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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Jim,
Don't forget most are talking on their cell phones while standing in line to get the hand outs. Don't get me started....
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 5,260 | I don't forget a thing david. Hrll, the welfare apts here all have new cars parked in front of them too. GRRRRRRRRRRRRR
Since posting this. UPMC, Pittsburgh, Oct 2011 until Jan. I averaged about 2 to 3 surgeries a week there. w Can't have jaw made as bone is deteroriating steaily that is left in jaw. Mersa is to blame. Feeding tube . Had trach for 4mos. Got it out April.
--- Passed away 5/14/14, will be greatly missed by everyone here
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) | | Administrator, Director of Patient Support Services Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts)
Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 10,507 Likes: 7 | Please remember, even public assistance people get OC and some Im sure have computers too. While I in no way condone living off the government which in reality is living off working people. There are so many abusers out there. I still have the compassion to understand some people need help at the low points in their lives. I read an article that said most smokers are lower income people so its no wonder alot of them get public assistance. Lets hope that the rising cost of cigarettes helps everyone quit smoking.
Working for a utility company, I talk to all kinds of people daily. Most of the lower income people who ask for help are the ones who know the system and play it to their advantage. The ones who cant pay their bills due to medicine costs and dont know about all the programs available to help are very sad. Some people are forced to choose which bill to pay or what is more important buying food or medicine. Many times the elderly women I have helped have broken down into tears when they find out they can get help to keep their phone turned on.
ChristineSCC 6/15/07 L chk & by L molar both Stag I, age44 2x cispltn-35 IMRT end 9/27/07 -65 lbs in 2 mo, no caregvr Clear PET 1/08 4/4/08 recur L chk Stag I surg 4/16/08 clr marg 215 HBO dives 3/09 teeth out, trismus 7/2/09 recur, Stg IV 8/24/09 trach, ND, mandiblctmy 3wks medicly inducd coma 2 mo xtended hospital stay, ICU & burn unit PICC line IV antibx 8 mo 10/4/10, 2/14/11 reconst surg OC 3x in 3 years very happy to be alive  | | | | | Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 Platinum Member (300+ posts) | | Platinum Member (300+ posts)
Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 | I think a pack cost $0.50 when I quit. when it went up, I figured I was ahead of the game. I have no idea how much a pack costs now.
Marlene
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | I had a single mom with a bazillion kids come to me new this year and as I started to do her return I noticed that she was claiming 2 different children than she did last year. Asking why she said that the 2 different ones were her's and she hadn't claimed in a few years as someone else had. So I asked why...did the other person pay their support in those years? and what about the ones she claimed last year? No she responded, she said that she knew she only needed 2 kids to max out on the Earned Income Credit (which is true) and that she has 6 so she "loans" her other kids to other people (for compensation I'm sure). She went on to say that since she hadn't claimed these 2 in a few years she thought she needed to just to keep them current in the IRS' computers.
Off I sent her and I'm sure she landed into the friendly arms of the Peoples Tax Firms.
BTW, with ANY 2 kids she was going to walk with over $8000 of tax free tax refund. So by finding the right 2 additional taxpayers those 6 kids will cost us $24,000 just in tax refunds each and every year until they are 17 or they start with their own "business".
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: May 2008 Posts: 357 | That's disgusting.
Marlene
[quote=davidcpa]I had a single mom with a bazillion kids come to me new this year and as I started to do her return I noticed that she was claiming 2 different children than she did last year.>
<she said that she knew she only needed 2 kids to max out on the Earned Income Credit (which is true) and that she has 6 so she "loans" her other kids to other people (for compensation I'm sure). She went on to say that since she hadn't claimed these 2 in a few years she thought she needed to just to keep them current in the IRS' computers. >
Marginal mandibulectomy 6/17/08 resulted in DX of Stage I SCC - gingiva (3 mm) right mandible, buccal side. Clear margins. Occasional social drinker. Smoked last cigarette in 1979. Clear pet: 12/08; 7/20/09. Yay!
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Joined: May 2006 Posts: 720 Likes: 1 | Did you report her to the IRS?
Leslie
April 2006: Husband dx by dentist with leukoplakia on tongue. Oral surgeon's biopsy 4/28/06: Moderate dysplasia; pathology report warned of possible "skip effect." ENT's excisional biopsy (got it all) 5/31/06: SCC in situ/small bit superficially invasive. Early detection saves lives.
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Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 8,311 | Pretty impossible to do without proof as in all related tax returns, statements from all involved, etc or otherwise I might be sued for a host of things. No good deed goes unpunished type of thing.
David
Age 58 at Dx, HPV16+ SCC, Stage IV BOT+2 nodes, non smoker, casual drinker, exercise nut, Cisplatin x 3 & concurrent IMRT x 35,(70 Gy), no surgery, no Peg, Tx at Moffitt over Aug 06. Jun 07, back to riding my bike 100 miles a wk. Now doing 12 Spin classes and 60 outdoor miles per wk. Nov 13 completed Hilly Century ride for Cancer, 104 miles, 1st Place in my age group. Apr 2014 & 15, Spun for 9 straight hrs to raise $$ for YMCA's Livestrong Program. Certified Spin Instructor Jun 2014.
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Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 1,128 | Drop an anonymous dime with her full name (No SSAN) and a summary of what she said -- If they care, they will get her, if not, you have done what's right.
Age 67 1/2
Ventral Tongue SCC T2N0M0G1 10/05
Anterior Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 6/08
Base of Tongue SCC T2N0M0G2 12/08
Three partial glossectomy (10/05,11/05,6/08), PEG, 37 XRT 66.6 Gy 1/06
Neck dissection, trach, PEG & forearm free flap (6/08)
Total glossectomy, trach, PEG & thigh free flap (12/08)
On August 21, 2010 at 9:20 am, Pete went off to play with the ratties in the sky.
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