Hi my name is Tish and I am a 36 …
Hi my name is Tish and I am a 36 year old married to my high school sweetheart and have two beautiful little girls. I …
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flchristi 
9:08am, November 11, 2009
I am still waiting for a reply regarding my appeal for SSD. We requested an appeal in early January so it should be getting closer to the decision date. I got a letter yesterday with a form to fill out regarding my daily activities and such. It is the same form I filled out before. Only this time I think I will attach a seperate piece of paper so I can be more thorough so whoever is reading it gets a better understanding of what I and my family are going through with all of this pain and everything else that goes along with it. I really hate it and try my best not to let it get me down but I am so tired and hurt so much that it is really hard to ignore it completely. It sucks and I am coming to the reality that I will probably never have a normal life again. Anyway I am praying that this time I get my point across more affective and I get a positive reply from Social Security. If anyone has any hints or ideas I would be open to them. For now I will just keep praying and doing what I can to get through the days ahead of me. Oh and I am also looking forward to March 27, I get my temporary spinal cord stimulator put in and then on April 1st if everything goes well I will be getting the stimulator put in permanantly. I hope it gives me a chance to have a little bit of control over my pain. Wish me luck and thanks for being there to support me.
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Hi Christine,
I am so rooting for you girl with the SSI situation. My husband is going through the exact same thing right now, waiting to hear back from them.
It is a burden I know. It reminds me of when I used to work with patients and they would tell me about the battles they were going through with their insurance companies to get tests and treatments authorized and paid for. The last thing that someone who is suffering should have to go through is trying to get what is owed to them. And I believe that people such as yourself and my husband who CANNOT, not will not, work should be compensated with money they put into the system during the years they could work.
My husband is also having to come to grips with life as it is instead of life as it was. I wish I could give you a big hug right now my friend.
I hope the spinal cord stimulator helps you. I am saying a prayer right now for the Lord to strengthen and love you through all this.
Many hugs,
Darlene
islagirl
I will pray that this SSD thing is finally resolved in a positive way. They never cease to amaze me. How can all these people who work fulltime off the radar get SSI and those of us who have documented pain not receive it. My PT says you would be amazed at the number of people who don't deserve it that get it. Then I see so many people on here who really deserve it (like you) and are having a hard time. Why would anyone have a stimulator put into their body if they weren't in debilitating pain? You might want to mention that to them. You are having invasive things done to your body to stop pain. No sane person would do that to get $800 bucks a month. Let them know you need the money to help pay for the medical expenses associated with the disabilty. Not that they care. They amaze me. Good luck hon, and if it doesn't come back approved, please email me and I will give you some advice that might help. Love and Hugs,
Terrie
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Do you have a SSD lawyer? I would suggest you find a really good one if you don't! I am in my appeals "waiting", I was denied and started my appeals in August 08, my lawyer says it will take anywhere from 18-24 months before we can be seen by the judge! In the meantime you will have to let your lawyer know any changes in doctors, procedures, treatments, etc...I keep a list and send her an email every so often to make sure we are on the same page...Most people don't want to wait and fight...they give up..I am NOT giving up because my PT told me that I will be lucky to get 25% of my back back to normal before my injury. I have had 2 compression fractures on L4 L5 S1 and the most recent being 5 1/2 years ago..but like you no one would listen to me and now I have to be in pain and suffer the rest of my life..Keep fighting..we must let these SSD Idiots know we mean business and we need SSD to survive while we suffer in pain every single day of our lives!
mysticthunder