I got results!

It has been ages since I wrote a post but that is simply because I have been coping with an overwhelming lack of energy. Today is the first day that I have felt enough energy to work at the computer rather than take a three hour nap. I completed my radiation treatments last Monday, two days early due to extreme skin irritation. Actually is was burning. My skin was peeling off and blistering so badly that I could not continue. Now, a week later, I am healing and I see a light at the end of the tunnel.

Not only am I healing but I once again have money from my unemployment insurance. The letter that I wrote to Gabrielle Giffords actually got some results. I was so shocked. I mailed the letter on Friday and by the following Tuesday, I had gotten a phone call from someone to whom my letter had been forwarded. She was in charge of working out unemployment insurance problems (I know that this is vague, but that is the way I felt at the time). She asked about my claim and the problems I was having. I told her the story and she said that she would look into it and that a UI rep would get in touch with me and if I did not hear from someone in a few days, I should call her back.

On Friday, she called me and asked if I had heard from UI. I said that I was not at home and could not check my messages. She told me that she spoke to my rep, got my problem worked out and that my payments for the past seven weeks would be in the bank by the next week. And they were!!!!!

When I wrote that letter, I never expected to actually see any results from it. So now I know that if you make a stink, someone just might listen to you. So if you have a gripe or a concern, be sure to let someone know about it. And if you do it in a polite and diplomatic manner, you just might see some change.

Next up, a letter about healthcare, although it is long overdue.