help!!!

[ajack 0]

does any one use the chat room?

[shakeerah 0]

hi ajack i live in newark newjersey but really hate it here:mad:

[Dody 0]

Thanks everyone you are so kind i really don't have much to say but thank you and for dody i will email you soon ok wheetsin yes i take meds and see a doctor on a regular basic and he said i suppose to had been on ssi but everything is going so wrong and all the time i think about working but i be thinking what if i have a panic attack at the interview or something just crazy like that but i will do something and the name of the meds i take is lexapro and risperdal and all it do is cause me to sleep half of the day so i no a job wouldnt last that long with me lol.

I'm totally unfamiliar with New Jersey, but I will do my best to contact the right people. You will need to tell me all about yourself, an address etc. where you can be contacted, anything pertinent to a news station and to your Senator and Governor. If anyone can get the ball rolling it will be the Social Worker who is assigned to the Senator's Office. I will do my best to help you. You are on some very strong drugs. I take Xanax for panic disorders and have for years. Have you talked with your dr. recently about a change in your meds to something that won't make you as tired? Give me all the info you can and I'll do my best. I leave myself on Apr. 10 for my surgery consult, but I will get to work in the meantime. I can't help you if you don't give me every bit of info about yourself.

[3loves 0]

shakeerah ~ Please respond to Doty's offer to help you if you are indeed being honest. There are so many ways to go about this and you need to understand that people must protect themselves from fraud. That doesn't mean you're being dishonest, it just means that the manner in which you have asked for money is questionable at best. Don't get upset that somone would question your integrity b/c that's the world we live in.

I do see that you made a previous request here on LBT on 9-4-05. Have you made any progess since then? What steps have you taken toward your lapband journey? Why didn't you join LBT then? Also, your PayPal isn't verified and that raises questions as well, especially since you've been a member since Sept 2004.

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I Need Help

<HR style="COLOR: #d1d1e1" SIZE=1><!-- / icon and title --><!-- message -->Please Can Anyone Help Me Im 22 Years Old And Every Day Depressed Because Of My Weight I Weigh 300 Pounds And Im 22 Years Of Age,I Have HighBlood Pressure And Need The Surgery Real Bad I Want To Get Surgery In Mexico But Im $2000 Short And Will Like To No Can Anyone Be Able To Donate To Me It Will Be Very Helpful You Can Donate To Me At Paypal.com gurlblackfire21@verizon.net Is The email Address To Use When U Donate On Paypal.

If you are truly being honest, I'm sure Doty will be able to help you raise some awareness in your area and possibly help raise some funds. If you are trying to pray upon the wonderful hearts of people in this community, perhaps you should think twice.

I don't really know why this bothers me b/c I'm not the LBT police. I just don't want good people taken advantage of if that's the case. If not, please accept my sincere apology for doubting you....it's my nature. Join this community if you are being honest. This is a great place.

[dylansmom 27]

Wow. Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Dody for stepping up to the plate in a major big way. I also encourage you Shakeerah to allow Dody to help you get your story out there. You have absolutely nothing to lose, and everything to gain from it.

I agree that you should become a regular member of this community as well. There are some great people here, and we will all help you the best that we possibly can.

I'm sorry if I came across too strongly in my earlier posts, especially since I agree at how important it is to protect our families and ourselves. Predators are everywhere, but so are people who genuinely need our help too.

Thank you to everyone for your kind words to Shakeerah. I don't even know her personally, but there was something about her story that really struck a chord with me.

I am in awe by the kindness that I've seen displayed here on LBT to this one person. This reminds me of why I love this place so much.

[cashley 0]

I wouldn't hesitate to donate to most of the regulars on this board.

If a user name I recognized here as a member who particiaped on the forum I'd donate in a minute.

I guess a person could still be a members get involved and the turn out to be scammers but I'd be more gullible for that type of person asking for a donation.

I've heard that a lot of companies pay people to come to forums and blogs to talk about their products so it's easy to be skeptical.

Shakeerah - I wish you luck and I hope you join our boards and hang with us some times. Maybe you might enjoy it and I think more of us would be willing to go out on a limb like Doty did.

[Thinjen 0]

I don't understand this. When I pulled up the site, it was to sell dish network (I think). Is this what she is trying to sell?

[NeenBand 7]

Doty, that was a very generous off of help from you.

I don't live far from Newark, NJ and there is a hotbed of state agencies there. In fact SSI main building is there. along with other state and local charities and programs.

Shakeerah, SSI always turns you down for disability and hope people give up, which you did. What you need to do is go get a disability lawyer in your area , they are in the phone book. They don't charge you anything unless you win. Andif you get the lawyer and keep at it, you will win your SSDI

[sleepyjean 0]

I actually think it is just some creative fundraising. Good for her. I don't think she meant for US to donate, but that the story it tells as her intro. We have all tried a bunch of things, but maybe she will actually get some "sponsors" out of this. Maybe someone who is overweight themselves but either does not want to have the surgery, or can't for another reason, but wants to sponsor someone elses life to change.

Come on people, lets be more open minded about this. Geez, what about that pregnant woman that uses her belly as marketing and gets a ton of money for it... bad? Nope, just good business skills. I say if she can raise the money through donations, then more power to her! She isn't tricking anyone to donate, it is a straight forward request and obvious donation. She isn't calling around to unsuspecting seniors asking for them to donate to a firefighters luncheon or anything... Geez, sometimes this place is too judgemental. Let's be a little more open minded.

As far as I am concerned...... YOU GO GIRL!

While I agree with what you're saying, I don't think anyone was being overly judgmental. Yes, if she wants to try this and if it works, great for her. Like you said, there are plenty of other people doing similar things on the internet.

The fact that some of us are doubtful isn't a directed comment at her saying she's a fraud or whatever. But this is how people often react to people on the internet asking for money. If someone else is more trusting than I am and wants to send money, go for it. But for my part, I would never in a million years send money in response to a request like this. There are too many scammers out there and the scams get more and more sophisticated all the time.

If it's really a 65 year old con artist, he's not going to admit it because some people here challenge him. If he's any good at conning people, he will react the same way she did e.g. the "you hurt my feelings response"

[Shontel 3]

I, too am saving (have been for 3 months now) Not sure how I feel about this..my funds are coming from me working, doing odd jobs, ect. I agree that its hard not to judge. Perhaps you are soliciting the wrong group of people? Good luck to you.

[shakeerah 0]

Thanks everyone i will just see how dish network turns out,Its really hard to try to build a website if you don't no how to but pratice makes perfect and i no i will soon be there.

[Tricia K. 0]

I'm going to play the Devil's Advocate here and ask the others who have posted in this thread the following:

Does the picture on shakeerah's yahoo profile look like a girl that has a social phobia?

http://profiles.yahoo.com/shakeerah06

[shakeerah 0]

that is a stupid question to ask anyone you don't have to look like you have social phobia wow its peoples walking out there with H.I.V and looks as healthy as can be so for that stupid question just keep that to your self and stop trying hard to start bull sh*t on this board and why are u researching me.

[Mita 2]

Hi shakerrah,

I hope you find the resources to help you out:) I have had only a few panic attacks and those are nothing I want to happen to me again.

Good Luck

We should never judge a book by it's cover..

[shakeerah 0]

bubbame tell me about it and its not a good feeling at all :omg: