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Which is worse ?
Doing the hep tx or dealing with the IRS ?
Right before I went on tx, I was involved with some 'stuff' with the IRS. My accountant, who has power of attorney, filed a temporary deferment from collection or any action on my behalf. Okay, now we're back in full swing here and I swear I think I'd take a couple of shots of interferon a day over this mess.
The one thing that I 'liked' about treatment, and this might sound bizarre or even twisted...is man, I just 'dropped out' of society and all of it's problems as well as my own and concentrated on getting the tx done and NOTHING else. ZIP...nada. Maybe it was an excuse for a sort of 'mental vacation'.
Now that I have to 're-engage' society, back to standing on your head knee deep in shiit sort of deal.
But, you know, the memory of the tx has been short for me. A, treatment wasn't that bad for me and B: I feel better than I have since I was ..., since I can remember. Honestly, I woke the other day, laying in bed kinda half asleep half awake...around 6:00 AM or so....and man...I haven't felt so much peace since I was a small child I think.
My accountant has been calling me...he called 4 times today ..about what is trivial to me...and I was like...hey man, you can call me ONCE per day brother...I appreciate the work but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over this." Know what I mean ? My attitude is...'whatever happens happens, dude...they can't take my soul or my ability to be happy.'
I feel like I EARNED that with a big fat L in front of it. As I've said here before, the tx, ultimately, was a good thing for me personally. I treat people better ( although you'd never guess it here..), I'm more patient...I don't get down...I don't get discouraged. I just view it like 'It's all good.' The IRS could throw me in jail...oh really ? Do they have cable ? Honestly...I.....Don't.....care. I will not be intimated. Wrong guy. I can't control what 'they' or anyone else is going to do. I have done my mea culpa and it's out of my hands. I am at peace and that can't be taken away.
Now, two years ago....I'd have gone ballistic. No more. Phuck 'em. That's all I can say.
Right before I went on tx, I was involved with some 'stuff' with the IRS. My accountant, who has power of attorney, filed a temporary deferment from collection or any action on my behalf. Okay, now we're back in full swing here and I swear I think I'd take a couple of shots of interferon a day over this mess.
The one thing that I 'liked' about treatment, and this might sound bizarre or even twisted...is man, I just 'dropped out' of society and all of it's problems as well as my own and concentrated on getting the tx done and NOTHING else. ZIP...nada. Maybe it was an excuse for a sort of 'mental vacation'.
Now that I have to 're-engage' society, back to standing on your head knee deep in shiit sort of deal.
But, you know, the memory of the tx has been short for me. A, treatment wasn't that bad for me and B: I feel better than I have since I was ..., since I can remember. Honestly, I woke the other day, laying in bed kinda half asleep half awake...around 6:00 AM or so....and man...I haven't felt so much peace since I was a small child I think.
My accountant has been calling me...he called 4 times today ..about what is trivial to me...and I was like...hey man, you can call me ONCE per day brother...I appreciate the work but I'm not going to get bent out of shape over this." Know what I mean ? My attitude is...'whatever happens happens, dude...they can't take my soul or my ability to be happy.'
I feel like I EARNED that with a big fat L in front of it. As I've said here before, the tx, ultimately, was a good thing for me personally. I treat people better ( although you'd never guess it here..), I'm more patient...I don't get down...I don't get discouraged. I just view it like 'It's all good.' The IRS could throw me in jail...oh really ? Do they have cable ? Honestly...I.....Don't.....care. I will not be intimated. Wrong guy. I can't control what 'they' or anyone else is going to do. I have done my mea culpa and it's out of my hands. I am at peace and that can't be taken away.
Now, two years ago....I'd have gone ballistic. No more. Phuck 'em. That's all I can say.
Wow thats a tuff call ! Tx can make you better and all the IRS can do is make things worse. I 'spose you could shoot them.
I'll practice baking cakes - does the file go on an angle or legnthwise ?
Peace
I'll practice baking cakes - does the file go on an angle or legnthwise ?
Peace
Wasn't it you who was going to an NBA game with a stripper you met? You are one guy who has his priorities straight. Might have something to do with the peace you feel.
