Updates please

[UnderProtest]

So I keep thinking of posters at the oddest time and trying to remember to ask how things are going so here is the group post.

audette  Are you still stuck or has your husband been able to get his papers?

explorer2001  How are your medical issues?  Did you decide to sue?

Pom  How are you holding up with all the FIL and family issues?



Add your own.....I'll add more as I can actually remember them.

[explorer2001]

I'm doing pretty well. Meds for everything are expensive as all hell (over $1,500 a month - more than my mortgage). But the good news is the meds work! I am generally not in pain, I can function, I can digest my food and get nutrients from it. I feel pretty good, have energy to do more than I could in months. So things are looking up (and just in time with tax season in full swing).

After talking to an attorney, I decided not to sue. The situation sucks, but in all likelihood even if I won a suit all the money would go to pay the attorney and reimburse the insurance company. So it wasn't really worth it - despite being on meds for the rest of my life.

How are you enjoying London?

[UnderProtest]

Jan 27, 2015 16:56:56 GMT -5 explorer2001 said:

I'm doing pretty well. Meds for everything are expensive as all hell (over $1,500 a month - more than my mortgage). But the good news is the meds work! I am generally not in pain, I can function, I can digest my food and get nutrients from it. I feel pretty good, have energy to do more than I could in months. So things are looking up (and just in time with tax season in full swing).

After talking to an attorney, I decided not to sue. The situation sucks, but in all likelihood even if I won a suit all the money would go to pay the attorney and reimburse the insurance company. So it wasn't really worth it - despite being on meds for the rest of my life.

How are you enjoying London?

Yay!!!!  So glad that you are doing better!  And while I know there are probably mixed emotions about suing, I hope you can put it all behind you and move forward.

Eehhh, I'm having a bit of a rough time lately.  I'm really homesick, but there really isn't a home to go back to.

[tripleshot]

Jan 27, 2015 17:10:09 GMT -5 @rennido said:

No iPad update.

Really?! I thought you got in touch with someone at corporate who was going to rectify it? What's the hold up?

[tripleshot]

Jan 27, 2015 17:33:07 GMT -5 @rennido said:

Jan 27, 2015 17:24:35 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Really?! I thought you got in touch with someone at corporate who was going to rectify it? What's the hold up?

Oh, yeah, I mean, I got a new iPad from them. 
I meant, no charges filed against bitchface that stole it. 

Gotcha. I'm glad you got a replacement. Too bad hot cop couldn't nail her ass. 

[UnderProtest]

Jan 27, 2015 17:33:07 GMT -5 @rennido said:

Jan 27, 2015 17:24:35 GMT -5 tripleshot said:

Really?! I thought you got in touch with someone at corporate who was going to rectify it? What's the hold up?

Oh, yeah, I mean, I got a new iPad from them. 
I meant, no charges filed against bitchface that stole it. 

Boo.  Justice needs to be served.

[audette]

Still stuck. Tomorrow marks a month in the hotel on base.

Getting pretty fed up with it...

DH has filed a formal complaint about it. Not that doing so will speed things up for us, but it will hopefully at least be a kick in the ass for the folks who drew this out so long. It also won't help us recover any of the money that is just pouring out of our hands to cover living in a hotel for a month (yeah, that's on us), but it's really about all we can do.

If paperwork isn't in DH hands by early next week, he may lose the assignment for the next base, and then we'd end up moving instead to wherever the military needs him.


In better news, I was able to replenish the emergency yarn stash, and I'm now almost halfway thru knitting a pair of these for my neice: remilyknits.com/2011/01/07/fo-friday-monster-bum-baby-longies/

The only difficult part with them will be sewing all the ends in from the stripes of colours... Depressing to consider, but they will probably get done before we leave Korea.

[Pom]

UnderProtest

Thanks for thinking of us.  Emotionally, I think we are both, Mr. P and I, in the best place we've been in 8 months.  I finally feel a little bit more like my old self and well Mr. P did really well with therapy and we are both moving forward.  The news from FIL's current assisted living facility all seems good, other than we want to see it in person.  We probably won't be able to get there until spring.

As far as FIL's affairs, it's been relentlessly agonizing. I've been doing his taxes and ugh that sucks.  We are also dealing with a lost title with regards to a rental property of his that is going to be the death of me.  I've made 20 phone calls to various state agencies, township treasurers, county abstract title office, county deed person, ....well you get the idea.  I ASSUMED a realtor being paid a commission would be much more helpful than they've been. No one has any idea how to really accomplish this as far as I can tell.  It CANNOT be the first time this has happened. Definitely discouraged.  But then, everything seems like it has to be harder than necessary.

We have a ton of things to deal with...estate sale, selling his main house, hopefully his rentals, his 2014 car (with 2500 miles on it), truck, etc....  I get overwhelmed when I think about handling this stuff from 27 hours away, but I guess we will figure it out.

Overall, we are surviving.  Still smiling, still laughing and we count those moments as wins

Hope all is well across the pond!