Re: Carts in Stores/disability

April 20, 2011

I just got my second denial of social security disability. I have from an 18 mo

to 24 month wait for an admin hearing with a judge. I am 47 and was an

accountant before my back n neck injury. The delay is so long here in TN cuz of

the floods last year.

I am on long term disability from my former employer. They filmed me last year

shopping n running errands. This year, I can hardly drive and have hired a

service to run errands for me.

Ellen

>

> I know the age issue. I am 43 and had to file for social security disability

in january. I had lots of people say you will never get it at your age and

acted like i am just lazy. Kills me because i loved my job and i Would much

rather be working. Or the you are to young to park there comments. But hang in

there and we do what we have to do.

> Re: Carts in Stores

>

> I considered using one of those motorized carts a couple of weeks ago

> (for what would have been the first time), but didn't end up doing so.

> What's the procedure? Who do you ask for " permission " ? Or are they set

> up so that you can just start them up and take one yourself? I still

> can't get over the paranoia that people will look at me funny because

> I am so young. A few months ago, i was headed toward needing them

> permanantly, but right now I'm recovering from surgery, so I'm hoping

> that I'll recover to a point where I will no longer feel like one. But

> only time will tell.

>

> In the situation a couple of weeks ago, part of the reason I didn't

> really press the issue and try to find out what to do was because the

> trip was an optional type of trip (to a museum) -- I felt bad that my

> preschool aged daughter has been so cooped up lately. As others have

> mentioned, at least at stores there are shopping carts to lean on.

>

> On Apr 20, 2011, at 5:43 PM, Bunny

> <christina_bunny@...

>

April 20, 2011

Hang in there. The S.S. department has a game they play with people like you.

It's called the starve them out game. If they can make you wait long enough then

you will give up and go find some sort of employment. So hang in there. Here in

CA. after the second denial you can get an attorney. Since it's federal I bet

you can do it there also. So find one as quick as you can and get their help and

advice. Do NOT do anything even in front of your windows that would give them

reason to photograph you in any way. I can tell you so many things you should be

doing and things you should not be doing too.

Janice

Faraway1@...

Re: Carts in Stores