SSD....SO SORRY DUMBSHIT .A LITTLE VULGAR BUT TRUE.THATS WHAT THE SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE SHOULD TELL US WHEN WE FIRST APPLY.THE THING IS I WOULD MUCH RATHER BE WORKING MAKEING MONEY AND BEING ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF MY FAMILY INSTEAD OF HOLDING MY HAND ON MY ASS WAITING FOR A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY I HAVE TO BEG FOR.I HAVE WORKED SINCE I WAS FIFTEEN YEARS OLD ,SOMETIMES TWO JOBS AT A TIME TO MAKE ENDS MEET,NOW THAT I CANT WORK ,IT SHOULDNT EVEN BE SECOND GUESSED.WE PAID IN AND HEAVEN FORBID WE NEED HELP NOW.AS PEOPLE EXPRESSED ON THIS SITE SS IS JUST HOPEING WE GIVE UP OR DIE SO THEY DONT HAVE TO PAY US.ON DECEMBER 17,2005 MY LIFE CHANGED FOREVER....I WAS OUT LATE CHRISTMAS SHOPPING,HIT A PATCH OF ICE,HIT A TREE.AND WENT OVER A HUNDRED FOOT EMBANKMENT.LANDED UPSIDE DOWN,TRAPPED BY MY SEATBELT HALF MY BODY IN A FREEZING CREEK.I WAS NOT FOUND UNTIL EIGHT HOURS LATER BY A SNOW PLOW DRIVER.TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT I COULDNT WALK FOR ALMOST THREE MONTHS.EXTREME BACK ,HIP AND LEG PAIN AND THE DOCTORS DIDNT NO WHY......THE PIG HEADED PERSON I AM I FORCED MYSELF BACK TO WORK BARELY ABLE TO STAND AND DEFINATELY COULDNT DO STAIRSBUT I HAD FOUR KIDS TO TAKE CARE OF.I FIGURED I WOULD JUST GET STRONGER AS TIME WENT BY.MY PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT WAS LIKE MY FAMILY SO THEY DID THE PARTS OF MY JOB THAT I COULDNT.THEN WHEN THE BUSSINESS CLOSED,I REALIZED JUST HOW LITTLE I COULD ACUALLY DO.I TESTED MYSELF TO THE LIMIT.I TRIED SIT DOWN JOBS,DIFFERENT LINES OF WORK AND SOME THE SAME.I WAS IN SO MUCH PAIN I NEEDED HELP GETTING IN THE HOUSE AFTER WORK.FINALLY ADMITTING DEFEAT I APPLIED FOR SSD,NOTHING LEFT I COULD DO.PHYSICALLY I COULD NO LONGER SUPPORT MY FAMILY.SOCIAL SECURITY SENT ME TO THIER DOCTORS.WHAT A JOKE. THE PAIN I HAVE I CAN NOT STAND OR SIT FOR ANY LENGTH OF TIME,SO DURING THE WHOLE PROCESS I AM UP AND DOWN.I CRIED THROUGH THE WHOLE PHYC PART,DESCRIBING THE NIGHTMARES AND PANICK ATTACKS I STILL SUFFER FROM THAT NITE AND ECT.ECT.THE PHYSICAL PART ,THE GUY WAS AN ASSHOLE HE DIDNT WANT TO HEAR ANYTHING BUT YES AND NO ANSWERS.WHEN HE ASKED ME TO GET OFF THE TABLE TO BEND AND WALK MY HIPS HAD LOCKED UP AND I ALMOST FELL.WELL WHEN I GOT THE REPORT THESE TWO GUINUSSES DIDNT HAVE A CLUE.THE PHYC SAID I WORE GLASSES TO THE EXAM,I DONT WEAR GLASSES AND SHE RECOMMENDED I SHOULD GO TO COUNSELING AND TRAIN FOR A NEW JOB SKILL.THE SO CALLED DOCTOR SAID I WOULD HAVE NO TROUBLE DOING A FULL WORK DAY AND STANDING AND LIFTING COULD BE DONE.WHO THE HELL DID THEY EVALUATE THAT DAY NOT ME.......SEND THEM ASSHOLES TO MY HOUSE AND SEE WHAT I GO THROUGH EVERYDAY.SO NEEDLESS TO SAY I WAS TURNED DOWN AND AM AWAITING A HEARING.I DID NOT HIRE A LAWYER AFTER I SEEN HOW MUCH OF MY MONEY THEY WOULD GET.ITS WRONG.......THAT MONEY SHOULD GO TO ME AFTER HAVING NONE FOR SO LONG.I REALLY WISH I COULD PUT THIS WHOLE MESS BEHIND ME AND GO BACK TO WORK.MY BRAIN TELLS ME TO GET BACK OUT THERE BUT MY BODY SAYS I CANT....MY PAIN ALONG WITH STRESS,DEPPRESION AND ONGOING NIGHTMARES OF THE CRASH JUST KEEP GETTING WORSE INSTEAD OF BETTER.SS SAYS IT WILL PROBABLY BE A YEAR AND A HALF BEFORE I GET A HEARING DATE AND THEN WHAT GET TURNED DOWN AGAIN......