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Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by khafra »

noonespecial wrote: post #53
chaosmachine wrote: post #23

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Someone I know suffered a stroke from an overzealous hug. Old people are fragile.

No, people are fragile. They can have underlying health problems no matter what their age. Broken bones, recent surgeries etc. If you're going to go up to someone and grab hold of them you have a responsibility to make sure you won't hurt them. It is my opinion that you should just never do this to someone you don't know.

Yup. Last Thursday I watched a co-worker grit his teeth in pain when someone came up and gave him a friendly slap on the shoulder that had just undergone rotator cuff surgery. I personally give big, hearty hugs; but only to people I massage or spar with.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by stevenbedrick »

jdcrunchman wrote: post #47
stevenbedrick wrote: post #29

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According to the Wikipedia, Draper was born in 1944, which mean that he ought to be covered by Medicare, which is the federally-run insurance program for individuals over 65. However, as other commenters have noted, even with insurance, it's not uncommon to find out that a particular procedure isn't covered by one's plan, and even very good insurance policies often don't cover costs 100%. For example, very good priva…

stevenbedrick - I stand to correct you on my age. I was born in 1943 not 1944. Yes I am covered by Medicare, see my earlier statements. I was not aware that Medicare would cover 100% of my costs because of my current financial situation, which is pretty much nil, because I cannot program anymore because of extreme pain in my hands.

Thanks for the correction. I am shocked- shocked, I say!- to learn that the Wikipedia contained an incorrect datum! ;-)

Best wishes with getting the treatment you need, and for a speedy recovery afterwards (both medically and financially).

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by colanderman »

colanderman wrote: post #60
jdcrunchman wrote: post #42

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en2go web site was shut down months ago. The investors shut down the company in July. So yes, en2go is en2gone. The reason why I haven't been able to put the link on my website, has been due to my disability, and huge amounts of response I'm having to answer. My webmaster, maintaining Webcrunchers.com is going to be putting up the links. Plus, since I have not gone through my wiki entry, I have not been able to make…

Suggestion: donate any excess money to a well-regarded charity, perhaps one associated with your condition. I'm sure most people donating will be as willing, if not more willing, to donate if you tell them this up front.

To whomever downvoted this: care to say why you think this is a poor idea?

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

jdcrunchman wrote: post #41
mgkimsal wrote: post #6

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I almost donated, but dug around and can't find verification of his situation. Anyone got anything more concrete?

What do you need for verification? Do you want to talk to my surgeon? Usually, they don't like to talk about their patients unless you are next of kin. I did ask him to mention what the condition is, and more details on my condition is outlined in "savingcaptaincrunch.com" I'm fully aware that webcrunchers and wiki have no references, but that should be fixed by tonight. I'm barely able to type (have to use my thumbs…

FYI - I made the appropriate changes to webcrunchers.com like I said I would. The problem has been my hosting company who is hosting Webcrunchers was out of town on a mission, and had left before my volunteers put up the fundraiser site.

Early on, it was mentioned that this had to be done. Somehow, it fell into the cracks, next time, I'll pay more attention to such details.

You all please have to understand, that I'm going through tremendous amount of pain, and none of the pain medications work, and now I'm having to have stellar ganglon nerve root blocks, which kills the nerves, but only for certain periods of time. I'm told by the doctor, thereby increase this frequency, it may end my problem. I'm now having them three times a week. And I do want to say this, when you have a shot in the front of your neck with a needle going all the way back to the root nerve, it is a very painful experience.

But another doctor, insists I have surgery right away. I see said surgeon on the ninth, to find out what this is going to cost me above and beyond that Medicare can pay, and whatever is left over, I'll send back. I know who you are, I'll contact each and everyone of you individually, to ask if you want me to return what you paid. simple as that. And nice and fair. Again I want to thank everybody who donated, for your information, I am almost but not quite 2/3rd the way done to the goal of $10,000.

I remain

Crunch

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

ericlavigne wrote: post #4

There's no mention of this on John Draper's personal website or MySpace page. How do we know this message is from John Draper? http://www.webcrunchers.com/ http://www.myspace.com/jdcrunchman (Found webcrunchers via Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Draper and found MySpace via webcrunchers.)

