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Ickie

July 15th, 2013, 10:05

Recently Canelo had a blood vessel behind his right eye burst due to an head injury he got in 1981 in a motorcycle accident. They were able to repair the vessel but his vision has not gotten any better so he requires additional surgery to relieve pressure on his optic nerve and make sure the blood vessel is not still leaking. He has insurance with co-pay but being on a fixed income he's about $500 short.

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ickie
Dain Arns
Jean-Robert Turcot
John Henderson
Dangerousdave26
Michael Carr
James Daniell
Paul Beaudoin
Gerald Hofacker
Richard Brown
Thomas Kuchman
Robert Mayer
Jerome Nolan
William Powell
Milton Shupe
Kel White
John Miguez
Ken Stallings
Michael MacKuen
Michael Zola
Edward Moore
Roger Law
Stephen Whelan
Bernt Stolle
Richard Turner

Dain Arns

July 15th, 2013, 10:17

Okay, done.:salute: :wavey:

MCDesigns

July 15th, 2013, 10:57

donated just now, hope it helps!

papab

July 15th, 2013, 14:20

Glad to help
Rick

WarHorse47

July 15th, 2013, 14:37

It be done :salute: Glad to help.

SabreAce

July 15th, 2013, 14:42

Can't spare too much at the moment, but what I can is on its way.

TARPSBird

July 15th, 2013, 14:50

Just kicked in my donation. Best wishes CK, hope all goes well. :salute:

Milton Shupe

July 15th, 2013, 15:25

Done; hope all goes well.

Skyhawk_310R

July 15th, 2013, 15:43

CK just a few weeks ago helped to update the vBulletin software on my web forum. So, this is a very easy choice to help him. Just donated $50 to the effort and I hope it helps him recover well.

Ken Stallings

Daveroo

July 15th, 2013, 15:44

if the need is still there for money after Aug 3rd,i can pitch in,if yall remember back to the recent drive for the computer needs of one of our members...this is exactly why i and others wanted to have some sort of fund set up full time that we can add to when we have a few dimes extra...right now i feel like a jackass because my name wont show on the list as having contributed to Canelo-kid,even though i desperately want to help,but i literally have $2.64 in my account right now,and i don't dare take that $2.00 out.

but if we had that account "laying" around..then Canelo-kid could have his $500.00 right off,and we.as a group would put it back in,by the use of a "fund drive" after the fact..."Canelo-kid had an emergincy,used $500 from the fund,he is safe now,so lets get it paid back,please pitch in!"...and then the rest of the time..have a link in a sticky somewhere to paypal or to icki to write a check or whathave you and if someone wants to donate $0.10 or $1,000.00 so be it...

please think about it...

who knows...im going to need a new pc before long and i wont be able to pay for one......yeah...imma need help..but i know i wont get it.....

July 16th, 2013, 00:30

Done, best of luck.

Crusader

July 16th, 2013, 02:02

Best of luck and good health in the future . Donation sent .

Mickey D

July 16th, 2013, 12:27

Daveroo

July 16th, 2013, 14:12

A great idea Daveroo (again). But I fear there'll be no response. BTW would this fund apply to Overseas Members? My PC needs updating.

yeah i know,,and if i ever get the bollocks to set it up myself.....yes..ALL SOH members will be included..trouble is..at my bank...i need $500.00 USD upfront to start a fee free account,other wise id do this myself and set up the paypal direct payment to the account.

Canelo

July 18th, 2013, 07:31

THANKS EVERYONE

 Had the surgery Tuesday, got out of the hospital last night with restored vision. They removed 7 cc of fluid and found a small tear on a blood vessel leading to my right eye.

In my accident I hit a VW BUG after it pulled out of an auto parts store, didn't even have time to hit the brake. I was thrown over the top and landed on my right side breaking my right foot, right knee, fracture my right hip, ruptured my liver and spine, broke three ribs, broke my collar bone, separated my right shoulder, fractured two vertebrae (lower back) and fractured my jaw and right eye socket. I was wearing a helmet which broke in half along a seam saving me from further head injuries.

Early this year I started getting headaches and darken blurred vision in my right eye, they tried to fix it but after surgery my vision never came back to normal. They said I still had swelling and to be patient but things got worse. After another MRI they detected the fluid and told me I probably still had a tear on a blood vessel they missed.

The right side of my head still aches a little, specially my right eye socket but the darken vision is gone, my eye is dilating again and my vision is just a little blurred and I don't have a headache anymore. Next week they will recheck their work but they believe the problem has been corrected.

After my accident I made a full recovery but over the years many of my injuries have come back to haunt me. My vision was never the same until now with slow dilation in my right eye, now my right dilates the same as my left eye.

I have already paid my co-pay with the money you-all sent and didn't overdraw my bank account and won't run out of money to live. In 2013 I have paid over $15,000.00 in medical expenses draining my savings. I have crappy health insurance and can't get SSI until 2015, Medicare in 2018, hell I can't even qualify for food stamps due to having a paid for home and other property. I'm stuck between a rock and a hard place with no pension having worked for myself for the last 30 years. I was OK until this problem reappeared early in 2013, I wasn't counting on spending 15 grand on medical expenses.

Again, thanks everyone, I'm back on track!

Please stop donations for me, I got what I needed from the people of a site and community I LOVE!
:applause: :salute: :jump:

Daveroo

July 18th, 2013, 07:46

its good to read you are doing well and you vision is back to near normal.

papab

July 18th, 2013, 13:52

Glad it was a success.......:applause:

Rick

robert41

July 18th, 2013, 16:43

Good news CK.

