Third Time's the Charm

[veazey21]

On Saturday, I got a letter from the Social Security Disability people. Strike two

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[veazey21]

Thanks. I can use all the help I can get, so if you see a leprechaun or anything, let me know.

From experience

[weezel365]

You shouldn't have even waited until strike two. Attorneys will take their pay out of your back-pay settlement and you get a nice hefty lump sum. I walked out of the bank with almost ten thousand dollars cash in a pillow case with a dollar sign on it.

[veazey21]

Yeah, you're probably right. But, hopefully, this will still go through. I mean, I haven't worked or gone to school in about three years now and I've been in constant pain for two and a third. I've been to the best migraine research and treatment center in the country. I've done all the medical due diligence there is to be done and they all just threw their hands up. So, hopefully that will count for something.

[weezel365]

It better, and I can promise that an attorney will MAKE it count for something, and once you tell him that, you can probably get your money back for it because that shit is stuff that SSI and Disability should have paid for in the first place because you should have been insured to get that special sort of treatment because they should have given you your disability the friggin' FIRST time you applied!!!!!!

Yeah... point that shit out. I'm not one for trying to squeeze out every dime I can, but if a person is disabled and can get special needs help, like you and I can, then we deserve to get it. I get free medical care. I don't go to the doctor for every little thing, despite what Brandi tells me to do, because I don't hafta. But when I need it, I go, and it's free, and all my epilepsy treatment? Always free. Also, I tried my ass off to find grants for handicaps.

Get what you're owed, my friend.

[veazey21]

It's not that I feel I'm entitled to it but that I need some help.
I'm sick. I can't work. I can't go to school. There are many days I can't even prepare a meal for myself. So, I need help and the Federal government has a program to give that help to people like me. So, I'm going to take advantage of it until I'm better and I can contribute to society again. And if I don't have to worry so much about where the money for my medicine and appointments is coming from, then I'll have the spare change to try and take an online class or two, get closer to my degree in any way that I can.

And that I waited two years from when I lost my job to actually seek the disability? I think that should count for something, too.

[veazey21]

I still maintain that I'm the worst mutant ever.

[veazey21]

Oh, if only, my friend. If only.

[brighty18]

Okay, that is so, totally unfair - especially considering that you certainly DO have a disability and many people who apply and get it don't. At least in some states (like NJ where there are virtually NEVER issues.) I'm glad you're taking action!

Best wished tomorrow!

[veazey21]

Well, considering what I've done and been through to try and fix my migraines on my parents' dime, I think I need some help. Especially since I haven't worked in three years.

[veazey21]

As in most things, you just have to game the system. It's not based on genuine need or legitimate claim, but on how well you play it.