Can anyone with experience/knowledge of these types of cases hazard a guess to how much the claimants might realistically receive and in what sort of timeframe?
And if Rudy doesnāt pay up in his lifetime, could the money be seized from probate?
Final one! If the claimants arenāt likely to see any money for a few years, are they at least able to secure loans against the ruling immediately?
It really depends on the type of community. I created a few a missed from Reddit and honestly the screenshot/photo based communities are piss easy to start. !badrealestate for example is 3 weeks old with 48 posts and 3.6k subscribers. I just posted every day for a few weeks, now other people are posting and I contribute a couple of times a week.
On the other hand !tennis_fans and !downtherabbithole are much harder to get going because they require very regular or in depth text posts. Those two have less than 200 subscribers between them.
What I find really annoying is when people criticise posts on the communities Iāve created, when they havenāt contributed at all. People want more communities, people want more content. Donāt be a dick and then criticise the content that someone has put their time and effort into sharing with you for your enjoyment! Anyway, rant over.
If anyoneās browsing this thread and looking for more (active) communities to join, thereās also !DontYouKnowWhoIAm !clevercombacks !murderedbywords and !confidently_incorrect
Not a direct answer, but if youād like to do something now to help someone while youāre still alive (and youāre under 30) you could sign up for bone marrow donation. And of course, give blood as often as you can. Regular blood donors are straight up angels.
If someone donates a kidney to a stranger and later on something happens and they need a kidney transplant themselves, do they get a bump up the waiting list? I can see an argument for either side.
I was a little confused by the smile too, assuming she was no older than 30. Losing 6 years of your youth seems harder than 6 years in your 50s. Although it depends on the conditions sheās kept in.
Itās really hard for some disabled/chronically ill people to join a protest or a rally/march too. There were a small group of protesters outside Downing Street here in the UK a while back, calling for changes in how disabled people applying for benefits are assessed. I would have loved to join them but itās so far beyond my capabilities the idea is almost laughable. Creating public awareness or demonstrating your discontent with the status quo is really hard when your practically housebound.
I feel you. This is the second winter weāve only been able to heat one room to at least 18C, and thatās not warm enough for my disabled ass. My electric throw blanket is on 24/7 though and is incredibly efficient - it costs less than 25p a day. I would highly recommend one if you can manage the upfront cost. Also wrist warmers are highly underrated imo - cheap, you can knit/crochet them yourself, your fingers are still free for touch screens and they seem to keep me warmer than just a hat alone. Wishing you more comfortable times ahead, friend.
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Thatās a really good point. Thanks for the answer!
Most wedding bands are gold arenāt they? Gold isnāt magnetic and can be worn for MRIs. As can titanium piercings. I have one in the cartilage of my ear thatās stuck. Iāve had multiple MRIs on my knees with it in. I still call bs on that persons story though.
Good for you! My grandad had some rare blood type that was good for newborn babies (Iām a bit hazy on the details, heās long dead now) and he gave blood as often as he could as soon as he found out. My mum told me he was a superhero who saved poorly babies when I was a kid and I believed her wholeheartedly!
C/foundsatan
I could pay for my prescription, that would make my life immediately better. Pretty depressing state of affairs tbh!
Sorry, I confused myself and thought you were replying to a later comment - I thought you were asking how people would have guessed JK Rowling and JK Galbraith were the same person.
I think itās fair to say Robert Galbraith-Heath is an (in)famous psychiatrist. I remember his name from my student days. As for her purposely using the name of a conversion therapist as a pen name in order toā¦ be more homophobic? That seems like a bit of a leap to me, but idk her bigoted views in any real depth tbh.
And I looked up the other name before I realised Iād confused myself and found there was a famous JK Galbraith too, according to wikipedia He sounds like a bit of a dick too. Sorry for the confusion, I need sleep.
I thought this was c/justguysbeingdudes (or something like that) but Iām not sure it exists here. That was a great sub.
E: it does it exist! Dead but it doesnāt need to stay that way. Iāll cross post: !justguysbeingdudes@lemmy.world
Itās British slang for a convict or prison term. Itās not very common now, but āold lagā used to mean a habitual criminal. No idea of the etymology though - maybe related to a lag (in time)?
