why you chose your screen names.. .
one book i read, the mists of avalon, was very important to me.
among the main characters was merlin, who in the book, was called "taliesen".
I love coffee...and I drink it black.
Coffee
it was kind of a sad realization i had the other day that as a witness you are conditioned to not have friends.
i realize that most of this fact is related to my own stupidity and arrogance.
when i was in my teenage years i had a great group of friends that i ran around with.
I was raised in as well. I had great parents though... I didn't always realize it at the time. My parents organized parties for me, and when we went on vacation, I always brought a friend with me. Lots of sleepovers... which was good, because I was an only child. In off time at assemblies, my mom would take my friends and me to see the local sites... like in Plymouth, MA, we visited the Mayflower, Plymouth rock and the Museum... Wherever we were, she would find something of interest for us to see. My parents really tried hard to make sure I had opportunities for friendships.
I got to go to both my jr. and sr. proms, but not the regular dances. I participated in high school clubs, and newspapers, and performed in the class play. I had weekend art classes. I couldn't hang out or date worldly kids (though I snuck out a few times on dates....and was scared to death the whole time that I would get caught) They never found out, though. And I got to go to college.
My best friend came into my life when I was 6 years old... and my mom conducted a study with her mom. We are both out now, and are best friends still. We are both 59...so that's a long time. My bf is an xjw as well. Most of my other jw friends are still in and shun me completely. No big loss...they weren't true friends to begin with. I had kids in the cong who wanted to be my friend because my dad was a prominent elder, and their parents wanted to get close to him. Once I saw through it, it didn't work thought...
My parents had friends, but not the type of friends you could confide in... my parents had eachother for that. They were very unusual jws.
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