Erin! Dude, that's ... really sort of fascinating. I'm so sorry about the money and time stress, though. ::hugs Erin:: I should write you some porn for your recuperation!

Unfortunately, vw, as a teacher, there is no stealing away for me.

But I do get off at 3 on Friday...coffee?

Hmmm...I'll have to see if that late will work. We have to go to Omaha for a concert in the evening. I'm not sure what time we have to leave... I'll check and e-mail you.

I should write you some porn for your recuperation!

That would be made of awesome! I read too fast; I'm gonna have my sister (cyster, heh heh) steal me some massive bios, too.

And don't get all excited, y'all. I won't know if it's actually a teratoma till they whack me open. But, dude, I kinda want it to be. But I did some reseach and a teratoma is different than a parasitic twin, so I'm not gonna go all The Dark Half on ya.

(Note to self: research parasitic twin horror novels for recovery reading. Hmm. Is there PTwin porn? Hmm.)

Is there PTwin porn? Hmm.

You are a sick, sick woman.

So, I'm about to head over to pick up my pay stub from UMB, then take the documentation over to MassHealth to talk to a supervisor. Any comments on this letter?

To Whom It May Concern::

Yesterday, April 17, 2008, I called regarding the denial of my CommonHealth re-eligibility. I spoke with a customer service agent, who then transferred me to _____, an eligibility specialist in the Revere office.

______ was very helpful in explaining why I had been denied, and even tried to help me come up with a way to get reinstated. I had only sent in pay stubs from two of my part-time jobs because my third part-time job is through a private family, and I receive personal checks as payment for that job. She suggested that I get a letter from the family, stating how many hours a month I work and what my pay rate is. I responded that I was uncomfortable with that, as I would have to disclose my disability to the family, and that may jeopardize my job. _____’s response really troubled me. She said, “Well, ma’am, you are disabled, and they should probably know that.”

My disability is psychiatric, and I am steadily working very hard to get back to a place where I can be working full time. Disclosing a psychiatric disability could jeopardize my position, and I feel that ______ should have been more sensitive to that fact. I understand that MassHealth needs the documentation to re-instate my insurance coverage, but the insensitive comment was not only unnecessary, but also inappropriate. I hope that in the future, eligibility specialists will be trained to be more sensitive to people’s disabilities--especially psychiatric disabilities.

I have enclosed pay stubs for the last month’s of work at my other two jobs. They total 42.75 hours for the month. Please re-instate my CommonHealth with this documentation.

You are a sick, sick woman.

I'm out, I'm loud, I'm proud...

Thanks for the good wishes vw and -t. It's been really nice so far!

vw, the letter looks good. I don't think you need to mention the nature of your disability -- it shouldn't matter and you shouldn't have to justify WHY you shouldn't have to disclose if you want to keep it private.

seconding Sparky - that was the gist of my outrage with that person in the first place.