Re: MY Appologeees! Applying for SSDI isNO luxury

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I just want to say whatever the day was. Applying for SSDI is NO luxury,

first I have worked all my life from age 15yrs from a fish packing factory

working after school until 1,2,3a.m in a cold wet building, got up and went to

school the next day then on wkends if not there worked at a large nursing home

doing everything and all nothing to what they are not allowed to do now. I have

worked way over a 40hr wk up until I dropped last year!, My body won't go, and

if it does it doesn't tell me when those hrs are going to be, so after changing

my line of work from healthcare to several other trys, and having to call out

last min in a,m in the morn. because I could not walk, get out of bed without

help and ate a handfull of meds, yet still would attempt to go, my husband would

go in the other room and call the place telling them he would not let me go I

was in bad shape, I caved into the fact I can not work anymore, it is not first

fair to the employer who expected me

there, and second my Dr. told me 5yrs ago I needed to go on SSD and would not

hear of it, so if I had listened maybe my body would not be so badly beaten

today. Also the fact of just applying for something that belongs to me, as I

EARNED this money all these yrs, yet I have to now do a mentally exhausting page

after page after page of applying to even begin the process of being turned

down, then I can plan on going on trip after trip of more Dr. appts., being

checked out by there so called experts, though my Dr. says I can not beat myself

anymore with the attempts of trying to stay employed. Then I hire atty most

likely who once wins my appeal will take 25% of my money for his help, yet this

luxury will hold me up most likely 2 yrs if lucky or the norm of 3 yrs. waiting

to start a income!, They don't have a program where I feel I could possible be

is that if I get into a stable remission type state I could try and work a few

hrs here and there would cut back on them

paying me out, but this is non exsistant. Now where is the luxury of SSD or

SSDI? My mo pay will be around 785.00 mo, wow, I use to make this a week! I

do by no means call these of us forced to TRY and get what we earned back in a

piddly mo. amt a luxury! Sorry but I have tried and can't find anything but a

bum deal of us forced to go on this.

Sharon

Sherry wrote:

to a remark that even appying for Socail Security Disability was a

luxury.I was not angry with the person who made the remark. I do

understand they were having a bad day and a bad choice of words. I Love

This Group Very Much! And I thought I could voice my fustration that

there are people out there who might think SSDI is a luxury (NOT ANY

ONE IN THE GROUP). I am sorry that I was misunderstood this way. See I

am human too. I made the choice to be angry and voice how I felt about

the issue, instead of the choice to say nothing. Come On people, allow

me to me fustrated too, AGAIN I am not perfect. I have feelings and I

too am fustrated at times. Please understand I meant no ill feelings

toward the Group in any way.