AWW NICK I HAVE THE SAME PLUS DDD IT ISNT GOOD NEWS BUT WITH MED IT IS LIVABLE!

THEY SAID THERE WAS POSSIBLE DETERIATION IN MY SPINE, WHICH IS WHY THEY WANT ME TO SEE A DOC. someone WAS BLAMING MY WEIGHT AND SAT THERE SAYING THEY TOLD ME TO LOSE WEIGHT. I LOOKED INTO SOME OF THIS STUFF AND YEAH WEIGHT CAN PLAY A PART IN IT, BUT THERE ARE OTHER FACTORS. I THINK THE PERSON JUST WANTED TO FEEL RIGHT. AND THANK YOU, WILL WAIT AND SEE HOW THINGS GO.

PERHAPS YOU HAVE ANKLOSING SPONDYLITIS? MY SON HAS IT, HE IS 46 YEARS OLD AND BENT OVER DOUBLE, ALMOST! THERE IS A GROUP HERE ON DS FOR IT!

KK

DOCS HAVE BEEN TELLING ME FOR YEARS THAT MY BACK AND OTHER PAIN ISSUES ARE DUE TO MY WEIGHT AND I SHOULD JUST LOSE WEIGHT AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. ITS A BUNCH OF BUNK! MY BACK PROBLEMS, COMPRESSED DISCS AND ARTHRITIS ARE FROM SEVERAL FALLS, CAR ACCIDENTS, AND BEING BUCKED OFF MY HORSE A NUMBER OF TIMES. THE FALL THAT STARTED IT ALL WAS WHEN I WAS ONLY 10 YEARS OLD AND WAS WALKING IN MY SLEEP. I FELL FROM THE TOP OF A VERY STEEP FLIGHT OF STAIRS AND LANDED AT THE BOTTOM IN A HEAP. IT WAS THE EQUIVALENT OF JUMPING FROM THE TOP OF A 12 FOOT LADDER AND LANDING ON MY BACK. THE ACCIDENTS GOT BIGGER AND MORE PAINFUL FROM THEN ON AND YET, MY WEIGHT IS THE REASON I'M IN PAIN.

I FOUND OUT IN A ROUND A BOUT WAY WHAT YOUR REAL NAME IS. HI NICK! i HAVE ALWAYS LIKED THE NAME NICK, IT IS A STRONG NAME AND GIVES A GOOD IMPRESSION OF YOU TO PEOPLE YOU ARE JUST MEETING. DO YOU BELIEVE IN "WHAT'S IN A NAME"?? WELL, NICK IS A TOUGH NAME AND I CANNOT PLACE IT WITH THAT GUY HIDING UNDER A BLANKET!! I GUESS IT IS A BLANKET, BUT YOU KIND OF LOOK LIKE A BURRITO ALL ROLLED UP LIKE THAT. LET'S GET TO KNOW THE REAL YOU!! ALL OF US HERE ARE IN VARIOUS STAGES OF HEALTH PROBLEMS SO WE ARE THE LAST PEOPLE ON EARTH TO FIND YOU LACKING IN ANY WAY. WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU ARE BACK AND ALIVE AND KICKING! LET'S HAVE SOME MORE POSTS FROM YOU!

KK

BEEN AWAY DEALING WITH FAMILY STUFF THAT I WOULD RATHER NOT BE AND MY SSI GOT DENIED AGAIN, SO GOING THROUGH ANOTHER APPEAL, ON TOP OF THE FEDERAL COURT CASE FOR MY FIRST ONE. THAT PICTURE WAS TAKEN FOR A SONG I WROTE ABOUT SOMEONE AND WAS GOING TO USE IT IN THE VIDEO, THERE IS NO MUSIC PLAYING JUST ME SIGNING.

INTERESTING .....................................

KK

SINGING NOT SIGNING, I HAVE THE LYRICS TYPED OUT

NICK, HAVE YOU TRIED THE LAWYERS?????

I HAVE A LAWYER AND THE PROBLEM I AM FINDING OUT RIGHT NOW IS THE PLACE I NEED TO GO THROUGH HAS ABOUT 4 PEOPLE THAT REVIEW TEST RESULTS AND SET UP APOINTMENTS. IT'S A BIT IRRIATING.