The IRS just sent a garnishment order to my employer on Monday. Which means, no more money for me until I get something figured out with them. When it rains it pours. My life's almost a comedy these days.
FABULOUS attitude! Love it! I have much the same and handling my tx much as you, didn't totally drop out of society (as much of it comes to my house!) but have and will continue to put my tx, needs, SVR first and the h*ll with all else. That was hard for me, but quickly got easier. I do what I can WHEN I can, if not......oh well. Seen way to much death, illness's and now my own tx to let everyday BS drive me nuts.Of course the IRS needs handled, but your are paying someone to handle much of that stress.
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Those guys are pusssies. My ex could eat 'em alive and spit 'em out in under a minute. She scares me 1000 times more. They say there is no wrath like that of a scorned woman and by god..she made a believer out of me I tell ya'. -------------------------------------------------------------------
LMAO!! Wicked some of us can be, aye? ( I am NOT one of 'those' tho, seen many!) I left my ex totally alone when he became very ill, wouldn't even follow thru with child support. I was okay and NOT ill!
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I think when you have the virus that in a way, you self medicate although I don't know why you would. I think it may be mental as looking back, I think the virus just wears you down and kinda depresses you from lack of energy and focus and that makes everything HARDER. Now, my 'to-do' list actually gets done, and fairly effortlessly. I have a more positive attitude and just plain feel good and most of all, happiness and hope have returned and as you can see, that's not because I'm not without some 'burdons'. It's because I really feel much much better and I hope this happens for all of you. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well said. Tho I didn't know I had this and quite immedialty-in tx within 2 mths, but I can see that happening as there are days I wish I could be really medicating myself!
Very happy for you on how well your feeling since tx and a great boost/hope for all of us in it.
Good luck with the IRS and even more with the ex.
A positive note......they were easy on my sister with cancer, health problems. Believe it or not!!!
LL
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Those guys are pusssies. My ex could eat 'em alive and spit 'em out in under a minute. She scares me 1000 times more. They say there is no wrath like that of a scorned woman and by god..she made a believer out of me I tell ya'. -------------------------------------------------------------------
LMAO!! Wicked some of us can be, aye? ( I am NOT one of 'those' tho, seen many!) I left my ex totally alone when he became very ill, wouldn't even follow thru with child support. I was okay and NOT ill!
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I think when you have the virus that in a way, you self medicate although I don't know why you would. I think it may be mental as looking back, I think the virus just wears you down and kinda depresses you from lack of energy and focus and that makes everything HARDER. Now, my 'to-do' list actually gets done, and fairly effortlessly. I have a more positive attitude and just plain feel good and most of all, happiness and hope have returned and as you can see, that's not because I'm not without some 'burdons'. It's because I really feel much much better and I hope this happens for all of you. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Well said. Tho I didn't know I had this and quite immedialty-in tx within 2 mths, but I can see that happening as there are days I wish I could be really medicating myself!
Very happy for you on how well your feeling since tx and a great boost/hope for all of us in it.
Good luck with the IRS and even more with the ex.
A positive note......they were easy on my sister with cancer, health problems. Believe it or not!!!
LL
I got off the Jack under doc's orders. Strippers are strippers. This particular 'entertainer' is nutty as a fruit cake. *shocker* ( no offense to any stripper, former or present, that might be in the audience )But, nah, I'm settling with the IRS and getting it over with and start making some money again and get geared up for retirement...you know, since I'm gonna be around for a while it seems. But, this mess all started as all messes do, from my divorce long ago and I really needed CASH and a lot of it at the time. Actually it was the custody case that was the money pit and the source of much pain.
I settled once with the IRS and was giving them $1000/mo, then got laid off after the tech bust, then 911 happened, then I just 'dropped out' in disgust then I got sick, then I did treatment so, I was unable to pay my settlement offer which the IRS does...not... like. Well I could have, but it's hard to do when life is so tentative.I had to stop all outgoing money and just concentrate on the child support which is another story in and of itself. Damn womens I tell ya'...you guys are truely a pain in the rear. LOL !!! About 6 months ago, well into the treatment, I got a letter for a late payment from the chile suppote people and I'm like....man...LOL !! Poor girl. She's an actuary who never worked a day while we were together so she could go to school to get that degree and her new hubby is a VP of a fortune 500 company and I'm getting letters while on TREATMENT asking where my payment is ? Had to laugh at that one. Just had too, there was no other option. They've gotta be pulling down 1/2 million/yr. Easy. As my doc told me, once your kids are out of college, a man can be melted down for glue. His usefullness is over. So, the IRS ? Those guys are pusssies. My ex could eat 'em alive and spit 'em out in under a minute. She scares me 1000 times more. They say there is no wrath like that of a scorned woman and by god..she made a believer out of me I tell ya'.
