Introduction and questions

[Guest guest]

Hi Lori and welcome,

It wasn't twins, but I don' recall my neice ever saying her symptoms

were different during pregnancy.

As far as disability, Social security has two programs. SSDI is for

someone with work history (generally at least 5 of the last 10 years)

or SSI for someone disabled with insufficient work history. For SSI

you have to have virtually no other income, resources or support

(including support of a spouse).

The disability requirement is the same for both: the condition you

have doesn't matter as much as your being able to medically verify you

are unable to perform what SSA calls " Any Substantial Gainful

Activity " , generally meaning you cannot do any work where you can make

over $980 per month. They take a look at past work history and your

whole situation. My gut feeling is they would say that if you are able

to care for twin babies, you are able to work. They don't really

consider what responsibilities you may have at home taking care of

yourself or others, but they do ask for a " Residual Functional

Capacity " evaluation with questions like how long you can walk,.

stand, bend ... feed and clothe yourself and such

[Guest guest]

Hello Sandy

Welcome to the group and good for you for looking for a better way to treat your MS. There is an internet pharmacy here in Canada where you can order the 50 mg tabs- then you just dilute in 50ml distilled water and measure out your dose from there. It's Rivers Pharmacy- you can order online or speak to them direct- they're very nice and helpful.

All the best

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