Que Sera, Sera

So I went over my options today with Human Resources, since Great West Life rejected my application last week for long term disability. (I got the letter in the mail today.) As they presented it to me, I can take an unpaid leave of absence, explore employment insurance options, or return to work.

I'll have to discuss these options with my doctor, and my lawyer.

Que sera, sera
Whatever will be, will be.
The future's not ours to see,
Que sera, sera.

- Que sera, sera

Turn this world around

Yesterday morning I had an ultrasound of my legs at the Civic. It was pretty uneventful. The appointment was painfully early in the morning. (The first appointment to be exact.) But it took half an hour, and I was done. It's another test for a transplant.

Dialysis was the usual boring. I got some reading done, but other than that, it was pretty uneventful. The other day I had a nurse tell me about a patient who was black and blue from the waist to the neck. The serious lack of confidentiality there, and the open-ness of the unit concerns me on a daily basis.

Today I got a call from Great-West Life. They turned down my long term disability claim. Not for the reasons you might expect. It is because of a pre-existing condition, but if I had been insured for a year after being there, I would have been approved. They never asked for a medical. This is seriously annoying. I have a call in to a lawyer for those GWL people reading my blog.

Maybe another letter to the Premier....

Heaven and Earth have moved!!

Wow, I got the most amazing news today.

Heaven and Earth have moved!!

My parents got a call from the nice folks at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Barrie. I'm visiting my parents for a week at the end of August, and they didn't have any room for me at that hospital, or at the one in Orillia. I was going to have my dialysis at York Central Hospital in Richmond Hill, almost an hour away. However, there's room for me during my visit, at hospital in Barrie! Yay!

I had written a letter to my MPP, Premier Dalton McGuinty about the problem.

I didn't realize I could move such large mountains before.

Wow.

the Letter from the landlord down the street

So today I got a strange letter from my landlord talking about new security precautions after an "incident" occurred. My best guess is that it's probably a murder since they're taking such drastic steps.

It's too bad really. I moved into this building because it was supposed to be a safe neighbourhood, and because of the very close vicinity to the beach.

On a positive note, I used Picasa for the first time today to edit the scan of the photo. And while I still prefer GIMP, Piasca is really easy to use, and has me contemplating putting some of my photos on the web.

Lifetime hosting

So after 7 years of webhosting with DrakNet, I decided that it's time to get a lifetime account, and perhaps save a bit of money. I can't believe I've really been with them for 7 years. That's almost as long as my second transplant.

My previous blog post about the evil BlueFur.com was in reference to a second webhosting account I have for other websites I run including my sister's.

Yes petertretter.com has been on the web for 7 years.

Now to get more traffic since that I don't have to worry about the hosting bills anymore.