Re: A Cindy Saga...questions about disability for those who have ventured

[Guest guest]

They put me on an IV while at the ER, but then, I've

never entered an ER where they didn't hang you up to a

bag. They did check potassium levels....it was

checked on Wednesday, my day off work, and then I had

this happen when I went to work on Thursday and they

checked it in the ER and it was fine, they said all my

chemical labs were fine.

I am so baffled and I feel kind of embarassed that I

wasted the ER's time. I am going to stay off work a

few more days until I can see my family doctor and ask

him to help me step down off fentanyl. It was a last

resort drug for itching but it's not the drug for me.

Even though itching is insanity, at least I know where

the insanity is coming from.

I know my mind played tricks on me thinking my mom was

helping me get home, but let's face it, I drove that

car and I could have killed some innocent person by my

total lack of witts.

I am going to call social security and start checking

into the process....someone said getting one of those

lawyers who don't take a fee until you have won your

case is the way to go...I don't know, what is the

input here.

Has anybody started the process while on long-term

sick leave from their place of work? The idea of

quitting work and losing this fantastic insurance and

not knowing if/or when I would get approved for

disability.

I think the only things working for me is j

pouch...which I am finding harder and harder to stick

to a work schedule because my j pouch has a mind all

it's own, my PSC, unretractable itching, and does

anybody know about claiming emotional distress? I am

fearful of leaving the house, I am starting to get

panic attacks that something will happen when I leave

the house alone. I never, ever thought I would get

like that, but it's a big fear now, and it's causing

great distress.

Anybody know if there is a set amout of disability

that you get, or is it based on how much you earned?

Does the amount they set for you, get taxed on top of

that, do you have to accept medicaid/medicare? Can

those payments get garnished by credit card

companies?? (Yikes, I said it)

Cindy Baudoux-Northrup

[Guest guest]

They put me on an IV while at the ER, but then, I've

never entered an ER where they didn't hang you up to a

bag. They did check potassium levels....it was

checked on Wednesday, my day off work, and then I had

this happen when I went to work on Thursday and they

checked it in the ER and it was fine, they said all my

chemical labs were fine.

I am so baffled and I feel kind of embarassed that I

wasted the ER's time. I am going to stay off work a

few more days until I can see my family doctor and ask

him to help me step down off fentanyl. It was a last

resort drug for itching but it's not the drug for me.

Even though itching is insanity, at least I know where

the insanity is coming from.

I know my mind played tricks on me thinking my mom was

helping me get home, but let's face it, I drove that

car and I could have killed some innocent person by my

total lack of witts.

I am going to call social security and start checking

into the process....someone said getting one of those

lawyers who don't take a fee until you have won your

case is the way to go...I don't know, what is the

input here.

Has anybody started the process while on long-term

sick leave from their place of work? The idea of

quitting work and losing this fantastic insurance and

not knowing if/or when I would get approved for

disability.

I think the only things working for me is j

pouch...which I am finding harder and harder to stick

to a work schedule because my j pouch has a mind all

it's own, my PSC, unretractable itching, and does

anybody know about claiming emotional distress? I am

fearful of leaving the house, I am starting to get

panic attacks that something will happen when I leave

the house alone. I never, ever thought I would get

like that, but it's a big fear now, and it's causing

great distress.

Anybody know if there is a set amout of disability

that you get, or is it based on how much you earned?

Does the amount they set for you, get taxed on top of

that, do you have to accept medicaid/medicare? Can

those payments get garnished by credit card

companies?? (Yikes, I said it)

Cindy Baudoux-Northrup

[Guest guest]

They put me on an IV while at the ER, but then, I've

never entered an ER where they didn't hang you up to a

bag. They did check potassium levels....it was

checked on Wednesday, my day off work, and then I had

this happen when I went to work on Thursday and they

checked it in the ER and it was fine, they said all my

chemical labs were fine.

I am so baffled and I feel kind of embarassed that I

wasted the ER's time. I am going to stay off work a

few more days until I can see my family doctor and ask

him to help me step down off fentanyl. It was a last

resort drug for itching but it's not the drug for me.

Even though itching is insanity, at least I know where

the insanity is coming from.

I know my mind played tricks on me thinking my mom was

helping me get home, but let's face it, I drove that

car and I could have killed some innocent person by my

total lack of witts.

I am going to call social security and start checking

into the process....someone said getting one of those

lawyers who don't take a fee until you have won your

case is the way to go...I don't know, what is the

input here.

Has anybody started the process while on long-term

sick leave from their place of work? The idea of

quitting work and losing this fantastic insurance and

not knowing if/or when I would get approved for

disability.

I think the only things working for me is j

pouch...which I am finding harder and harder to stick

to a work schedule because my j pouch has a mind all

it's own, my PSC, unretractable itching, and does

anybody know about claiming emotional distress? I am

fearful of leaving the house, I am starting to get

panic attacks that something will happen when I leave

the house alone. I never, ever thought I would get

like that, but it's a big fear now, and it's causing

great distress.

Anybody know if there is a set amout of disability

that you get, or is it based on how much you earned?

Does the amount they set for you, get taxed on top of

that, do you have to accept medicaid/medicare? Can

those payments get garnished by credit card

companies?? (Yikes, I said it)

Cindy Baudoux-Northrup

[Guest guest]

You definitely should qualify for disability. I didn't have nearly the

symptoms you've been having when I went on disability, and was approved

for both the disability through the company and social security

disability. I did have to appeal the initial refusal, but I just sent

in the same info I had the first time and they approved. I didn't get a

lawyer or anything, because I was already receiving disability through

the private company. Now I'm very glad I did get social security

disability because I've been able to keep that even though my other

disability cut off after my transplant. I will lose the social security

if I go back to work, but so far I haven't been able to do that due to

the Epstein Barr and PTLD.

athan