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#Post#: 2667--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Kerry Date: July 24, 2015, 8:31 pm
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This is all very mysterious. It sounds as if there's stuff
going on behind the scenes. Perhaps it has to do with
liability? If the Sibley facility is afraid of lawsuits, perhaps
the only way your doctor can continue with them is if they
"don't know" about some things? That way if sued, they could
say they didn't know anything.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: bradley Date: July 24, 2015, 11:27 pm
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I would make sure that you speak to no one at the new hospital
but the doctor or the specific people he says are part of
keeping it secret. At least it will be closer now.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: July 25, 2015, 12:56 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]A couple weeks ago, Sibley canceled our appt.
there, and said we had to go Sumner because they were no longer
taking Lyme patients. But when we called Sibley yesterday, they
asked if he was a Lyme patient--so the facility does know, but,
yeah, I think we'll not talk to anyone but Dr. Rosman.
Everyone's afraid of lawsuits, I guess. Yes, going to Sibley
instead of Sumner saves us 4 hours of driving.
Speaking of lawsuits, the Tree Service lawyer tried reaching us
by phone again, and he's sent two letters. They're threatening
a contractor's lien. But we had a free consultation with a
lawyer of our own and he advised to continue not acknowledging
them, unless they send a certified letter or summons of some
kind.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Kerry Date: July 25, 2015, 6:39 am
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[quote author=Piper link=topic=203.msg2670#msg2670
date=1437803781]
[size=12pt][font=trebuchet ms]A couple weeks ago, Sibley
canceled our appt. there, and said we had to go Sumner because
they were no longer taking Lyme patients. But when we called
Sibley yesterday, they asked if he was a Lyme patient--so the
facility does know, but, yeah, I think we'll not talk to anyone
but Dr. Rosman. Everyone's afraid of lawsuits, I guess. Yes,
going to Sibley instead of Sumner saves us 4 hours of
driving.[/quote]
Perhaps your doctor reached a deal with them that lets them off
the hook legally.
As for going to Sumner, I was wondering if there was a bus that
goes there or close by; but what a relief you won't need to be
going that far.
[quote]Speaking of lawsuits, the Tree Service lawyer tried
reaching us by phone again, and he's sent two letters. They're
threatening a contractor's lien. But we had a free consultation
with a lawyer of our own and he advised to continue not
acknowledging them, unless they send a certified letter or
summons of some kind.[/quote]
I think they would have taken action by now if they thought they
had a real case. Is their lawyer real, that's what I want to
know. Is he listed in the phone book? Maybe it's some pal of
their pretending to be a lawyer, or it could be a shyster lawyer
who charges them $100 or more every time he writes a letter and
maybe $20 for everytime he tries to call.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: July 25, 2015, 9:31 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]Yeah, real lawyer, though our lawyer had a
bit of fun with his letters to us because of all the exclamation
points used. "We will be forced to take action!!!!!"
I said, "At least he didn't use emoticons."
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: bradley Date: July 25, 2015, 9:33 am
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It doesnt cost that much to send a threatening letter once in a
while. When they try to legally take you to court, thats only
when you should respond, and you would no doubt win, so they
will probably do no more than threaten.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Kerry Date: July 25, 2015, 6:06 pm
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[quote author=Piper link=topic=203.msg2675#msg2675
date=1437834697]
[font=trebuchet ms]Yeah, real lawyer, though our lawyer had a
bit of fun with his letters to us because of all the exclamation
points used. "We will be forced to take action!!!!!"
I said, "At least he didn't use emoticons."
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[/quote]I probably would have laughed out loud at that myself. I
think people who use excessive punctuation may be afraid of
being misunderstood if they aren't emphatic -- and that tells me
that either they're not using the best words to convey their
meanings, or possibly they're being deceptive, or they're around
people who deliberately don't want to act as if they understand.
It makes we wonder if the lawyer lives with a wife who doesn't
listen to anything he says unless he raises his voice.
In one way it's amusing, but it is insulting in another way.
Does the person who uses three question marks or exclamation
points think his readers are so dim they don't know what one
means?