Anywho...I probably could have gotten a deferrment but I was so beaten down I just went into hiding. So now, no more payments. I'm settling in one payment and being done with it. I just want all the baggage out of my life and I'm willing to pay the price for the peace of mind. I think I'll come out OK. My accountant/attorney is always yapping about it being worse than what I think it is. You know how that goes. I don't know which is worse, the IRS or attorneys. I hate 'em, honestly. But, I have a friend who owed them thousands and settled for next to nothing.
But I digress...the point is for those out there on the tx and still with the virus...I'm 120 days post tx and I feel like a million bucks. It's just truely amazing. I had a few bumps in the first month, coming off the anti-D's but I'm over that hump and the only thing I take is my high-blood pressure meds. A little of the weight came back but not the bloated gut I had. I'm still 20 lbs under pre-tx weight. I was 'border-line' diabetic but THAT seems to have straightened itself out as well. My blood sugar NEVER was below 130, ever, even when I got up in the AM.It would shoot up off the scale of my meter after eating. Now, a couple of hours after I eat...it falls down to 100 or so and from what I've seen, checking it periodically, I'm normal. The OTHER thing I've noticed is that, even though I still drink a bit, my lust for it is gone and that's not really a matter of putting effort into it or having to fight it. Honestly it just doesn't appeal to me like it did before even though I still have a few with my friends at happy hour at the local pub. I think when you have the virus that in a way, you self medicate although I don't know why you would. I think it may be mental as looking back, I think the virus just wears you down and kinda depresses you from lack of energy and focus and that makes everything HARDER. Now, my 'to-do' list actually gets done, and fairly effortlessly. I have a more positive attitude and just plain feel good and most of all, happiness and hope have returned and as you can see, that's not because I'm not without some 'burdons'. It's because I really feel much much better and I hope this happens for all of you.
Later people...hang in there
I settled once with the IRS and was giving them $1000/mo, then got laid off after the tech bust, then 911 happened, then I just 'dropped out' in disgust then I got sick, then I did treatment so, I was unable to pay my settlement offer which the IRS does...not... like. Well I could have, but it's hard to do when life is so tentative.I had to stop all outgoing money and just concentrate on the child support which is another story in and of itself. Damn womens I tell ya'...you guys are truely a pain in the rear. LOL !!! About 6 months ago, well into the treatment, I got a letter for a late payment from the chile suppote people and I'm like....man...LOL !! Poor girl. She's an actuary who never worked a day while we were together so she could go to school to get that degree and her new hubby is a VP of a fortune 500 company and I'm getting letters while on TREATMENT asking where my payment is ? Had to laugh at that one. Just had too, there was no other option. They've gotta be pulling down 1/2 million/yr. Easy. As my doc told me, once your kids are out of college, a man can be melted down for glue. His usefullness is over. So, the IRS ? Those guys are pusssies. My ex could eat 'em alive and spit 'em out in under a minute. She scares me 1000 times more. They say there is no wrath like that of a scorned woman and by god..she made a believer out of me I tell ya'.
Anywho...I probably could have gotten a deferrment but I was so beaten down I just went into hiding. So now, no more payments. I'm settling in one payment and being done with it. I just want all the baggage out of my life and I'm willing to pay the price for the peace of mind. I think I'll come out OK. My accountant/attorney is always yapping about it being worse than what I think it is. You know how that goes. I don't know which is worse, the IRS or attorneys. I hate 'em, honestly. But, I have a friend who owed them thousands and settled for next to nothing.
