To the attention of:
Barack Obama, US President;
Ted Strickland, Governor of Ohio;
US Senators from Ohio: George V. Voinovich, Sherrod Brown;
US Representatives from Ohio: Betty Sutton, Charles A. Wilson, Dennis J. Kucinich, Jean Schmidt, Jim Jordan, John A. Boccieri, John A. Boehner, Marcia L. Fudge, Marcy Kaptur, Mary Jo Kilroy, Michael R. Turner, Patrick J. Tiberi, Robert E. Latta, Steve Austria, Steve Driehaus, Steven C. LaTourette, Tim Ryan, Zachary T. Space;
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i am a 53 year old man that unfortunately was involved in a terrible truck/car accident in dec[1st] of 2004. i have certainly tried to have a normal life and get back to work. some days i can handle it. some days i cant. its the days that i cant thou that hurt my employability. my body has healed to a point that i think is as far as its going to. my brain injury? persists every day of my life. my attorney, i feel, didnt know exactly what he was doing, or did a poor job. it was a workmans comp. thing. at his urging, i took the buy out that the state of ohio was offering. i needed money. yet i still do, and what i receieved as a settlement? is now gone and i am losing everything ive worked so hard for. ive had to sell things time and time again, to pay bills and live. i own my house, thank god. but it is all that i have left. my two sons [19& 22] still live with me. my youngest sons girlfreind and their 8 mo. old daughter live here as well. with them working, i figured we could get by until something happened with me. neither have diplomas or geds. so basically? theyre not working. temp service stuff, here and there. i filed for ss disability. of course its been denied. i can sit,stand and walk appropriately. so i can do simple tasks in a relaxed environment. doctors cant see through my eyes, or feel and live the life i have been dealt. and where in gods name will i ever find the type of job that ssa states i can perform? i dont know until i wake up daily how that particular day will be. i have nothing to hide. all the facts of my case are spelled out in different doctors reports. the information is readily available to anyone who cares to or has the means to look. im losing the battle here. behind in everything is me. right down to my lima city property taxs. i suppose that next my house will be takin, over the 495.00 dollars that i owe the city. i dont know what to do. were on food stamps. ive applied for state disability assistance. no word yet on that. i have no health ins. havent seen a doctor in over two years. i cant afford the medications im supposed to be taking, and really dont wish to be on. the accident was not my fault. and believe me. getting hit head on by a tractor trailer is nothing you just get over. check into this please. as i said. i have nothing to hide. . piper m. jones 1. ive always worked hard. as a carpenter? i enjoyed what i was doing. lots of overtime. 24 hr call. very proud single father of four. became a foreman with the company i worked for. all the years and all the effort to do better. just to become weak and struggling. i trully wish i could just go back to work, and make it. this is not the american dream. its a nightmare. give me my disability and let me have something sure in my life. its not enough. thou it would give me the opportunity to at least pay some of my expenses. my 85 year old mother, has been helping me pay my bills. i trully feel like shit about that one. she cant help me anymore, and i dont and havent wanted it. im on beggars sites daily trying to get money. government grant sites. all to no avail. my sister lives next door to me and allows me to use the computer. or i wouldnt be doing this now. i have collection actions everywhere. time warner cable,verizon[i use my daughters phone],the insurance company[have no ins. on my house],doctors that i used to see. where will it end? i even sold my van,to pay bills. my sons both have older pickup trucks, that of course have my name on the titles. so im scrutinized over that issue as well. i cant just sign them over to them solely. thats giving them away. why does that matter? so much for doing for your own. i need help. ill take it. whos offering? im told im very lucky to be alive. most of the time ill disagree with that. im asked again and again by people[doctors] who make decisions about me, how many bad days do experience a week. how many good days. ive learned to say that theyre all bad. just some better than most. i dont like doctors, never have. i kept things from them and played down certain points, in order to get away from them and get back on with my life. bad mistake. i should have played the game and acted as stupid and messed up as they needed to hear. thou im an honest guy, who just wanted and tried my best to get better. i guess i got my lesson in law and ehtics. i cant even leave my house without anxiety attacks. i dont like crowds. i have a violant temper. stressfull situations push all the wrong buttons. on and on and on. i dont remember my wreck, or alot of things about my life. ive always been clean shavin. i woke up in the hospital with a pretty good beard, and crap sticking in me everywhere. of course i was scared. now its a different kind of scared. im going to end up having and being nothing. enjoy your life. i cant stand to be me.
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