I had a ball and kept the girls in stitches with my tales of last minute dieting, drive by Liposuction attempts and various other topics. I didn't give a rip about my weight,what I wore or pretty much anything else. However it is a little uncomfortable being in the same room with ex what's his name. A grim reminder of my lack of judgement in my youth. Our school has been a middle school for years but somehow we manage to stick together, at least some of us do. We have breakfast once a month and keep a flower fund going for funerals of class and family members of our classmates. We grew up in a wonderful time and know just how lucky we were to do so. We are family and always will be.

I have found it is useless to try to "protect" frogs. When I was re-building my pond in the spring, I caught all the frogs when I drained the pond and put them in the temporary holding tank with the fish for a few days. I covered it with a net and they still escaped and kept trying to hop away. I finally put them into another tank with all the plants and put a cover on of it they couldn't escape from and fed them crickets. Then when the pond was finished, I put them back into the pond and they just disappeared for about a month. They are capable of taking care of themselves. I enjoy them, but have stopped worrying about them. Glenda

Puncture wounds are nasty, could be anything growing in there. Watch for infection and go to the doc if it doesn't get better. If it was a spider bite (brown recluse) it can eat down into the bone. They get a nasty center with redness and pain and swelling around them but there are other things that do the same thing. I had this twice right next to the nail and it started looking real bad so went to the doc. He said it looked like it could be a spider bite but since I didn't know for sure he couldn't say for sure. He prescribed antibiotic and it healed up. It was very painful.

I do have advice. Since your condition is on the CAL list, it should be easier for you to get SSD benefits than other people. Let me share with you some of the things which may be a bump in the road. think of your condition as disabling, a disability, and not a retirement. Sure there are tasks of your job that you perhaps can continue to do, such as sitting at a desk and checking the computer or making phone calls, but, I believe, you are unable to do the field work which may entail visiting other places, local travel, lots of walking and making decisions without a medicine clogged mind. The executive decision making and fact gathering, I'm guessing here, are the tasks affected. Sitting for short periods are ok bu not long? Dependent legs a problem? Anxiety about doing the job likely won't enter into the picture bc, as that is, it may be seen as a temporary condition but maybe not. Job anxiety may be seen as a contributing element if you are worried about your job. The fact that you are a long time employee counts.Of course, if you have debilitating anxiety in general, then that's a different thing. Moderate major depression can be disabling. SSA pays for total disability, not partial. Even tho, your first post, says that hr offered you a "very part time" position, perhaps, that may not be seen as a substitute for your challenging job, where you make decisions on facts and gather those facts. Neetsie did I describe the more executive aspects of your job? That matters. think about the tasks that you cannot or have difficulty doing. Mental disability and pain caused disability count but be honest. Think about why you were able to do your job for these many years but cannot now. What and how. What changed? A new boss does not count. A constellation of symptoms counts. The difficulty of clothing can be circumvented and shouldn't count. All that said, being on the cal list counts the most. That's the most persuasive element. does your doctor say you are totally disabled? Might you need to tell him why you cannot do your job, if he doesn't think so? the closer one gets to age 62, the ssa requirements loosen, especially for those in early 60's or late 50's. Since I canno easily talk to you I can only guess about certain things. I am a retired claim analyst/manager, having spent 25 years as a claim professional. The last nine years I was a claim litigation supervisor and paralegal for a multinational corporation working in the legal department. I retired in 94 but most disability issues have not substantively changed. Now there is a cal list but those conditions were previously quickly granted benefits, too. Just not formally listed. Hth