Re: Anyone on SSDI and working?

[Guest guest]

Hi ...several similarities in our stories. Though it is dificult, I do

work part time and receive SSDI. I can work only to $940. per month growth for

my benefits and medical to not be affected. As long as the gross amount does not

go over that thre is no time limit. If the wages became more the clock would

start ticking. I have tried to work full tinme but I have gotten very sick

every time. Yet staying home all the time takes a different type of emotional

toll. I do not make the $940. a month and my SSDI is not a lot, but it has been

very good to do even some work outside my home. My kids are all grown and I am

currently unnmarried, so being out of the house and around people makes a good

difference. Sometimes I hurt a lot when I am at work but for right now I look at

it like I could be hurting at home or hurting at work, so why not keep trying?

Staying on top of the fatigue is hard but I work to keep a good bedtime/sleep

routine.

One day at a time. : ) All the best for you.

Love...

Cheryle, aka Tess

" The path before all of us sometimes is strewn with shards of glass and this

world does not always provide strong, protective shoes. So as the poem

" Footprints " says, God will carry me, when I cannot carry myself. He loves me

enough to do that for me...I surrender this struggle and am crawling up into His

arms. " ~ cjb, 1/14/2008

[Guest guest]

Hi Tess,

I'm glad that you're able to work part-time. You sound like my mother,

who was an inspiration to me. She had osteoarthritis, but didn't let it

slow her down. She said that she could hurt just as well off somewhere

as she could sitting at home, which is the same thing you said here.

That's a good attitude to have, in my opinion.

Sue

On Saturday, September 13, 2008, at 08:42 PM, mercycove@...

wrote:

> Sometimes I hurt a lot when I am at work but for right now I look at

> it like I could be hurting at home or hurting at work, so why not keep

> trying?

>

[Guest guest]

Exactly.

It's going to hurt no matter what you do

so you might as well do what you want.

Good Luck

Shauna

[Guest guest]

Hi Cheryle!

It was so nice to hear from you! It's always really nice to hear from someone

who has similarities in the stories of the path we have had to follow! I will

have to research or contact SSA and figure out what I am allowed to do.  I'm not

ready to completely just go for it on my own.  I never know if this relapse in

the agoraphobia will last! I certainly hope so though! I've worked very hard at

it since December and am able to do things now (still not easily) but atleast do

things I haven't been able to do in years:) I know working won't be easy either,

but in my case I just would rather deal with the pain than the psychological

issues the isolation imposes so much of! We just need to be gentle with

ourselves:)

From: mercycove@... <mercycove@...>

Subject: Re: [ ] Anyone on SSDI and working?

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 8:42 PM

Hi ... several similarities in our stories. Though it is dificult, I do

work part time and receive SSDI. I can work only to $940. per month growth for

my benefits and medical to not be affected. As long as the gross amount does not

go over that thre is no time limit. If the wages became more the clock would

start ticking. I have tried to work full tinme but I have gotten very sick every

time. Yet staying home all the time takes a different type of emotional toll. I

do not make the $940. a month and my SSDI is not a lot, but it has been very

good to do even some work outside my home. My kids are all grown and I am

currently unnmarried, so being out of the house and around people makes a good

difference. Sometimes I hurt a lot when I am at work but for right now I look at

it like I could be hurting at home or hurting at work, so why not keep trying?

Staying on top of the fatigue is hard but I work to keep a good bedtime/sleep

routine.

One day at a time. : ) All the best for you.

Love...

Cheryle, aka Tess

" The path before all of us sometimes is strewn with shards of glass and this

world does not always provide strong, protective shoes. So as the poem

" Footprints " says, God will carry me, when I cannot carry myself. He loves me

enough to do that for me...I surrender this struggle and am crawling up into His

arms. " ~ cjb, 1/14/2008

[Guest guest]

You need to ask ssa about " ticket to work " I just started the process. They

will put you in touch with special agencies, who get paid by ssa to do this.

Almost all jobs are work at home type. (I I've applied to a company where I

will answer their phones from my home and take orders.) The job Starts at $9

per hour. I can work a few days a week, (my non MTX days), and make an extra

$900 a month without it affecting my SSDI. Its not hard work, but its work.

Marla

-- Re: [ ] Anyone on SSDI and working?

Date: Saturday, September 13, 2008, 8:42 PM

Hi ... several similarities in our stories. Though it is dificult,

I do work part time and receive SSDI. I can work only to $940. per month

growth for my benefits and medical to not be affected. As long as the gross

amount does not go over that thre is no time limit. If the wages became more

the clock would start ticking. I have tried to work full tinme but I have

gotten very sick every time. Yet staying home all the time takes a different

type of emotional toll. I do not make the $940. a month and my SSDI is not a

lot, but it has been very good to do even some work outside my home. My kids

are all grown and I am currently unnmarried, so being out of the house and

around people makes a good difference. Sometimes I hurt a lot when I am at

work but for right now I look at it like I could be hurting at home or

hurting at work, so why not keep trying? Staying on top of the fatigue is

hard but I work to keep a good bedtime/sleep routine.

One day at a time. : ) All the best for you.

Love...

Cheryle, aka Tess

" The path before all of us sometimes is strewn with shards of glass and this

world does not always provide strong, protective shoes. So as the poem

Footprints " says, God will carry me, when I cannot carry myself. He loves me

enough to do that for me...I surrender this struggle and am crawling up into

His arms. " ~ cjb, 1/14/2008