tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.comments2015-12-14T04:09:59.706-08:00The Weary Zebra- Cushing's Patient w/o InsuranceThe Weary Zebrahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comBlogger98125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-47249816229924424092013-12-03T07:30:28.509-08:002013-12-03T07:30:28.509-08:00((((hugs))))((((hugs))))CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-61731606655016506682013-05-21T08:39:34.970-07:002013-05-21T08:39:34.970-07:00((((hugs)))) I'm so sorry that you are going t...((((hugs)))) I'm so sorry that you are going through all of this BS, I hope the 'warden' will help you and get you cured.....CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-64703456097889301802013-02-22T21:25:59.635-08:002013-02-22T21:25:59.635-08:00No, it really helps. I need to hear these things m...No, it really helps. I need to hear these things more and more. And its not just a friendship, but a person who is a good business partner. Its a double blow. I just hope I can find teh strength to do so. The Weary Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-18664251503093553362013-02-22T20:14:28.874-08:002013-02-22T20:14:28.874-08:00well, i remember when this first happened.
it is ...well, i remember when this first happened. <br />it is a VERY hard choice, to cut someone off, especially when you do care about them as a friend and fellow human, but, they cannot take and take and take, and expect there to be still more for people to give. <br />like all things in nature, nothing is in endless supply, if it isn't replenished. love and friendship is one of those things. no one gets to keep taking your love and kindness without nourishing you with the same.<br />it is OK to be hurt, it is even ok to lash out, WITHIN REASON! we all do it, we are human and flawed, but if we are a good and loving person and not selfish, then we care when we have hurt our friends, we say sorry we FIX it, we take care of our friends when they need care and understanding, this person is NOT a friend. they were once, and maybe one day they will be again. but it isn't you, or Mrs Zebra or your new housemate who killed this friendship, it is the emotional vampire who did. and only they can fix it.<br />if you can, just block their number and blacklist their texts so you won't see them. there are apps like Chomp SMS, that let you blacklist texts, and i know you probably know of some call apps that block certain numbers from even being able to leave a voicemail. you are NOT the bad guy for blocking this person. there is only one of your, and you cannot take care of anyone else, if you don't take care of YOU first (i know this is the pot calling the kettle black but it's obviously easier said then done)<br /><br />Lonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10769234273914463575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-62313777900436232792013-01-20T11:25:28.461-08:002013-01-20T11:25:28.461-08:00I'm glad that you had a great time, and are mo...I'm glad that you had a great time, and are more hopeful! ((( hugs)))CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-41756356930557129942013-01-19T21:48:17.052-08:002013-01-19T21:48:17.052-08:00Fantastic!Fantastic!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-55370915413021351972012-11-26T16:24:31.546-08:002012-11-26T16:24:31.546-08:00(((Hugs))) I'm so sorry for your loss, but I&#...(((Hugs))) I'm so sorry for your loss, but I'm glad that it wasn't you. There is a reason for everything......CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-16546556391632918322012-11-06T22:37:14.831-08:002012-11-06T22:37:14.831-08:00:( I'm so sorry:( I'm so sorryCushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-26037406853097185392012-10-16T06:16:48.103-07:002012-10-16T06:16:48.103-07:00I do. Wish I could help. Same boat usually though....I do. Wish I could help. Same boat usually though. I actually have insurance at the moment through my husband's employer, but he's in sales and if he doesn't make quota during any given "rolling quarter " he'll be fired no exceptions, so I could lose it any given month. Scary. I'm also applying for SSI, doctors say I'm disabled, one even wrote a letter to SSI that I should qualify under a diagnosis they list in compassionate allowances, but they denied my original application, I'm in the reconsideration phase now. Life sure gives us lemons!Laughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01293630962937667733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-33025584449260920332012-10-13T10:43:13.199-07:002012-10-13T10:43:13.199-07:00(((hugs))) :( Don't give up!(((hugs))) :( Don't give up!CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-41501665425521415572011-11-18T06:47:08.310-08:002011-11-18T06:47:08.310-08:00Your photo reminds me of how awful I felt three mo...Your photo reminds me of how awful I felt three month ago. yes the operation is not painful but the discomfort is overwhelming. Now, i had to use <a href="http://www.nasalirrigator.net/" rel="nofollow">nasal irrigator</a>, kind of making me feel dizzy. Are you using it too?Dannanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-40115805174736433782011-10-27T00:27:41.065-07:002011-10-27T00:27:41.065-07:00Good luck! You will be missed, Comrade.....Good luck! You will be missed, Comrade.....Kent Allen Halliburtonhttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Texas-Young-Communist-League-Red-River-Club/114692388603466#!/pages/Texas-Young-Communist-League-Red-River-Club/114692388603466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-19833618695382133932011-10-23T21:56:29.892-07:002011-10-23T21:56:29.892-07:00(((hugs))) Good luck and God bless!(((hugs))) Good luck and God bless!CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-73278064024967649812011-10-09T20:27:06.285-07:002011-10-09T20:27:06.285-07:00Hi Weary Zebra,
