Checking in again. Trying to be better about doing it and write more regularly. But don't want to burden anyone with any more negativity than already exists in the world, so I don't talk about half the stuff that does happen ( Read more... )

Just when I thought I'd be back and be able to catch up with online interactions, something else comes up.  Dealing with things as best as I can. Most of it doesn't warrant expending the energy to mention.  Some of it meh.  Some of it sad.  Most recent being the loss of one of my aunts to medical complications.  It was sudden and unexpected, and ( Read more... )

Stage one of Disability determinations completed. I called SSA today and apparently I have a new worker, which explains part of the run around. She confirmed everything with me and told me she'd be submitting my case to their doctors for review tomorrow. Now waiting to hear back on the medical determination stage. This is the big one, where the ( Read more... )

I have been a little scarce recently. Taking care of medical related stuff.  I am finalizing my Disability/Medicaid application process next week.  I will be going in person with faithful Ember at my side to present my 3inch+ thick folder of medical records and documents, letters of support ( thanks again to those who wrote them ), and fully ( Read more... )

Apologies for the lapse in presence on and off recently. I have been busy for a little while working on putting together all of this information for my disability application process. Digging through old paperwork to find things to use ( thank goodness I kept it ), collecting and sorting documents from providers.  Just waiting on responses from two ( Read more... )

I am ready to kill someone. I have been fighting with this Medicaid determination nonsense and jumping through their hoops and sending them everything they have asked for, for months. I applied back in November.  I had to call repeatedly and ask them for updates on the status because they never sent me additional information in the mail or called ( Read more... )