Karla,
Thank you. I have saved several of your previous
e-mails to others of disability (on doing it
yourself). I was on long term disability thru my
employer of 22 yrs. for one year. On 10/08/02 they
sent me to three Drs. who declared me 100% healthy
after a short exam & several questions. I took them
each a notebook on adhesions but they were not even
interested. I knew from their skeptism that they were
going to reach this conclusion. I felt like I had been
accused of a crime I didn't commit & they were
judge,jury, & executioner!
I can appeal their verdict, but I seriously doubt it
will do much good. I so depressed right now I don't
have the strength to fight!
Thanks,
Rita
--- K Nygren <ifirgit@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > Rita, > > I must apologize. I don't have much time to address > this right now. I will get back to you within the > next day or two. I understand just how discouraging > this can be. Especially if you are struggling > financially in addition to being disabled. Please > know that a majority of people are denied the first > go round. I can offer a lot of advice. But, for > the best advice I would suggest that you go to your > local library and look for books that assist you in > filing for Social Security disability. I have never > gone that route myself. I have a couple of friends > who did and they swear by it. As I have said a > number of times, the biggest key is in being > specific. When you complete the forms complete them > as if it was the worst day of your life. Tell them > about each ache and each thing that you cannot do. > Do not minimize. Write a journal for about a week > where you annotate all of these things. Geez....I > can't bend down to pick up the garbage anymore > because I get intense sh! > ooting pains in my abdomen that cause you to fall > over. This is an example....intense is a subjective > word because it might mean something different to > you then it does to me...but I have explained my > meaning of intense when I say they were shooting and > that they made me fall over. I can't say it enough. > Document, document, document. > > As I said, I will get back to you in a couple of > days. Keep your chin up. You have lots of friends > pulling for you here. > > God Bless. > > Karla > > HotJobs - Search new jobs daily now