tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374653141021109555.post6750378670304994663..comments2014-05-14T02:49:12.670-04:00Comments on Mishaneh Makom Mishaneh Mazal: Fitting InRachelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12401579760660391194noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374653141021109555.post-70230562934565232362013-02-16T22:48:02.421-05:002013-02-16T22:48:02.421-05:00Rachel, if it's any comfort to you, I was neve...Rachel, if it's any comfort to you, I was <i>never</i> included in my school groups; I was a misfit, growing up in NYC and attending a 'rich man's school' which shall remain nameless in this comment. I know <i>how good it feels</i> to be part of a group, included, spoken to and valued as a person.<br />I am so happy for you that you were accepted! <br /><br />However, I read your later posts on your health care ordeal, and am livid: it is very similar to what my daughter, who went to Israel in the Na'aleh program at age 15, who after graduating high school served 3 years as a combat--yes, combat soldier/commander in special forces, became a checkpoint security guard after having completed and passed a grueling training program, and is now in a wheelchair at age 24, getting NO help from doctors for her little-understood condition, RSD/CRPS, a chronic pain condition for which there is currently no cure. She thinks the Israeli health care system s**ks, basically. <br /><br />Right now, she is waiting for her next <i>va'adah refuit</i>, scheduled for the first week in March, by Bituach Leumi. They, who do not understand what she has or is going through, have the final say in whether she gets a disability payment or not. If not--G-d forbid-- she cannot work, and will have NOTHING to live on. <br /><br />At this point, I'm really having second thoughts about returning to Israel to live, especially at our age (we're in our 60s)...Lady-Lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04992305067771885711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3374653141021109555.post-36868181773863324042012-12-05T23:47:13.532-05:002012-12-05T23:47:13.532-05:00Rachel, wonderful!!!Rachel, wonderful!!!Batyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09402874037427009327noreply@blogger.com