Tag Archives: disabilities

Thank you for your patience

Posted on February 13, 2010 by Kirk M

Obviously I haven’t posted for the last several days. There’s a simple reason for this. I haven’t felt all that well. In fact, I’ve felt absolutely lousy and yes, it has to do with those blasted disabilities of mine (may … Continue reading →

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Triple Whammied

Posted on January 27, 2010 by Kirk M

I seemed to have triple whammied myself. Sucker punched, knocked over and kicked myself when I was down. Slam, bam, wham and I was out. Or wish I was. I’m not going to go into any detail here but it … Continue reading →

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Labeled Disabled | Wherein the Problem Lies

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Kirk M

Still having trouble dealing with being “disabled” much to my own surprise. Continue reading →

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General Announcments

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Kirk M

Seems like every time I seem to be ready to sit down and write a bunch of stuff something always gets in the way. This time, as usual, it was a combination of a flare up (disabilities, three each, the … Continue reading →

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Drawn, Quartered and De-Brained

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Kirk M

You know, it’s hard to write anything intelligible when you have a knife stuck somewhere in the area of your solar plexus. In fact, it’s nearly impossible. I’m beginning to feel a bit like Mel Gibson at the end of … Continue reading →

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The Last Exam

Posted on June 6, 2008 by Kirk M

So it’s finally over. The last Special Programs exams at the VA for this increase in disability compensation from my current 70% rating to 100% due to “unemployability” are finished; I had the last two today. The only thing left … Continue reading →

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One Nasty Week

Posted on May 31, 2008 by Kirk M

Man, I feel bloody awful! Isn’t that a great way to start a post? Unfortunately it’s true enough. I had a massive flare up of that service related problem in my gut last week (GERD and the effects thereof) and … Continue reading →

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Back From the VA Finally and it’s my Hip!

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Kirk M

Okay, so I’m back. Now let’s make a long, bumpy (the ride) story rather…well…as long as it needs to be. In 1981 someone dropped their end of a piece of rather large equipment and I ended up with a somewhat … Continue reading →

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