TUF Forum Moderator Shot, Needs Help with Medical Bills - Special Benefit T-Shirt

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by battery

thanks for the post and all the best for your dad, steveh. mike's medical bills are largely from the initial treament he got at emergency and his stay in the hospital afterward.

I don't know who you are but you might want to double-check with your source about some of the things you are posting. Here is G-Row's account of his initial treatment and I can't imagine how it could possibly be a "large" part of the $90,000 in medical bills you stated he has accrued in another post:


By: G_row () -
On: May 10, 2008 | 10:26 AM

I'm alright. Thanks everyone. The surgeon came in and told me that one of the pellets
(shotgun) went into my abdominal wall. That was the one he was concerned about but he said he did not want to cut me open and take them out. They told me all night that I needed surgery, but ended up not.



As far as his "stay in the hospital," he didn't have one (according to him):



By: G_row () -
On: May 14, 2008 | 10:16 AM

I know. I am using Bactine pain relieving cleansing spray and keeping it bandaged. The Hospital gave me nothing. But that may be because I ripped the IV out myself and told them I wanted to leave. They were not happy bout it, but I had had enough.


He HAS to have had serious (and expensive) additional treatment in order to have racked up such astronomical medical bills so you need to find out if that is the case and if it is, then you should edit your post. If it came later then your claim might make sense but it dayum sure wasn't a result of his initial care like you state.

Dan C.'s post (the one you c/p'd here) doesn't give a figure so do you mind me asking where you got $90,000 from? Is it a typo?


Cindy

[The Count4]

when can they bring the troops home and stop these heartbreaking storys

[swirldog]

I have 2 questions for Cindy:

1. I thought I read somewhere that you used to be a moderator. I heard some weird reasons why you stopped being a moderator. Can you give us your version of events?

2. I saw you on the UG right after Rampage went postal asking questions about it. Since you claim to be a journalist, why were you asking questions of UG forum members and what did you learn from that?

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by battery

checked in for an update last night and mike is doing ok, he's just had a few complications due to leaving the hospital early and going back to work too soon. he and his family looked into a victim assistance program, but mike's bills exceeded their limit. they're continuing to explore avenues for help, but this is one way a friend is trying to help out a bit.

bought my t-shirt and am looking forward to seeing the design in person.

An update last night??? Did he get shot again in the past 2-3 weeks? Because according to him on several occasions he has healed just fine. I am aware he has since returned to the hospital a couple of times, none of which were "serious" enough to warrant an admission (unless I have been misinformed) and not all were related to him being shot.

It would help if you could fill us in on what we don't know because somethings not adding up to $90,000.


By: G_row () - (TUF forum)
On: May 25, 2008 | 6:52 AM

Right on man.
I am feeling a ton better. Actually went out last night to watch the fights.



By: G_row () - (TUF forum)
On: May 26, 2008 | 3:43 AM

Wow, all of a sudden last night I started feelin REALLY bad. Went to the emergency room. Thankfully everything is fine. They think I have an ulcer. Good news I guess. Had a catscan ultra sound EKG and lots of lab work. So my wounds are healing very well.



From: G_row (From the UG)
Posted: 8/14/08 6:11 PM
Member Since: 8/14/08
Posts: 1

Wow, thank you everyone!!
Dan and Kyria are awesome people. Too bad I can't say the same for GB. LOL Love ya bro.
I have looked in to the victims fund, and Kyria is right.
Brewster, my man, again I say thank you to you as well.
I have recovered very well from the shot.
It is amazing to me that people I do not even know are willing to help.


Has his condition worsened since 8-15-08? I adore G-Row and I know the folks doing the t-shirt sale to help him (and they're good people). Dan C's thread and posts on the UG make sense... but your $90,000 comment and your first sentence in this post do not add up, IMO (unless there is a whole lot we don't know). Please double-check and confirm. Thanks.


Cindy

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by battery

this happened near the beginning of august / end of july, so that's why he's back to work. his bills exceed 90,000$, which is why he can't get victim's assistance (thanks to those who suggested that by PM).