But I digress...the point is for those out there on the tx and still with the virus...I'm 120 days post tx and I feel like a million bucks. It's just truely amazing. I had a few bumps in the first month, coming off the anti-D's but I'm over that hump and the only thing I take is my high-blood pressure meds. A little of the weight came back but not the bloated gut I had. I'm still 20 lbs under pre-tx weight. I was 'border-line' diabetic but THAT seems to have straightened itself out as well. My blood sugar NEVER was below 130, ever, even when I got up in the AM.It would shoot up off the scale of my meter after eating. Now, a couple of hours after I eat...it falls down to 100 or so and from what I've seen, checking it periodically, I'm normal. The OTHER thing I've noticed is that, even though I still drink a bit, my lust for it is gone and that's not really a matter of putting effort into it or having to fight it. Honestly it just doesn't appeal to me like it did before even though I still have a few with my friends at happy hour at the local pub. I think when you have the virus that in a way, you self medicate although I don't know why you would. I think it may be mental as looking back, I think the virus just wears you down and kinda depresses you from lack of energy and focus and that makes everything HARDER. Now, my 'to-do' list actually gets done, and fairly effortlessly. I have a more positive attitude and just plain feel good and most of all, happiness and hope have returned and as you can see, that's not because I'm not without some 'burdons'. It's because I really feel much much better and I hope this happens for all of you.
Later people...hang in there
Firstly you don't have to take anything from the IRS... nada... I have friends that have 'opted' out of the system (gutsy etc) but it works and they get harassed for a year or 2 and then left alone; UNLESS you want the 'benefits' they say they provide (not sure what that is). But if you 'come back in' to the system then they go back and grab all they can but if you give them their 'dose of grief' even then they will even role under that situation too.
I say keep the attitude you've started and continue on as I've seen enough evidence that says we don't even, as citizens, owe personal taxes but rather only 'un-natural' entities (corporations, foriegn entities etc.) 'the children are free' was the framers attitude on that and Amend. 14 didn't change that according to the supreme court in many cases. They 'snuck' it in during WWII and grandfathered it for following generations.
Anyway, and more importantly, how was the Jack and the Stripper? :)
I say keep the attitude you've started and continue on as I've seen enough evidence that says we don't even, as citizens, owe personal taxes but rather only 'un-natural' entities (corporations, foriegn entities etc.) 'the children are free' was the framers attitude on that and Amend. 14 didn't change that according to the supreme court in many cases. They 'snuck' it in during WWII and grandfathered it for following generations.
Anyway, and more importantly, how was the Jack and the Stripper? :)
BRAVO..!...my sentiments on the state of affairs regarding tax dollars and how they are being spent -maybe we should all cease funding the mess!..and maybe prison is the final refuge of the honest citizen (read thoreau or tom paine..) Trx does indeed sharpen the bullsh!t detectors and create a calming center in this perfect storm of insanity..
Now you know why I don't pay taxes!
But really, when our realities are shaken, changed, routines become irrelevant and we see life through a different lens.
I wrote after visiting Burma about the people there,"the junta oppressed the populace but it couldn't silence their lips, steal their intelligence or take their integrity."
Wishing peace and serenity for all. OH
But really, when our realities are shaken, changed, routines become irrelevant and we see life through a different lens.
I wrote after visiting Burma about the people there,"the junta oppressed the populace but it couldn't silence their lips, steal their intelligence or take their integrity."
Wishing peace and serenity for all. OH
I went through an IRS audit back in 2003. I had to hire an accountant to represent me at the IRS hearing. It was brutal.
To tell the truth, i don't know which was worse: TX or the IRS. But then I hadn't gone through treatment at that time, had never even heard much about hep-C, and I had no real frame of reference.
I guess the only thing worse than the IRS WOULD be TX'ing while being audited.
wyn
To tell the truth, i don't know which was worse: TX or the IRS. But then I hadn't gone through treatment at that time, had never even heard much about hep-C, and I had no real frame of reference.
I guess the only thing worse than the IRS WOULD be TX'ing while being audited.
wyn
Love your attitude! I have had a little more let-it-slide attitude as well since all this. Hope to be even more laid back when tx is done.
Maybe a vacation at a Club Fed might be just the thing.
Maybe a vacation at a Club Fed might be just the thing.
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