Twizlled's Blog

Its a real sad day in Amrica when a person cannot afford meds on a fixed income. Our story....

About 10 years ago my hubby had 5 discs in his back fused L1 thru 5, needless to say this rendered him unable to work, we were at the mercy of workmans comp, and he had NO CHOICE but to elect to undergo back surgery. Now mind you he is in constant pain ALWAYS. Now he is on Social Security disability, which isnt enough for us to live on.but we manage. Well through the years he has been on many different pain meds. Well through the ordeal of his dad passing, he had the doc write him a script, so when he needed a refill, he could get it. Now doc put him on a new time released pain med......it was helping....finally something that actually worked! Well it came time to refill his med..he goes to Walgreens, they wanted $600.00 for 60 pills!!!!! Said his benefits had expired, he used up all his med benefits!! At this point only 6 months had been used...so what is he to do for the rest of the year? Evidently suffer, Aside from the fact this med will eat up 1/2 of his SSD check every month!

Now because he is at the max limit of SSD, because when he was working, he made a really good living, I do not qualify for any benefits, nor does he..for example..No food stamps for us we earn to much! I cannot get ANY medical insurance, nor attention..because He earns to much! He recieves nothing for me being his WIFE and DEPENDANT of 27 years...yet I HAVE to disclose his income for any kind of assistance, only to be told...HE EARNS TO MUCH!

Now I ask you...who can survive on $1500.00 a month, when your meds that help your pain.....COST $600.00 a month? I Imagine pretty soon we will be on the street...lose our home that we have by the GRACE of GOD been able to hold on too for the past 18 yrs. And become a headache to society. This has never been our intention, as we are hardworking God fearing Americans! $600 bucks a month for meds is LUDICRIS! Along with immoral! And mind you thats just 1 script...he also needs his heart meds!

So what party is REALLY going to help the elderly, and the truly disabled? Please I would like to know.

I have No sympathy what-so-ever. When you buy up all surrounding banks with in the state and country, then approve bad loans..Please dont go crying to the government to bail your dumb arse out!

Now I feel for those that will be left un-employed. But come on, if the bank had all those monies to buy up other banks, and keep them ALL open and running, when you have 2 of the same bank across the street from one another, what is WRONG with this picture? Typical Greed 101, and now you gonna cry poor me??

Wachovia practiced bad business. Any Mom or Pop shop would have to eat their losses, learn from the experience, and probably close their doors. Oh yes there is no more Mom and Pop establishments left...its all BIG CORPERATE AMERICA.......oops my bad. Well its time for Corperate America to learn business 101. And dont go to the government to bail them out!..Learn how to PROPERLY BUDGET your monies like the rest of this country, that has NOBODY to bail us OUT!

Well, I just got some distressing news today. My neighbors adult pitbull was stolen out of their Deltona backyard! This happened a couple weeks ago right after i was outta town. Had I been home the culprit may of been caught in action, as my female alerts me to anyone within 2 houses of mine. Yet two weeks prior to this incident, 3 of my own pitbull pups were stolen out of my sons Deltona backyard. Both thefts occurred by the new Walmart area. The Adult that was stolen was a male  tiger striped Pitbull w/ a black face, the 3 pups were female, now 5 months old 2 redw/ white chest, 1 white with blue/ brown eye and brown tipped ears. Both thefts were reported, and of course no follow up nor resolution, in either theft.

My request of course if you have any info, report to Volusia County Animal Control. But really, my wish is for all to look and see whats going on in our neighbor hoods. Watch strange people and cars in the area, meet your neighbor and cover each others backs.

 My fear is these dogs are being stolen for fighting reasons, and that just tears my heart out! iF THIS BREED IS SOO DANGeROUS..HOW IS IT THEY GET STOLEN FROM THEIR OWNERS???

Well i guess the bickerfest has ruined it for all.

All content being reviewed, before being posted, because heaven forbid , one may offend another, because they disagree, with the opinion of the poster. Now i can see if one is being attacked personally, with name calling, and cursing, but ALL things now to be reviewed...............what, we no longer can express our opinions, no more freedom of speech? And who is to say what is proper blog material?

Yet this is what happens all the time, the squeaky wheel syndrome, I really think some people need to get over themselves.

Finally............... I am in full support of the feasible study regarding costs of Deltona policing their own city. I think is way overdue, when we incorporated as a city, these actions should have been looked into.

So Kudos to the mayor, for looking into what is best for the citizens in Deltona, and letting us decide. I hope and pray for the sake of our city, that we will get our own police dept. Its long overdue, and very much needed in our community.

Now if we can get more jobs for our residents, maybe we can truly become a self sufficent city. that we as citizens would be PROUD to live in.

I thought i was being underpaid here in this right to work state, so i went to look it up..before throwing a tissy fit. and check this out.....................http://www.dol.gov/esa/minwage/
america.htm#Florida

Many other states have a higher min wage rate than Florida, i thought this was a federal mandate that applied across the board, how wrong i was.

And yet the map says florida is above the federal rate....... $6.79 an hour!  in Ga. $5.15 an hour! Kansas  $2.65 an hour w/ a 46 hour work week!!!!

No wonder people are turning to crime....one cant live on min wage!!!! With high costs of everything, this is absolutely appalling!! Wasn't the min wage rate raised???? I think min wage should be double the price of a gallon of gasoline, after all isnt gas whats driving our economy today????

What do you think ?

Interesting article I just came across and wanted to share....

chk link:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080619/sc_nm/fuel_effi
ciency_dc

Today is fathers day, I would like to take the time to let you Dads know how much your family loves you and respects you.

Dads are the workers of the family and head of the household, they have the responsibility to ensure the best for their families, and most of the time are off working to support said family, that alot of times we have no time to say how much we really love our Daddies, but rest assured guys we do.

My Dad has been gone now for 10 yrs. And I have to say, Thanks Dad for all the sacrifices you endured to keep us together as a family, for your love and support in times of need. Thanks for disciplining me and my brothers, so we would know right from wrong, again thanks for holding us accountable for our actions. Mostly tho thanks for teaching me life isnt fair and we can only do our best to get the most out of life.

So Happy Fathers Day guys, and enjoy your day however you see fit, after all this is the day that we show you how honored you really are.

I dont get the link.....dont these establishments wash their produce???

and how can it even happen??? we harvesting tomatoes with chickens now??? I dont get it...