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Retirees: What Are The Expenses You Didn't Count On For Retirement?
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<blockquote data-quote="retiredTxfeeder" data-source="post: 1311227" data-attributes="member: 52978"><p>I guess I'm one of the ones everyone on here is trying not to be like. I got hurt April 25, 2013. Tore my rotator cuff and incurred some nerve damage as well. UPS wanted me to go to therapy instead of taking a lost time injury. They put me on TAW for 2.5 months while I went to therapy 3x a week. I came in every day and got my 10 hrs/day while I watched tv in the break room. When my shoulder didn't heal, I opted for surgery. They immediately put me on comp and said to call them every week for status reports. 6 months later they said I should be healed and go back to work. The last couple of years my knees and back had really bothered me, but I never complained. The 9 months I was off my knees got so bad that I knew I couldn't climb up and down off a tractor 20-30 times a night (I was a local driver) anymore. I made the decision to retire right then and there. Our home will be paid off in 3 months or so. Both kids are through with college. Wife still works, so I'm still on her insurance. It takes a good 3 months for your paperwork to go thru Atlanta and get looked at and approved. Everything worked out so far though. I requested my 2014 vacations and option week. Income tax refund came in. Wife got a bonus at work. 38 years at UPS has wrecked my body. I'm 59 years old and started at UPS at 21. I'm in pain every day of my life. I've only been retired for a couple of months, and I sometimes depend on others to do stuff for me. I sometimes pay to have stuff done that I used to do myself. Upside is I can do whatever I want, when I want. Hopefully my overall health can improve a little now and I only fill my 3/4 ton Silverado with gas every 4 or 5 weeks. My wife hates me because she still has to work. I cook dinner about 3 or 4 times a week and that is a good thing. I can cook a meal for $14-18 as opposed to $50.00 when we eat out. I wish I had gotten out earlier on my own terms, but that's ok. I'll deal with it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="retiredTxfeeder, post: 1311227, member: 52978"] I guess I'm one of the ones everyone on here is trying not to be like. I got hurt April 25, 2013. Tore my rotator cuff and incurred some nerve damage as well. UPS wanted me to go to therapy instead of taking a lost time injury. They put me on TAW for 2.5 months while I went to therapy 3x a week. I came in every day and got my 10 hrs/day while I watched tv in the break room. When my shoulder didn't heal, I opted for surgery. They immediately put me on comp and said to call them every week for status reports. 6 months later they said I should be healed and go back to work. The last couple of years my knees and back had really bothered me, but I never complained. The 9 months I was off my knees got so bad that I knew I couldn't climb up and down off a tractor 20-30 times a night (I was a local driver) anymore. I made the decision to retire right then and there. Our home will be paid off in 3 months or so. Both kids are through with college. Wife still works, so I'm still on her insurance. It takes a good 3 months for your paperwork to go thru Atlanta and get looked at and approved. Everything worked out so far though. I requested my 2014 vacations and option week. Income tax refund came in. Wife got a bonus at work. 38 years at UPS has wrecked my body. I'm 59 years old and started at UPS at 21. I'm in pain every day of my life. I've only been retired for a couple of months, and I sometimes depend on others to do stuff for me. I sometimes pay to have stuff done that I used to do myself. Upside is I can do whatever I want, when I want. Hopefully my overall health can improve a little now and I only fill my 3/4 ton Silverado with gas every 4 or 5 weeks. My wife hates me because she still has to work. I cook dinner about 3 or 4 times a week and that is a good thing. I can cook a meal for $14-18 as opposed to $50.00 when we eat out. I wish I had gotten out earlier on my own terms, but that's ok. I'll deal with it. [/QUOTE]
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