I hope by now you and Mrs Zebra ha...Hi Weary Zebra,<br />I hope by now you and Mrs Zebra have been able to make the move up to the beautiful state of Washington. I lived there when I was 12 and then later I lived in Portland when I was 52. I love the great Pacific Northwest and the beautiful forests there. <br /><br />I just got my Cushing's diagnosis last month and am waiting for surgery. I've been really sad to hear about your tough and lonely journey, and also to hear that Mrs Zebra most surely has this awful disease too. My children (I have 4 adult kids) don't understand. They think I'm a hypochondriac and that I make things ups. My oldest son has this disease too but he's in denial. I left a comment about him on an earlier post of yours from 2010. I am trying to get him to go for testing, especially since he has insurance now. <br /><br />I have been so worried about you and the missus and I hope y'all have been able to make the move up to Washington. The heat in the south is so hard on people with Cushing's. I live in Mexico, without A/C, and the heat just paralyzes me. I sure am worried about y'all and if I'd like to give you both a big big hug and lots of love and encouragement. We have to keep on trying, no matter how shitty life is for us. There are times when I really want to call it quits, but it would break my husband's heart if I decided to "check out" of this life. But I have to admit that sometimes I really want to. But we have to keep on keeping on and hope for better days ahead. Please hang in there and know that we all love you and want you and the missus to have a better life, and we believe one day it will happen. Please give my love to Mrs Zebra, what a lovely wife you have. Lotsa love to you both, GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-20672724194805729762011-10-09T19:36:21.870-07:002011-10-09T19:36:21.870-07:00Hi Weary Zebra,
I just found your blog and have be...Hi Weary Zebra,<br />I just found your blog and have begun to read it. I'm trying to read all the posts in order, but I wanted to stop here to thank you for taking the time to make this blog for others to read and to learn about Cushing's. I just got my diagnosis last month. I've been sick for ten years. The doctors didn't find what was wrong with me, I did. I live in Mexico and so I'm able to walk into a lab and order any test I want without having to beg a doctor to order it for me. I got the Urine Free Cortisol (too high), and a morning ACTH test (too high), messed up thyroid hormones (all too low), and then I finally got an MRI that showed a 5mm by 6mm tumor on the pituitary. I'm thinking of also getting a CT scan of the adrenals. I'm trying to find a neurosurgeon in the US to do my surgery and it's a little complicated to get surgery there since I don't live in the US, but I am a US citizen so at least I can travel there for surgery, but my husband can't because he can't get a visa (he's Mexican). I am really glad I found your blog. I cry to read of what you have been going through all your life. I also believe that my son has Cushing's, probably since he was about 15. He's 34 now and looks just like you. You remind me of him a lot. I tried to tell him that he has Cushing's but he doesn't want to believe it. All his life his father has told him he was fat and lazy but I know he's not. He has the purple stretch marks on his stomach and he weighs 310 now. My heart breaks for him, for you, and for your wife, and all the people who don't even know they have this disease and have had to endure all the physical pain and the mean ugly way the world treats them for the way they look. Thank you Weary Zebra. I've also been looking at your videos on youtube. God bless you and your wife.<br />~~GailAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-30589309827182699932011-07-22T20:53:16.646-07:002011-07-22T20:53:16.646-07:00Still trying to push my buttons, hunh? Well who di...Still trying to push my buttons, hunh? Well who did you speak too? No one, thats who. Yes, I have control over who comments and know your IP address. And thats why your comment didnt post. FUCK OFF!The Weary Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-41972512854988353302011-07-15T08:49:50.331-07:002011-07-15T08:49:50.331-07:00Alicia stop throwing stupid temper tantrums you ar...Alicia stop throwing stupid temper tantrums you are not 5 years old!!!! Get over it!