Wish me luck, vol 99999

[bean]

Some of you saw what was going on with my car, my apartment, and vandals. I can't find the thread now, and it was drawing some very unwanted attention, so I think it may have been disappeared (not sure, and frankly I don't want to see the pics again anyway). I haven't been on here in several days anyway.

I was handed an eviction notice today. Sort of, they didn't do it the legal way and have a sheriff do it, but the property manager did hand me one (at least they're letting me out of my lease without fees). And they called my mother, of all people, prior to showing up at my door to hand me the notice, which in turn set off a massive shitstorm with my family. Basically I have 2 weeks to find a new place, find a new car, and possibly a new job, since my stomach has been flaring up to the point that I've been puking nonstop for almost a week - plus more stress because now half of my family is calling me going OMGWTFYOU'REAFAG?! because the bitch of a property manager called my family and said I'm being thrown out over a hate crime.

Insurance did tell me they were totaling the car, but said they'd call back this morning with an offer, and I still haven't heard anything (and my rental is due back Wednesday - wound up being cheaper to pay for a rental out of pocket instead of having insurance cover half of it, WTF?).

I'm at the end of my fucking rope. I CAN move in with my parents, but I'd have to rehome my aquarium and my cat, not to mention cramming 4 rooms worth of possessions into a 10x10 room and (sadly) worrying about leaving anything out that could possibly hurt my mid 90s grandmother.

So, wish me luck.. HR has at least set up some counseling for me, and I think I'm going to take them up on it. Also have an appointment with my shrink setup for tomorrow, assuming I can stop throwing up long enough to get there.

Some birthday huh.

[It's me]

What does your lease say about eviction / non renewal etc?

Also:
http://www.oag.state.tx.us/consumer/tenants.shtml

[bean]

It's a pretty standard TAA lease, with an addendum allowing aquariums. Though to be honest, the place has gone downhill really fast since the new owner took over... maintenance takes a lot longer, maint is a lot ruder and thinks they can enter at any time, office staff isn't professional at all.

It really was a nice place when I moved in, but between my rent shooting way up and me taking a pay cut I can barely afford the rent as it is, so I'm not going to shed any tears about leaving the place.

The whole manager calling my family bit was uncalled for too, I'm going to be dealing with the fallout from that for several years.

[Magpie]

What the manager did was harassment. I'm not going to tell you to go to someone about it, because you have enough on your plate, but I'm having a hard time believing that's legal. It's definitely not moral. Doing something for the express purpose of giving someone else a hard time, especially when the other person hasn't done anything wrong, isn't cool.

Good luck with the apartment hunting!

[Der Cute]

Sweety, have you chatted with a lawyer about this? I think you could claim the Fair Housing Act, and stay...if you want to put the effort into this.

Have you also been in touch with the new PCP? I think you better. You seem to be getting sicker, as we talk, and I don't like it.

Per the car: I hope the PD actually does something and catches those punkass kids. Turd heads.

Hugs. I hope things get better soon.

[Rapscallion]

Must admit I've been worried about you since you didn't log in for a few days. Good to hear you're still kicking.

Rapscallion

[bean]

Have you also been in touch with the new PCP? I think you better. You seem to be getting sicker, as we talk, and I don't like it.

I have yeah. I'm trying to get worked in for endoscopies with the GI doc across the hall from my PCP - had to cancel my previously lined up ones because of all this.

The stomach issues definitely get much worse with the amount of stress, but the more work I miss, the more my stress goes up because I'm losing money and getting closer to getting canned. The more mom calls angrily demanding I go home with her, the more my stress goes up. The more the landlord calls, the more my stress goes up.

Mom hasn't done me any favors, my phone has been basically blowing up all day with her constantly asking why I'm not at work (because I've been puking), why I'm not at the hospital (because all they'll do is give me an IV, do some CT scans, and send me home 10-12 hours later just like the last 2 times and send me a massive bill), and why I still have the rental car (uh, because I paid for it through Wednesday), and oh god I need to go stay with her (I appreciate that part, but she will drive me absolutely insane, she still treats me like I'm 12 or 13 even though I'm well into my 30s).

Dad said he's gotten over 50 texts from her alone today and a few calls demanding he "do something" - from 700 miles away. We chatted for about 15 minutes on the phone a little while ago and discussed ways to gross out his wife (my stepmom), so we loudly discussed my stomach issues with me on speakerphone and her sounded like she wanted to puke. Granted, it made me want to puke too, but still.. Good ol' dad.

I do have intermittent FMLA setup by HR and my PCP, but now HR is wanting me to get re-certified by another dr out of my own pocket. Under FMLA though, they have to pay for it.

The whole situation sucks, I've been in bed most of the day watching tv with a bucket next to the bed to puke in. Insurance company never called with a settlement offer either, they said they'd call sometime today. I'm going to make some toast here in a little bit and see if I can hold that down at least...

Some valium sounds good, but I don't think I can just walk into a doctor's office and ask for that and actually get it. Especially since my doctors all know about my addictive personality. Still sounds good though, at least I might get a few hours sleep.