Iāve had 6 covid vaccinations and Iām still not protected. Itās not a case of āhaving the chance to get sufficiently vaccinatedā if the vaccines donāt work on your immunosuppressed body, or if you canāt have the vaccine at all.
Itās unbelievably selfish to go out when you know you have covid. How hard is it to stay home for 5 days or so when you test positive ffs?! The fact that you donāt think staying home for a few days is ājustifiedā when you literally risk killing someone vulnerable by not isolating is frankly shameful.
Both CDB and THC reduce nausea.
Iāve been prescribed medical cannabis for over a year now and neither CBD or THC oil do anything for my appetite. Vaping dry herb does though, even the low THC stuff. Maybe Iām weird though!
CBD oil does wonders for my arthritis, depression and anxiety though. And I slept for over 6 hours for the first time in 2 years when I started THC oil.
I think I did that thing when you start a conversation in your head and then your comment posted mid-thought has no context, iykwim?! What I was thinking was: Feeling nauseated can reduce your appetite, as can repeated vomiting and the anxiety associated with it. People with chronic nausea tend not to want to eat, and not eating (or vomiting what you eat) is far more medically problematic than experiencing nausea. Hence, stimulating appetite as well as suppressing nausea is what makes medical cannabis so useful for cancer patients. But OPs wife isnāt going to see the anti nausea/increased appetite side effects from CBD alone. THC is the more important cannabinoid, and if sheās no longer pregnant/breast feeding she shouldnāt have a problem getting it prescribed- even in the UK. But it will be a private prescription here which is expensive af.
I was disappointed too. Iāve never liked weed - the smell, the fuss, the mess, the taste. Blugh. Iād hoped oils would be all I needed but thereās no denying that dry herb vaping is more effective for my symptoms. The private pharmacy is going to start offering gummies as an alternative to herb, maybe that will work for me? Fingers crossed!
I didnāt want to say it if it wasnāt already on your radar, but I have PoTS and know a number of people with jejunostomy feeding tubes due to their gastroparesis. I even know a girl on parenteral nutrition. I donāt think Iāve ever met anyone with nausea as their main symptom though so I didnāt think of PoTS until you mentioned youād researched it.
I love the acknowledgment that itās not your body - you sound like a loving, supportive partner š Sometimes the āanswerā seems so simple when youāre not the patient but when youāre chronically ill, youāve already lost so much control over your bodyā¦ having to take a drug you donāt want to feels like a step too far. Itās hard to explain and Iām not doing a very good job!
THC is not remotely in the same category of awfulness as a feeding tube so Iām glad sheāll probably try that first. And you donāt need to get high high to feel the anti-nausea/pro-appetite benefits - I use less than 0.25gm a day, maybe even half that and it does the trick just fine. Wishing your wife better soon!
Thank you for that! It was really interesting and informative, I appreciate the time it took. I have a vague idea that civil litigation is pursued largely out of the principle of the matter, and thatās fine if youāre a billionaire suing for a dollarā¦ but these women werenāt rich and no doubt incurred debt by having to move/go into hiding, when they did absolutely nothing wrong. I feel like they should get a couple of million right now - enough to clear their debts, pay off the house/car and have a long holiday. As scummy as those lenders sound, maybe thatās the best move for these claimants, especially the older one. I think Iād rather have a couple of mil now than fight (probably unsuccessfully) for Ā£70m each over the next decade.
I just finished the Eddie Flynn series by Steve Cavanagh and would highly recommend it for anyone looking for an easy but captivating read. Itās kinda like watching a decent Hollywood action thriller. You have to suspend belief for a large part but itās kinda fun and the characters are likeable.
This isnāt a spoiler, itās on the blurb, but Eddie Flynn is a con man turned lawyer and I really enjoy antihero protagonists, particularly in the crime/thriller genre. If anyone has any suggestions, let me know!
Can you think of another author who uses JK before their surname? It would have been a pretty big hint as soon as people realised JK Galbraith didnāt exist.
Wtf? Thatās an insane amount of money!!
Iām a really big reader and have had 4 or 5 kindles now. My latest is the oasis and it was a considerable payout for me but I absolutely love it. I rarely pay for books, but kindles have a send-to-kindle function so you can download books from anywhere in any of the main formats and just email it to your kindle.
E-reader screens can seem really basic to the uninitiated but the paper white/oasis is just like reading from a book imo. Except you can read it in the dark too.
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