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we went down to my dad's for thanksgiving. my nephew rode down with us and sang most of the way when he wasn't passing out. he likes deadsy and the exploited because he was bangin' his head and jiggling around when those songs came on my cd player, heh.
my dad's health has really gone downhill. the poor dude can barely stand, and he uses a walking stick when he's not in the house so he can keep his balance. his ancient father is in better shape than him.
he told me that he thinks his health problems are due to agent orange. there's no history in our family of the things that are happening to him, and most of it is listed in the VA's list of diseases caused by agent orange - yet the government refused his petition for benefits. so now he's appealing the decision. i'm helping him get information together to make those people look like jackasses for turning him down in the first place.
we were going through his medical records and he was showing me where one minute he's got a certain disease or condition, then after his application they re-diagnose it as something else. then you can see where a doctor not affiliated with this crap gives him back the original diagnosis. how the hell can this country's government do shit like that to it's veterans?
the really scary part is that apparently agent orange poisoning is passed down to your children because it binds to your DNA or something along those lines. as we're going through his medical records i'm seeing a lot of the same words that pop up in mine. like my back disorder for one. his bulged disk is in the EXACT same spot as mine, and where it's the worst is the EXACT series of vertebrae as mine from the first to the last. it's a degenerative joint disorder - AND NO ONE ELSE IN OUR FAMILY HAS IT. the way he walks now is identical to the limp/screwed up gait that i've developed (only his is MUCH more pronounced). even most of the medications he's on, i am too. he told me that "this is what you get to look forward to!" kinda joking as he's trying to get out of the chair he was sitting in. one of the diagnoses that they keep giving him and taking away is MS. greeeeeat.
and my stepmother's cooking was awful. i was so glad when we got to wyl's mom's and had some food with taste. at least it kept me from eating too much at my dad's. sweet potatoes man, how do you fuck up sweet potatoes? from a can!!!
so that was my thanksgiving.
my dad's health has really gone downhill. the poor dude can barely stand, and he uses a walking stick when he's not in the house so he can keep his balance. his ancient father is in better shape than him.
he told me that he thinks his health problems are due to agent orange. there's no history in our family of the things that are happening to him, and most of it is listed in the VA's list of diseases caused by agent orange - yet the government refused his petition for benefits. so now he's appealing the decision. i'm helping him get information together to make those people look like jackasses for turning him down in the first place.
we were going through his medical records and he was showing me where one minute he's got a certain disease or condition, then after his application they re-diagnose it as something else. then you can see where a doctor not affiliated with this crap gives him back the original diagnosis. how the hell can this country's government do shit like that to it's veterans?
the really scary part is that apparently agent orange poisoning is passed down to your children because it binds to your DNA or something along those lines. as we're going through his medical records i'm seeing a lot of the same words that pop up in mine. like my back disorder for one. his bulged disk is in the EXACT same spot as mine, and where it's the worst is the EXACT series of vertebrae as mine from the first to the last. it's a degenerative joint disorder - AND NO ONE ELSE IN OUR FAMILY HAS IT. the way he walks now is identical to the limp/screwed up gait that i've developed (only his is MUCH more pronounced). even most of the medications he's on, i am too. he told me that "this is what you get to look forward to!" kinda joking as he's trying to get out of the chair he was sitting in. one of the diagnoses that they keep giving him and taking away is MS. greeeeeat.
and my stepmother's cooking was awful. i was so glad when we got to wyl's mom's and had some food with taste. at least it kept me from eating too much at my dad's. sweet potatoes man, how do you fuck up sweet potatoes? from a can!!!
so that was my thanksgiving.
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I didn't have any thanksgiving at all so you should be thankful for those icky sweet potatos! I love sweet taters.