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[ball201 0]

i never thought about medicare until today,i always thought a person had to be disabled to get medicaid,found out today it is also based on income,thanx diane

[ball201 0]

i live in laurens,its about 70 miles west of cloumbia on i26,then exit 9 off of i385

[girlie2shooz 0]

call your medicaid office and get a list of covered procedures. i believe medicaid does approve wls. if you have applied for TANF or just plain FMC, call medicaid to see what your benefit will cover, typically it is what medicare covers and medicare covers wls. also, have you looked into SSI, or RSDI? You may have a condition that warrants a disability which may help with a small monthly monetary benefit. if you have recently applied for medicaid, get your pending slip and go and see a doctor and discuss a PLAN with him. If you just had heart surgery, my guess is a doctor wants to follow your progress and ensure your healthy. Then take a realistic approach to WLS. You are worth more than Ebay! Take one step at a time and you will be on your way. Yes you do need/want to lose weight, your heart needs to be healthy, and you need to exercise. With heart surgery, processes happen in a methodical manner. You need to discuss ALL of this with a doctor, it is not going to be a quick fix, but one you can live healthy with the right direction. g2s

[Wheetsin 714]

i havent found work yet,i have had a few interviews but no luck,when employers see a short fat man that has had open heart surgery they r scared to hire me,even though i have never had a heart attack,my heart is strong and i dont have any clogged arteries

HOW the HECK do your interviewers know you had open heart surgery? You realize that's not something you have to tell them in an interview, yes? And I'm assuming your shirt/tie/jacket covers scarring. So how is it that open heart surgery is even coming up in an interview, and how are the "see"ing it?????

[ball201 0]

thanx for the info,i have been looking into this since december of 2006,was fixen to see if my insurence would cover the procedure,but unfortunely my heart valve went out in april of 2007,my doc asked me if i thought about surgery

[ball201 0]

i drive a truck for a living and the dot requires a person to list all jobs,when interviewing they ask why i left my last job,i tell them what happened to me,i was suppose to start a new job driving locally,but the day before i was to start i tell them i went to the emergency room and was put in the hospital to have emergency heart valve replacement

[Wheetsin 714]

Have you thought of changing careers, even just temporarily? A job is better than no job. Go to a Target or Wal-Mart or something, retail, etc. Benefits + pay, even if the benefits aren't great, it will give you more to save toward your surgery than no job will. Does that make sense?

[Wheetsin 714]

i drive a truck for a living and the dot requires a person to list all jobs,when interviewing they ask why i left my last job,i tell them what happened to me,i was suppose to start a new job driving locally,but the day before i was to start i tell them i went to the emergency room and was put in the hospital to have emergency heart valve replacement

BTW, unless you're for some reason required to disclose detailed information, which I can't imagine but I've never worked for DOT so maybe, try holding back a little information. Maybe tell them "I had a medical emergency, and once I had recovered the position had already been filled" or "I ended up having to be admitted to the hospital the night before the job was to start, so I missed the first day." Something like that, maybe.

[Sgt Bob 1]

I've driven over the road (long haul) and local for 14 years. We had guys who had heart attacks, emphysema, cancer surgeries, quadruple bypasses who weren't prevent from driving a truck, as long as they could pass the DOT physical. Basically, if you can fog a mirror, you can drive a truck.

[kathystrick 3]

Basically, if you can fog a mirror, you can drive a truck.

Gee...That's kinda scary! :biggrin:

[ball201 0]

i been applying to some of the local companies and warehouses,if i dont find local work by end of month,im gonna go back to driving over the road,their r all kind of O.T.R. driving jobs,i just got use to sleeping in my own bed and using own bathroom,thanx for the info,and i wish u all the luck in the world with ur weightloss

[ball201 0]

ur wright,i just been picky,didnt want to go back to driving O.T.R.,im giving it to end of month finding local job,if not going back otr,atleast that way i can save the money,just hate living in a truck

[Sgt Bob 1]

ur wright,i just been picky,didnt want to go back to driving O.T.R.,im giving it to end of month finding local job,if not going back otr,atleast that way i can save the money,just hate living in a truck

Man, I know how you feel. I had a chance at a pretty darn good job (and a hard one to get) driving for Walmart. Excellent money, working conditions with some really nice perks and I ended up turning it down after they called me twice, because I just couldn't stand the thought of sleeping in a truck for 2 or 3 nights a week.

Good luck to ya.

[ball201 0]

we have a Walmart warehouse 3 miles from my house,i dont have enough experience for them though,its the 2nd largest one next to the one in Ar.