[Der Cute]

Call your PCP doc TOMORROW and bitch about getting the tests YESTERDAY. Like, be a semi-SC about getting yourself looked after.

I know the stress isnt helping, which sucks. I think you have shelter, no matter what, it's the tummy problem that's not fixed yet. Car, it is cooking right now, it's almost done. Tummy is the biggest issue here.

CALL TOMORROW.

Cutenoob

[bean]

All of the tests that can be done without shoving a camera into... openings... have been done. Tons of lab work, stool samples, puke samples, you name it, it's been done. It really is just a point of waiting until I can get a camera shoved into my throat and ass - and come up with the money for it.

Mom just called yelling that my appendix has to have burst, but uh... usually that involves pain doesn't it? And relatively quick death if untreated. No pain/tenderness on that side and this has been ongoing for over 6 months... and I'd really love to torch webmd.com's servers about now, enough of this internet doctor shit.

I can't seem to get through to her that I haven't had more than an hour or two of uninterrupted sleep in over 50 hours now because my phone rings every goddamn 30 fucking minutes with her playing internet doctor. The less sleep I get, the more pissed off I get, and the more likely I am to shut off the phone and maybe throw it in the toilet. Finally went off on her a minute ago and told her I'm shutting off AIM, turning off my phone, and not to disturb me until I've managed to sleep at least 12 hours, but now I'm too pissed off to sleep.

*bangs head on wall*
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[Der Cute]

Tell her if she calls one more time before end of August she'll have to pay for the procedure.

CALL the doc, this isn't something you can just slack off on. Call and ask if they give cash discounts or payment plans. YOU are in serious trouble with your tummy.

[bean]

Tell her if she calls one more time before end of August she'll have to pay for the procedure.

CALL the doc, this isn't something you can just slack off on. Call and ask if they give cash discounts or payment plans. YOU are in serious trouble with your tummy.

Actually I have decent insurance, the negotiated rate is far less than cash, and I only pay 20% until I hit $5000 out of pocket (they pay 100% after that, and I'm rapidly approaching that). But yeah, I'm making an appointment first thing in the morning. A visit to my PCP costs me $15 (cash rate is $150, negotiated rate w/insurance is a bit less).

And yeah, I sent a polite, while remaining scathing, email to the property manager about her contacting my family when they're not on the lease in any way at all except as an emergency contact (and outing me to my stepdad when he answered instead of my mom, I really didn't want to deal with that drama). CC'd the regional office too.

[Mikkel]

Getting cameras shoved into openings aren't that bad, the only thing I really minded was the jet propelled stuff to clean my intestines they made me drink a day before the colonoscopy, imagine drinking almost saturated saltwater with just a tinge of lime , it is seriously so bad that they gave me a strong anti-emetic to prevent me from throwing up. The procedure itself was not too unpleasant. I don't know what I would have done if I had to pay for the procedure, probably I would have waited and perhaps died.

[trailerparkmedic]

**hugs**

I am fuming that your landlord outed you. That's horrible.

[bean]

Some semi good news, some bad news.

I've only thrown up 7 times today (only 7, geez....), and it was all this morning.. still haven't kept any food down and I'm well into cancer patient doses of my nausea med now (Zofran, max dose is 32mg/day, I've had 24 so far.. I'm prescribed up to 8mg/day), but I at least was able to get a couple of things done today. Might try to keep some food down tonight.

My claims adjuster called me and told me what he suggested their total loss guys pay me for my car - and I was pretty surprised. Turns out if they stick close to what he suggests, I'll have driven the car for about $500-750/year in depreciation. They were supposed to call me before 1pm though, it's now 6:15pm. The guy I'm dealing with at this point is in California though, the local office/agents are completely out of it. Local guy was awesome to deal with, the folks in California are really dragging their feet. It's been over a week and I'm still paying for a rental that I'm barely driving (put <20 miles on it so far). Think I'm still going to shoot for a car in what I thought was my original budget though, and use the remainder for a deposit on the new place when I find it. Once I have the energy I'm going to try and go look at a couple of late 90s Civics and Volvos, both are pretty damn bulletproof and damn good cars (money will go a bit further on a Volvo).

Turns out cable box remotes really don't like being puked on.. who'da thought . That'll be a fun one to explain to them... might just try rinsing it off and letting it dry for a few days with the batteries removed. And my cable box is almost completely unusable without the remote, so I'm stuck watching the tiny bedroom tv with only a handful of channels compared to the big tv. Upside is the bed is a lot more comfortable and there's a ceiling fan in there, "downside" is I can't hear anyone knocking on the door (and the landlord is leaving some pissy notes on the door even though my rent is paid in full until the end of the month).

edit: Called Time Warner, they gave me a new remote for free as long as I picked it up. Yay.

[csquared]

I would be tempted to sick a lawyer on the apartment management. With everything you have said about them, you should get out of there as quickly as possible. However, you should be able to do so on your own schedule.

Don't forget to turn the rental car receipt over to the insurance company. Even if they did not book the rental, they should still reimburse you up to the contract limits.

I hope the find what is wrong and you are feeling better soon.