Re: How to find local area IPFers

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Bill,Yes, if you get more details on the possiblity of persons over age 65 and already collecting Social Security that may be eligible for Disability assistance, please do share with the group.I've spent hours scouring the Gov't pages on Disability coverage but ended up more confused than when I began.When I called for more detail, they wanted all my financial information which made me think I might give them information detrimental to my application, so I stopped the interview.I have no intention of cheating anyone but I would like to take advantage of any Gov't program I'm entitled to.Thanks!

How to find local area IPFers

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billcrafton42

Wed Sep 9, 2009 4:36 pm (PDT)

Hi, again...

There's a seminar in burg next Monday for IPFers which I got all the

information on today today. I can't make it but sent a note back

explaining the value I think a local support group would have. I got a reply right

away from of the Coalition for Pulmonary Fibrosis saying

she's sending me a kit on how to get one started, and if I want to do it, they

can notify people in the area and let them know about it, and nobody would

be violating any HIPPA laws. One of the things I learned today, and I'll

have to verify it, is that if you're over 65, and already drawing Social

Security, that you also may be able to draw Disability. I was complaining to

the guy at the gym how much Penn Tower Hotel costs and he said his

Disability pays for all that. I'm 66 and he's older than I am. These are the kinds

of things that many people may not be aware of that a support group of

people in the same boat could share, I think. So I sent her a list of a lot

of the little towns around here and I'll let you know what happens.

And there is still a support group at UPA, the U. of Penn, that meets

once a month. A lady there named Jeanne, I believe, knows all about it. As

many times as I already drive down there, I'd like to avoid another trip a

month, which stirred my interest in starting up a local group.

Bill C. IPF 10/08

Did everybody realize today is 09/09/09?

N.E. PA