It's fixed now. It was on my things to do, the person hosting my site was out of town, and had left long before I had to put up three donation website.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

zck wrote: post #58
jdcrunchman wrote: post #41

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What do you need for verification? Do you want to talk to my surgeon? Usually, they don't like to talk about their patients unless you are next of kin. I did ask him to mention what the condition is, and more details on my condition is outlined in "savingcaptaincrunch.com" I'm fully aware that webcrunchers and wiki have no references, but that should be fixed by tonight. I'm barely able to type (have to use my thumbs…

>What do you need for verification? Do you want to talk to my surgeon? I think that's the opposite of what people want: it's a matter of authentication -- how do we know the person that put up the website is forwarding the money to the real John Draper? Most people would trust you , if they could verify it's really you. You could put a link to this fundraiser on your website or myspace, or make a youtube video saying…

I challenge you to rebuff my claims. You contact me personally, I will be happy to give you the name of the doctor's physical therapists, and any and all medical staff that can substantiate my claim. And I find it totally offensive to say that people don't believe me. I'm have anything else to say, I'll leave you to judge based on what you can find out on your own.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

honey_smacks wrote: post #56
jdcrunchman wrote: post #44

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en2go web site was shut down months ago. The investors shut down the company in July. So yes, en2go is en2gone. The reason why I haven't been able to put the link on my website, has been due to my disability, and huge amounts of response I'm having to answer. My webmaster, maintaining Webcrunchers.com is going to be putting up the links. Plus, since I have not gone through my wiki entry, I have not been able to make…

To unkink your neck, hang upside down and pull on your hair or wear a heavy helmet.

Actually, that was one of the physical therapists treatments. But I don't hang upside down, use a pulley with a strap around my neck, going up over the doorway, with a water bag for weight. Recommended weight: 25 pounds. It feels pretty good, but it doesn't get rid of the pain in my hands. I have very little muscle control and my fingers right now, this nerve has to be released soon, or I'll lose all muscle control in my fingers.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

colanderman wrote: post #60
jdcrunchman wrote: post #42

Earlier quoted context omitted.

en2go web site was shut down months ago. The investors shut down the company in July. So yes, en2go is en2gone. The reason why I haven't been able to put the link on my website, has been due to my disability, and huge amounts of response I'm having to answer. My webmaster, maintaining Webcrunchers.com is going to be putting up the links. Plus, since I have not gone through my wiki entry, I have not been able to make…

Suggestion: donate any excess money to a well-regarded charity, perhaps one associated with your condition. I'm sure most people donating will be as willing, if not more willing, to donate if you tell them this up front.

If I receive more money than needed. I will contact each and every donor, and asked them if they want it returned. Simple as that. It's only fair. I know Who you are. I know much you donated, and will happily pay that back if it's not needed.

The most out-of-pocket expense I have is post surgery care or, other costs not covered by Medicare. I will say this, Medicare does not cover everything. I can assure you that. You'd be surprised at how many clinics are not covered by Medicare. And I've heard nothing about Obama care, even if that exists.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

ericlavigne wrote: post #52
jdcrunchman wrote: post #37

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This is in my things to do - my webmaster has been unavailable, so seeking details to do it myself. I appreciate you pointing this out. Wiki is also on my list. I'm already posting a lot of stuff on my facebook page. But don't want to come across as "Self Serving". I'm also unsure of the $10k cap. If I find another laser surgery outfit, and they charge more, how would my donors feel.

The amount of money could be discussed in more detail on http://savingcaptaincrunch.com/ There is already a paragraph towards the bottom that discusses how the money will be used. It could also say that you are still researching treatment options. $10,000 is an optimistic estimate for what it will cost to save your arms, and you're collecting up to $30,000 which will help you to get the best medical care possible. An…

Yes, that's absolutely right. Plus, if I am accepted for endoscopic surgery, I may have to increase the cap. Right now, I am not even sure that I qualify as a candidate for this procedure, and one of my surgeons is advising against it while another one says to give it a go.

I will say this, it is my body, I'm going to do the best I can to make sure I get the best possible treatment, and not turn down endoscopic surgery, even though it is $25,000.

I will say this, so far endoscopic surgery costs is about $14,000 per disc, plus $7500 for each additional disk.

You will note that I am only asking for $10,000. Making sure I don't ask for more than I should. This figure was discussed between me and my advisers, and we think it's a fair goal to try to reach.

Re: Captain Crunch needs your help

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Post by jdcrunchman »

sp332 wrote: post #54
jdcrunchman wrote: post #48

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Agreed, not only have a not too long periods of unemployment, I cannot be employed in my current condition, let alone the fact that I'm a convicted felon in the eyes of the credit companies, and databases. I was quoted at $12,000 to fix my records and get them straight. So head hunters who access this database will see that I am falsely stated as a convicted felon. When in actuality during my initial court hearings o…

Why so much money? It's obviously not in Equifax et al.'s best interests to have incorrect information in their databases. One would think they'd be glad to fix the records, at least for a reasonable fee.

I was told that by the time of my inquiry, that I would have to hire a private detective to go in and see information I'm not entitled to along with my personal information that I know to be in there and needs to be corrected. The fees for this at the time is $100 or was. But I don't have any money right now, so it's really a moot point at this point. Excuse the pun!
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