JUST KEEP FIGHTING THEM NICK, EVENTUALLY THEY WILL GET TIRED OF YOU AND APPROVE YOUR CASE. I WOULD LOVE TO READ THE SONG YOU WROTE TOO. I DABBLE IN POETRY AND STORY WRITING, BUT NEVER TRIED A SONG.

WILL POST IT AT SOME POINT, BUT YEAH THEY CANCELED THE DOC APPOINTMENT TO REVIEW MY TEST RESUTLS WITH REGULAR DOC TO SEND ME TO SPECIALIST. THEY CAN'T SEE ME UNITL JAN SO DOC SAID TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT TO COME IN.

THEY TRY TO KEEP YOU RUNNING IN CIRCLES FOR AS LONG AS THEY CAN. AND DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT SHOWING UP TO ONE OF THEIR SO CALLED SPECIALISTS A MINUTE OR TWO LATE! WHEN I HAD TO GO TO THEIR DOC FOR A PHYSICAL THEY GAVE US BAD DIRECTIONS SO WE WERE 5 MINUTES LATE GETTING THERE. THE DOC WASN'T GOING TO SEE ME AT ALL BECAUSE OF IT AND THE FRIEND WHO DROVE ME THERE PUT UP A HUGE FUSS ABOUT THE BAD DIRECTIONS SO THE DOC DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND SEE ME ANY WAY. LOL, HE SPENT 5 MINUTES POKING AROUND ON MY KNEES AND BACK, THEN HAD ME WALK TEN FEET WITHOUT MY CANE. THAT WAS IT, AND HE PUT IN HIS REPORT THAT I DIDN'T NEED MY CANE FOR ANYTHING BUT BALANCE. THAT REPORT GOT ME DENIED SEVERAL TIMES HERE IN KENTUCKY. THEN I WENT TO INDIANA AND TRIED AGAIN AND THEIR DOCTOR TOOK TIME TO TALK TO ME AND DO X-RAYS AND STUFF. IT WENT THROUGH ON THE FIRST TRY THERE.

MY SON HAS ANKYLOSING SPONDILYTIS AND HE GOT ON SS PRETTY EASY. HE EVEN QUIT SS FOR AWILE AND TRIED TO WORK, BUT COULDN'T AND THERE WAS NO ARGUMENT WHEN HE WANTED BACK ON SS. BUT HIS HANDICAP IS VERY VISABLE!!

KK

THEY ALWAYS BLAMED MY ISSUES ON MY WEIGHT AND TOLD ME THAT I JUST NEEDED TO DROP SEVERAL POUNDS AND EVERYTHING WOULD BE FINE. LIKE IT WOULD BE A MAGICAL CURE AND SIMPLE TO ACHIEVE. "JUST PUSH YOURSELF EVEN WHEN IT HURTS" I HEARD THAT SO MANY TIMES IT MADE ME WANT TO PUKE! DIET, DIET, DIET! ANOTHER DR. ORDERS THAT GOT OLD, AND I DID AS I WAS TOLD AND WOULD DROP A FEW POUNDS ONLY TO HIT THAT WALL WHERE NO MATTER HOW HARD I TRIED THE WEIGHT WOULD NOT COME OFF AND STARTED COMING BACK INSTEAD. THEN IT WAS, "WELL YOU'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO WORK HARDER."

YOU KNOW HOW DEPRESSING IT GETS WHEN THE DR BLAMES YOU FOR ALL THE PAIN AND SUFFERING YOU'RE GOING THROUGH? AND THEN THEY STARTED BLAMING THE DEPRESSION ON MY WEIGHT TOO. ITS LIKE THEY HAD BLINDERS ON AND COULDN'T SEE PAST HOW I LOOKED. I THINK IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS THAT MY SSI WAS DENIED SO MANY TIMES. BUT THAT IS ALL IN THE PAST NOW. I FINALLY GOT IT APPROVED, AND FOUND A DOCTOR WHO CAN SEE PAST MY WEIGHT. SHE LOOKS FOR OTHER UNDERLYING PROBLEMS. OF COURSE SHE REFUSES TO PRESCRIBE ANYTHING FOR CHRONIC PAIN, BUT AT LEAST SHE WILL ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE IT AND NOT BLAME IT ALL ON ME FOR NOT EATING AND EXERCISING RIGHT.