TARPSBird

July 18th, 2013, 17:02

CK, good to hear from you and glad all went well. :salute:

MCDesigns

July 18th, 2013, 17:17

Good to hear, hoping for a speedy recovery and no further issues!
I had a similar accident when in college. a car ran a red light and I side swiped them on my bike and got thrown into the curb. I woke 3 days later in the hospital with no major injuries, yet my helmet was in pieces, talk about luck.

Skyhawk_310R

July 18th, 2013, 17:41

CK,

I don't understand your accident. You say the VW pulled out of a car parts store parking lot and I presume then you were riding your motorcycle on the public street. Therefore, it seems then that the fault in the accident should have been assigned 100% to the driver of the VW. So, why are you liable for all these medical bills? Why are not those costs being paid by that VW driver's insurance? Or, did that drive not have insurance? If so, did he go to prison for driving without insurance?

Ken

Canelo

July 18th, 2013, 19:53

I crashed into a loser, I won a big lawsuit but I have never seen a dime. [I]You can't squeeze blood from a turnip!
In 1982 I had $52,000.00 in medical expenses, for years I had no problems because of the won lawsuit but in 1990 I was billed for the medical expenses because the person responsible had passed away (BROKE). I didn't pay-off that debt until 1998, the same year I also paid off my home, it was a great year. My brother and my business had a big year with the HOT technology of Satellite communications delivery systems going wild.

I retired and we sold the business in 2008, but the 'S' hit the fan and many of our stock investments went south. My brother (three back to back tours in Vietnam) started to have problems with PTSD after his retirement and the death of his wife, so now we live together in my house and spend some time in his house in Bisbee. He's on SSI and has veteran benefits but has no other income, I still work when I can in the telecommunications trouble shooting industry picking up jobs no one else wants to do.

We live on a string and my health issue just put us a bit over the line and I didn't want to go in debt and overdraw my already taped bank account. I thought after starting CFC and SOH web sites and with Ickie and I paying for them for years and my continued support to SOH was worth something, and I needed HELP!

I feel great about the site and the people here, for the last 8 years the community has paid the bills (not Ickie and Me) and kept SOH on-line. Along the way SOH has helped me and many of the other original founders as well as staff and community members in need. Our donations have gone to the Red Cross, bought gas cans and generators after hurricanes, our community cares and shows it.

Again thanks, your donations allowed me to get my head fixed. I already have restored typing, and being able to read normally as a benefit. Plus my brain loves the increased input and has been working overtime, or is it just being able to see with two eyes again?
:mixedsmi:

rdaniell

July 18th, 2013, 20:02

CK, I was just telling my wife what a great community this is and how we pull together when someone needs help. I'm glad I was able to help you in your time of need. It sure is comforting to know that if I ever needed help, there are people here who would be willing to help.

Glad you are getting better every day.

Regards,

RD

Daveroo

July 19th, 2013, 09:03

as i said before..im happy to see you are on the mend..the "news" of your brother is concerning to me..allways bothers me to hear of our veterans who went over seas and were able to come home alive,like your brother ,3 tours,now sick (yes i believe PTSD is an illness and should be treated more aggressively by not just our government,but the medical establishment) and basiaclly getting screwed by getting stuck with bottomline SSI or SSD...they are worth much more to this country than that...

 I crashed into a loser, I won a big lawsuit but I have never seen a dime. [I]You can't squeeze blood from a turnip!
In 1982 I had $52,000.00 in medical expenses, for years I had no problems because of the won lawsuit but in 1990 I was billed for the medical expenses because the person responsible had passed away (BROKE). I didn't pay-off that debt until 1998, the same year I also paid off my home, it was a great year. My brother and my business had a big year with the HOT technology of Satellite communications delivery systems going wild.

I retired and we sold the business in 2008, but the 'S' hit the fan and many of our stock investments went south. My brother (three back to back tours in Vietnam) started to have problems with PTSD after his retirement and the death of his wife, so now we live together in my house and spend some time in his house in Bisbee. He's on SSI and has veteran benefits but has no other income, I still work when I can in the telecommunications trouble shooting industry picking up jobs no one else wants to do.

We live on a string and my health issue just put us a bit over the line and I didn't want to go in debt and overdraw my already taped bank account. I thought after starting CFC and SOH web sites and with Ickie and I paying for them for years and my continued support to SOH was worth something, and I needed HELP!

I feel great about the site and the people here, for the last 8 years the community has paid the bills (not Ickie and Me) and kept SOH on-line. Along the way SOH has helped me and many of the other original founders as well as staff and community members in need. Our donations have gone to the Red Cross, bought gas cans and generators after hurricanes, our community cares and shows it.

Again thanks, your donations allowed me to get my head fixed. I already have restored typing, and being able to read normally as a benefit. Plus my brain loves the increased input and has been working overtime, or is it just being able to see with two eyes again?
:mixedsmi:

trucker17

July 19th, 2013, 09:23

Glad to hear things are getting better for you bud.....
Once my finances are better I will help with what I can......Keep strong my friend......
P.S. This government and medical establishment sucks with what they do to our most VALUED Citizens, our service men and women....

Skyhawk_310R

July 19th, 2013, 15:31

CK,

Sadly, our country has far too many of those kinds of losers! And the tally of them is increasing! Deadbeats with no desire to pay for their own lives and be responsible for their own actions are killing us. It was your unlucky draw to have encountered one. Very sad!

Ken