Comments | robertsloan2: Almost Got Scammed, Got Real Housing!

robertsloan2

Almost Got Scammed, Got Real Housing!

Jul 01, 2011 14:01

First, if you saw yesterday's post, http://robertsloan2.livejournal.com/585925.html, and can't afford to pitch in a few bucks to help me move - you can still help big time. Just copy the link and repost it on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, any social media you have. Ask them to pass it on. If friends of friends of friends start pitching in it'll reach ( Read more... )

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notalwaysweak July 1 2011, 20:33:11 UTC

The main thing I took out of all of this, aside from how carefully you've obviously thought it all through, was YAY you don't have to leave Ari behind! Because really, I couldn't imagine that at all.

robertsloan2 July 1 2011, 23:22:39 UTC

That would have been a worst case, last ditch option. I had to do it before once or twice, the longest was for four days before I saw him again. I worried about him night and day until I did. But it was needed at the time to move to Colorado and we both survived.

nerwengreen July 1 2011, 20:45:54 UTC

Looks like things are coming together nicely. :)

I posted about you in my own monthly update ( here).

robertsloan2 July 1 2011, 23:24:57 UTC

PURR thank you! Our circles don't really overlap so that's spreading it far and wide! PURR thanks!

shade53 July 2 2011, 02:18:47 UTC

I'm so glad you didn't get conned and everything looks like it's going in the right direction - I just wish I was in a place where I could help by doing more than reposting links to your art. Safe travels and many multitudes of blessings for both you and Ari! :)

robertsloan2 July 2 2011, 02:42:15 UTC

THank you for doing that! If you repost the links more than once it's incredible help. You know people I don't and they know people I don't who may pass it on. I got another donation today. It's all adding up.

Purrrr thank you!

elialshadowpine July 2 2011, 04:14:15 UTC

One thing I will mention -- you will probably not get the power chair immediately. You will have to get approved for Medi-Cal, acquire a doctor, get the doctor to approve the chair and put the request in with Medi-Cal, and then you'll have to wait for it to be approved, and go through the process of actually ordering the chair (from what I've heard from people on BYDLS, this can be more complicated than you would think)..... I would expect at least a few months with all the paper-pushing that needs to be done. Just be prepared that it might take some time. :)

robertsloan2 July 2 2011, 04:39:28 UTC

Yikes. Well, once I'm there I'll have IHSS person driving me around and we can see about trying to expedite it. I know I'll be on MediCal fast anyway. It's the approval process that could get slow. I'll prepare for best case and worst case.

elialshadowpine July 2 2011, 08:06:37 UTC

I'll keep my fingers crossed that they'll be able to expedite it! I just wanted to mention that it could take some time since it sounded like you were betting on being able to get it pretty quickly. But, then again, you never know. Paul went down this morning to the DSHS office to apply for disability aid, and they rubber stamped him for food stamps right there. He and Storme are out shopping for food right now with the $200 EBT card they gave him. I didn't figure it would be so fast, I thought there would have to be some approval process. So hopefully you have similar luck with getting help quickly! :)

robertsloan2 July 2 2011, 12:32:12 UTC

Exactly. I know that I've been told I'll get rubber stamped for MediCal and food stamps automatically. One leg of that wait is out of the way just before I go. I do need a new doctor. But I'm already on SSI for the condition so I can probably get the chair ordered by my new doctor just by explaining my limits and stumping across the room so he can see my gait - if he even requires that ( ... )

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