Gary,

Feel free to vent. I was educated a bean counter and it is hard to work around the heartless ones. I had disability protection on a couple of credit cards and it turns out they both use the same insurance company. I filled out two forms and sent them to the same place. One came back because the handwriting in the physician section looked the same as the handwriting in the patient section. It took four months to rectify and as soon as it was, they asked for a new form to be filled out since April only covered Jan-April and May was due now. I sent the April one in May 15ish.

I tried to file for long term disability after waiting six months and even though I was paying premiums they told me I was not elligible because I had cancer within 60 days. They were consulted before I signed up yet they took my premiums. They said the premiums were in case I had some other condition other than the cancer. BLOODSUCKING MAGGOTS!

I took care of a terminally ill mother for 9 months, went through hep c treatment for 12 months and then tongue cancer the past year. I tried to file bankruptcy but couldn't afford the lawyer. I shuffled everything around and made it another year.

I am sorry you have to go through such crap on top of everything you have already had to deal with.

Ed

SCC Stage IV, BOT, T2N2bM0
Cisplatin/5FU x 3, 40 days radiation
Diagnosis 07/21/03 tx completed 10/08/03
Post Radiation Lower Motor Neuron Syndrome 3/08.
Cervical Spinal Stenosis 01/11
Cervical Myelitis 09/12
Thoracic Paraplegia 10/12
Dysautonomia 11/12
Hospice care 09/12-01/13.
COPD 01/14
Intermittent CHF 6/15
Feeding tube NPO 03/16
VFI 12/2016
ORN 12/2017
Cardiac Event 06/2018
Bilateral VFI 01/2021
Thoracotomy Bilobectomy 01/2022
Bilateral VFI 05/2022
Total Laryngectomy 01/2023