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: August 10, 2015, 2:09 pm
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[font=trebuchet ms]Need to sign off for a few days. Trip to
Iowa doctor is pending. I need to get the car ready to go, new
tires, and the animals all set up. Long drive ahead. Pray for
me, that I stay awake and alert driving, especially at night. I
really struggle sometimes with that. Will make good use of Rest
Areas. (Hope to see some meteor showers! :) )
Last trip to Sumner. Next time will be Sibley, which is at
least a bit closer.
Will miss you all, and keep you in my
heart.
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Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: bradley Date: August 10, 2015, 7:49 pm
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Prayed God would help you to stay alert, and that the trip be
productive!
#Post#: 2923--------------------------------------------------
Re: Kevin's Journey to Recovery
By: Piper Date: August 18, 2015, 11:05 am
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[font=trebuchet ms]Hello again.
The trip took a full 36 hours. Had much trouble staying awake,
and literally had to repeatedly pinch myself hard so the pain
would keep me alert. Freaky, I know. I have lots of ugly
bruises.
We made it there just in time. These trips seem like so very
much effort for the results; once again Doctor Rosman read thru
the symptoms list, once again no real change. She suggested
Kevin could go on IV with a port and visiting nurse and all . .
. he preferred to stay on pills. She switched him to
Doxycycline, so he's now herxing on that and the Azithromycin.
They took blood from me before we left, because my tonsil
problem still troubles me; antibiotics kick it back, but within
a couple weeks it always returns. Doc said it's possible my
body is working to expel bacteria (your tonsils are lymph
nodes), and the draining from my throat to my stomach could be
causing the reflux problems that I've been having. They now
believe Lyme disease is sexually transmitted, and if Kevin's had
this for years and years, I might have been infected that way,
or thru one of many, many tick bites. So, just to be safe, I'm
being tested. Would rather take a few weeks of antibiotics
than let things go and possibly end up in Kevin's predicament.
Hopefully, the test will be negative.
We did have to stay in a motel because there was no way I could
drive home overnight. I had only 2 hours of sleep before
beginning the trip. I couldn't bear the high-speed interstates
on the way home, so we took a long series of regular two-lane
highways. It took longer, but was less intense. Still, I had
to stop a few times because I couldn't stay awake.
Finally arrived home just before dark on the 14th. Had to
scramble to feed everyone (animals) and get to bed.
I've not been posting much because Kevin is so very weak and
unable to walk, so extremely and constantly dizzy, that I must
do everything. With no help from him at all, I've very little
free time.
We set our sights on next summer and hope that by then this
thing may be turning around. But honestly, it feels as though
this is it, as if all our efforts render nothing.
I will not make these trips after October, will not drive a
million miles from home in the winter, so hopefully Kevin can
confer with Dr. Rosman thru Skype in the winter months. We will
have one more trip, this time to Sibley, Iowa, late October or
early November.
If you don't see much of me, it's because I'm doing what I can
to manage the impossible the best I can.
This disease is taking its toll on both of us, on the farm, on
our marriage, on my emotional and spiritual well being.
Life just goes on.
I'm becoming numb.
The Tree Service dispute reared its ugly head the first day we
were home with a certified letter claiming they are attempting a
mechanic's lien on my property; they are threatening
foreclosure on my home. They are trying to extort money out of
me, more than half of what was agreed upon for less than one
quarter of the work; they were here only 5 hours, and think
they should be paid 1100.00 dollars per hour. They've announced
they will be adding interest, dating back to May. The man has
no conscience. They are now resorting to lies, claiming they
worked several days. They were full of promises when giving the
estimate, but began refusing job after job the very first day.
All the elms in my fields are now large bushy trees, up to my
waist, harder to clear than they were originally; obviously, no
Tordon was used. My lawyer basically tells me to give them what
they want because legal representation will exceed their
demands. Very unjust, unfair, and just plain wrong. I never
wanted a Tree Service; all I wanted was to have the front of my
house landscaped, because the old bushes had died and needed to
be replaced. Now we have a terrible, stressful legal mess
involving a man I can not bear to be near--a lying, cheating
scoundrel.
Bucket of joy, aren't I?
Life is not good right now.
Wanted you all to know we're back, but . . . I'm just fed up.
Find my own post depressing. Not good for anyone.
Now I see that Terry has deregistered. I feared that would
happen. Par for the course, as they say.
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