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Archive for June, 2009

Light at the end of the tunnel!

I got a call from someone at the hospital that does the insurance stuff. She told me I have a $178,000 lien on my name now. I told her about the social worker who gave me the name of the shysters I can’t get rid of. 
It’s apparently very very veryveryveryveryvery wrong to give a patient [...]

Returning to Almost-Normal Life…

I went back to work today for the first time since the collision. They left my desk exactly as I left it: all my toys were still there. Hee.
I was actually happy and excited to wake up at 6:30 again. The only time I got kind of anxious is when I was on my way [...]

Bankruptcy

Looks like unless some friggin’ miracle happens, I get to file for bankruptcy. 
I’m only 21. 
I spoke with the lawyer that prepared my parents’ wills. He said that these people did sound shady. Since I was given just one name by the social worker, she probably  did have a stake in my signing on with them. [...]

Duress and Capacity

I’ve been meaning to write this for about a week now. I haven’t been able to focus for much longer than a few minutes. 
That contract should NOT be valid. I was under a ridiculous amount of stress, on enough pain pills to put a herd of cattle to sleep, I’d had several surgeries in the [...]

More Bills!

I just got another bill in the mail… My Emergency Room visit was $10,587, just for the individual doctors. Dunno what it is according to the hospital. Total now, not including follow-up visits, physical therapy, and my treatment for PTSD is about $220,000. Joy.
And again, the lawyers haven’t mentioned paying anyone but themselves. I’m just [...]

Sleep

Sleep isn’t coming as easily anymore. I was up until 4 this morning, trying to sleep, losing the battle. I finally wheeled into the kitchen for one of mom’s ambien. Slept from probably 5 to 10am. Not nearly enough. I need to see about getting some sleeping pills of my own. Trazodone doesn’t cut it [...]

Before and After…

I have a whole bunch of random pictures on my iPhone. I went through my iPhone camera to find some before and after shots. It’s just an interesting (and sobering) comparison.
My calves before the accident. Yes, they weren’t the most spectacular, but they were my calves that were slowly getting to cyclist-nice. 
    
My feet…. and just [...]

WordPress app on iPhone

Well, the title bar doesn’t have auto-correct! Thought I would see what this app can do… Dunno if I’ll ever use it, but it’s still neat to have. When I go back to work next week, when I’m able to, I’m going to get the new iPhone 3GS. My current one is from launch, all [...]

Guest post: Mom

Note: I thought it would be an interesting exercise to get other people’s experiences of the wreck. I wasn’t the only person affected–far from it. Here’s what my mom had to say. If you’d like to email her, send it to me kt@helpkt.org and I’ll forward it to her.
Nothing I had ever learned or experienced [...]

Tour de Pink

I just got an email from the Tour de Pink announcing that registration is now open. The ride is September 13th. I wonder if I’ll be able to ride in it. I’d absolutely love to. It was my first organized bike ride. If my doctor says it’s OK, I think that may be my goal. 12 [...]