It is, but since I'm going to have the nerves in my lower back cauterized
soon, it may not be considered a "major issue". Especially if my walking
and balance/coordination improve afterwards. I won't know how much
improvement I'll get until after the procedure.

I wish I could help further, but I have ran out of suggestions. But, do let us know what happens with your battle to gain freedom. You so deserve it!

I will and thanks!

Hey, I just thought of something... you know how there is a little slip of paper in with a ss check how it says something about helping you safeguard yourself against getting your power, heat, and maybe gas shut off... maybe when you get back on your feet and have absolutely HAD IT putting up with everybody but YOU running your life, you could look into that. What do you have to loose? I am not sure how much it will deduct from your monthly check if it does, but you have obviously tried your hardest to live ON YOUR OWN. It's just a suggestion.

The only thing that could be a problem is transportation. But if you made friends with some kindhearted neighbors, that is a whole other story.

Then again, I bet rent somewhere goes tward gas, heat, and electricity anyway.

Just a suggestion for when you get back on your feet. I have faith you can do this on your own. (I just know it!! )

I bet you allmost anything that people who feel "stuck" with you are going to complain because they "have to" make thier house accomadatable to you so you can be the "housekeeper". For years, my own DAD had enough nerves to pretty much say to my face (without actually saying it, of course "rolls eyes".) that I was the reason we weren't very well off all the time. (Like i can help it! please....) BTW. It's been a very long time since my last operation. But yet, allowed his "prized chiildren" to go to universities. (Granted they weren't the BIG ones like, U of M.) But yet, I am the one who got blamed for not being so well off all the time.

Good luck.

My money is directly deposited into my checking account-I never see an
actual check. It's a nice thought, though.

I see... I just did that last year. It's nice, one less thing to worry about! I just hope if I remember correctly, you said something about your mom's name on YOUR account. I hope she doesn't have access to YOUR money and she withdraws it whenever she feels. (That would be terriable.)

(I think someone was added to MY account because of the fact the people at my bank are complete morons and always had one of the numbers wrong on my account. (I mean the balance wither it was begining balance, total withdraws, not enought deposit, or ending balance.... I don't remember.) But it has ALWAYS been the banks fault. Except one time, wich was an accident. And I have gotten one "suprise" wich recently came back in my favor!

(I just hope she doesn't take it upon herself to withdraw YOUR money for HER use. That would be terriable! I never really understood how that could work.)

How do you like that, I'm the one who gets punished for something the bank did? Nice, right?

It depends on what you mean by, "HER use". In addition to my own bills,
she's using my money to pay the cable bill up here and the internet bill
in Delaware-neither of which are in my name, BTW.

It goes back to what she's said before: "There's no reason you can't
do that little bit."

Do you know for a fact that someone was added to your account, or
is it something that you suspect? Would your parents tell you if they
were added to your account, or do they act like you don't have the
right to ask?

Oh, you have no idea what these banks are capable of! My
mother had to change her password at the bank, because they had
locked her out of her account! See, my father was using the online
banking at our computer and saved his password. Well, that meant
that nobody else could sign in, because his account number kept
coming up and we couldn't get it off. My mother tried several
times to access her account and after 3 or 4 tries, the bank
locked her out! You wouldn't believe all the phone calls, etc. that
she had to go through to get it straightened out!