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-71241206589364188602011-07-15T06:55:49.156-07:002011-07-15T06:55:49.156-07:00That's funny, because no one I knew from high ...That's funny, because no one I knew from high school even knows who owns this blog. Sms I worked hard to graduate in the top third of my class in high school. If you knew who I was, maybe you would know that. But you don't, and I know who you are. You are the same person from above. You write in the same style, childish phrasing and lashing out. I hope you find that ma'ma who will let you suck on her breast. The one lady who you asked of to do that is so freaked out. I hope your happy. Now I'm done playing with you. You have issues, and you keep showing the rest of us how crazy you are. So I will warn you one more time, to gtfo my blog and go take a bath with a toster if you are so keen on ruining someone's day. Leave me and my sick friends alone.The Weary Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-24745696343119413472011-07-15T06:29:40.180-07:002011-07-15T06:29:40.180-07:00omg is it funny reading this. finally somebody els...omg is it funny reading this. finally somebody else who wants to expose Brandon for what he is. I knew Brandon in high school and he was a lazy sack then and i see nothing has changed. Btw did u ever fulfill your fantasy of being with someone over 400lbs!!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-583596566609609482011-07-14T18:28:29.472-07:002011-07-14T18:28:29.472-07:00Good, get off my page. Get off my blog. You talked...Good, get off my page. Get off my blog. You talked to A doctor huh, like your fake doctor who operated on you? So if I'm faking, how can there be people worse than me? We wouldn't be in the same catagory! I'm not above begging for help in a country that profits off the sick, because I'm willing to help others as I can. I'm humble enough to accept help when I need it. It doesn't matter how sick someone is. Who are you to make that call, especially after on "talking to a doctor" about people who may or may not exist? And if you don't have time to sit on your high horse and judge those below you while hiring behind the anon label, then why do you have the time to go ask "a doctor" about it either? Your the fake, not I ma'am and you are a sick person. You are sick in the head. You literally have no idea what my life is like, but you sure think you do. And that's the sad thing, because you are absolutely right. There are others sicker than me, who have florid, inoperative Cushing's but they accept all the help they can get too. If you really did any research on the matter, you would know there is more than one type of Cushing's. But no amount of research or hanging out with Cushing's sufferers will allow you to feel one percentage of how hard MY life is, let alone any other's. You couldnt handle my life for one day, let alone anyone worse off. Run like the coward you are. I hope you get the mental help you as a human deserve, and hope they lock all your personalities away for a long time.The Weary Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-62476981132819659782011-07-14T17:26:57.912-07:002011-07-14T17:26:57.912-07:00Well Miss CushieDiva, first of all I am not a stal...Well Miss CushieDiva, first of all I am not a stalker, secondly I spoke to a doctor about Cushing's disease. Ande let me tell you, there are a lot of people, including children in this world that are in worst condition then Mr. Weary Zebra but the huge difference is that they are not BEGGING for money, they are not asking anyone to feel sorry for them and send them their hard earned cash! This will be my last post because I have better things to do with my time! Good luck to you all!!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-66321445708881455702011-07-14T06:19:35.408-07:002011-07-14T06:19:35.408-07:00Anonymous you should be ashamed of yourself, stalk...Anonymous you should be ashamed of yourself, stalking sick people! Cushing's disease is no joke, do you think having BRAIN SURGERY is a SCAM??? It is awful enough to have to deal with this disease without having to deal with idiots like you. <br /><br /><br />Isaiah 54:17<br />No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.CushieDivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00982190984099916569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-37867209874560531582011-07-13T21:01:41.366-07:002011-07-13T21:01:41.366-07:00I could give a flying crap about what you think th...I could give a flying crap about what you think the constitution says Sycho! You are saying a sick person is scamming people that is SICK! what are you so mad people actually care for him and not you that you have to be so mad? Or are you mad that you Scammed people and it didn't work? Take your pick "Anynymous A"! And by the way I would love to know where you know him from, would love it sonce you know so much about him. How do you know he takes MEDICAL trips? Jealous much that people care about him. ONE WORD PATHETIC! wow Brandon someone must love you to be stalking you this much!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-34447094047183318302011-07-13T20:26:11.787-07:002011-07-13T20:26:11.787-07:00Your a bitch pussy hiding behind Anonymous yoursel...Your a bitch pussy hiding behind Anonymous yourself. So either quit being such a chief, and tell the world who you are and how you know me, or lose off.The Weary Zebrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03773530801107317584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1285435475821987325.post-38671802008418295662011-07-13T20:17:30.353-07:002011-07-13T20:17:30.353-07:00The last time I checked we were not in Russia, Com...The last time I checked we were not in Russia, Comrade!! We are in the great U S of A, and the freedom of speech is protected under our Constitution! Oh btw, I hear they have socialized medicine in Russia, will you be scamming people for that trip as well?????<br /><br />And for anonymous, no SCAMMING PEOPLE out of their hard EARNED money is not a laughing matter!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com