"this happened near the beginning of august / end of july"

No, it didn't. Here's the post his friend made informing the board G-Row had been shot and you are off by a couple of months:


By: Paulie_Walnuts (1636) -
On: May 10, 2008 | 4:39 AM

I received a text message from G-row at 5:23 this morning telling me that he had been shot in the stomach.


Also, G-Row returned to work within a matter of days (I think it was too soon physically, mentally and emotionally after an ordeal like this but he's a trucker and said he needed to work).


Cindy

[Cindy]

Originally Posted by swirldog

I have 2 questions for Cindy:

1. I thought I read somewhere that you used to be a moderator. I heard some weird reasons why you stopped being a moderator. Can you give us your version of events?

2. I saw you on the UG right after Rampage went postal asking questions about it. Since you claim to be a journalist, why were you asking questions of UG forum members and what did you learn from that?

"1. I thought I read somewhere that you used to be a moderator. I heard some weird reasons why you stopped being a moderator. Can you give us your version of events?"


Sure. I rarely (if ever) log out or close programs because I'm kinda lazy and impatient when it comes to such things. One evening we went to an event for my hubby's company and I needed something on my computer (someones number) so I called in and had someone retrieve it for me instead of returning to get it myself (not the first time... and I still do it to this very day;)



This person didn't agree with something Kenny Florian had posted on the board and when she saw his name in the "fighters" e-mail column she clicked one of his and got his addy. Then she sent him a semi-nasty message (from my computer) with my auto-signature.

I got a nasty gram from Kenny... I think maybe a week or two later (he didn't check the TUF related addy he set up very often by that point) and I had no idea WTF he was pissed about because she had a change of heart after she sent it and thought she could simply delete the message from my "sent" box and I would never know unless Kenny told me.

Bottom line, 3 years ago I was irresponsible as a mo-fo with the way I handled the records by leaving the TUF mod screen up and open all the time because it enabled access to folks who were never assigned rights to view whatever they wanted to.

Josh Hedges was responsible for the mods and was the person that assigned me the rights and after this stunt he immediately kicked me to the curb, which is exactly what he should have done. You are more than welcome to ask Josh because it's not a secret;)

Our back up servers had the message she sent and she was fired as a result.


"2. I saw you on the UG right after Rampage went postal asking questions about it. Since you claim to be a journalist, why were you asking questions of UG forum members and what did you learn from that?[/quote]"


LOL! I have NEVER claimed to be a "journalist" but I do write. Google my name if you're interested in reading any of it.

Why wouldn't I ask questions about the Rampage incident on a discussion board with everyone else? I don't understand the "and what did you learn from that" remark so could you break it down for me Barney style? I'll check back later. Thanks.

Cindy

[manutdfan]

I am the person who designed the G_Row shirt, along with being a friend of Mike's. Though the poster may have messed up the details, the fact that this is a worthy cause, and should be above this nit-picking, is being lost in the sea of your complaints over the details.

$90 k may not be the total, and the dates may be fuzzy to the other poster (maybe that's when he was informed of it?) but that does not give you carte blanche to crap all over the reason we are doing this.

Cindy, I've had few, if any, dealings with you, and I usually give everyone the benifit of the doubt, but I couldn't ignore this. Turning a good thing into a bitc#-fest over details is frowned upon in my world.

I expect this message to reach you, be ignored, or at best made fun of by my low post count, and lack of 'coolness'.

[Crimsonsabbath]

Cindy, this is about Mike, not you. Please, in one thread, please in just this thread, please don't turn it into the "Cindy show".

Thank you.

[zing]

Nice Cindy, nice. By picking apart the details, you make this whole thing look questionable.

The thread starter may have confused his numbers or dates, but none of that is the point. The point is that Mike got shot (though no fault of his own), he went to emergency where he was treated and charged for the services. He now has bills large enough that he is having a hard time financially. We are just trying to help him out.

How about you do you part to help too, by going away.

[Reverend Tengu]

IDK. G_row is kind of a pimp. Did he knock up one of your daughters, Cindy? Otherwise, what difference does it make to you?