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In reply to the discussion: After 4 years of waiting...I have been approved for SSDI!! [View all]pengillian101
(2,351 posts)36. Yahoo!
"End of the world my arse!...BEST DAY EVER!!!!"
So happy for you
Such a relief, eh?
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I think I only heard recently that there is a long time period to qualify.
LiberalFighter
Dec 2012
#1
Very glad for you and your family and there will be a retroactive payment coming. So glad you had
freshwest
Dec 2012
#38
Other than the union's help, keeping good records, getting 2nd and 3rd opinions, and being
alfredo
Dec 2012
#62
Excellent advice. Never trust that anything involving the government is ever finished. n/t
Egalitarian Thug
Dec 2012
#63
I have a similar diagnosis. Herniation/tears at L4-L5 and L1-L2 and stenosis due to arthritis plus
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#57
Not really. Morphine can dull the pain, but it is never really gone. I can only sleep
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#55
Thanks for the kind sentiments. I try to stay upbeat. I have a naturally sunny disposition, which
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#58
Thanks for the information above and in the other post. This is what I'm dealing with now.
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#60
Thanks. I'm not going back to him. I left so frustrated yesterday and this isn't the first time he
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#66
I'd say you're doing the right thing. What will happen over time is that the painful episodes
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#67
Thanks so much for all he info and advice. It helps to talk to someone who has been there and done t
PATXgirl
Dec 2012
#69
Yes, I'm noticing the government is getting poised to launch another War, this time on
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#82
I have tried pot a few times, but unfortunately I don't like the effect it has on me.
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#47
Good for you!!!!!!!!. Took me almost five years to get SSDI. Many years ago I worked as a claims
firenewt
Dec 2012
#15
Congradulations. Hopefully you will get what they owe you for the time you started
southernyankeebelle
Dec 2012
#25
I would believe that back in the day there could have been significant fraud. But as the system
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#50
Know one right down the road from me. Didn't even apply before 'lawyering up', with one of those
Purveyor
Dec 2012
#52
$2800 per month??? That sounds awfully high. I'm 57, and I was a high wage earner for
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#68
This is a ridiculously inappropriate response to the OP. Your scammy, sleazy pal has nothing
Dark n Stormy Knight
Dec 2012
#73
Make sure that from here on out you ask for, and receive, all medical notes from
Flatulo
Dec 2012
#51