NOT PERFORMING from disability was my only option.

I had to figure out a way to get by without the music. Did that by being so poor that I qualified for "help" with health-care for my wife who cannot get Medicare because she was never able to work enough to qualify for that "perk" ! Because my income is too high, I must "spend down" every month (and stay poor) before she can get needed treatments monthly. Still the bureaucracy is unbelievable---the hoops to jump through truly disconcerting.

Mudcat has been a lifeline of some sort to the music, even though I know some here see my wearing my cardio-pump on my sleeve too often to be a negative trait. As a result, I'm here less. That has come to feel good after all is said and done.

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