Are any of you presently receiving disabiliaty payments like me?

In November '06, I was diagnosed with congestive heart failure.
I ended up being hospitalized twice in 3 weeks!

Had too much fluid in lungs and was suffering from extreme shortness of breath!

After having no luck trying to find employment and constantly being turned down and ignored by co's. supposedly looking for help, I came to the realization that I've had enough of putting up with their ridiculous games and decided to file for disability from Social Security.

I was approved earlier this month and got the first check last week! What a relief it is now not to have to work any more!! And also, not to have to struggle financially any more!!!

Hey Daquan..
How in the world did you get this check so quickly? most people have to wait even under a doctors care and being diagnosed with diabetes for two years to get anything..well I was just wondering..

Sherri

Hi!

This isn't from a result of having diabetes. Diabetics can work and live normal lives.

It's because of a heart condition which forces me to have to take things easy from now on. I can no longer do any more hard labor work like I used to years back. Nor can I jog or run fast any more.

My heart was damaged as a result of having CHF, which I didn't know that I had until I was hospitalized the first time.

And the wait time was 5 - 6 months at most.

And to make matters even more worst or a bit more worst, I now have to use a breathing machine when I sleep at night because of being diagnosed with a mild form of sleep apnea!

Sorry, but what waiting time are you two talking about?

I was talking about the wait time it takes to find out if you've been accepted for monthly disability payments from Social Security.

it normally is between 5 to 6 months from the time that you sign up.

And whoever goes to sign up, during the processing of the paperwork, whatever they send you in the mail that needs info for your case, then JUST DO IT. And get it back to them asap.

The least little thing that doesn't look right, it msy give them the excuse to deny you!! Follow everything to the letter and don't hesitate!

Luckily, I was not denied at all. I was accepted the first time around. And you will get a retro check based on the time that you applied. The best way to sign up IS to go directly to your nearest office to have a representative do it for you.

You just need to bring valuable info of your income status, rent and utiliy bills, if any, and you SS card. Remember, do all that they ask you to, or they'll surley deny you, and the wait time will be even longer - possibly another 6 months or more!!

Good luck to you all! I hope that you're successful.

Hello, Daquan13.

I do not receive Social Security Disability, but I do receive SSI on account of my blindness. Unfortunately, however, my situation is more of a struggle than not...

I have been legally partially blind since birth (about twenty-four years ago). I have been married for a little over four years now. My wife is unable to carry a job because of health issues, although Social Security and MediCal (here in California) do not qualify her as disabled.

I am a student, and I have been looking for work for years now, but to no avail. Employers all have blatantly told me that I would slow them down if I was "on the job" because of my vision. It's quite a struggle for my wife and I, but thankfully God is good to us. In any case, neither of us can make even $10 without having to report it (if there is a paper trail); we are supposed to technically report anything monetary that comes in...And in some cases, they will deduct the extra income from a future check...so it can be tough.

In any case, I am really glad to hear that things are going well for you in your situation with Disability. I am not sure why I do not qualify for Social Security Disability, but they have told me that I am ineligible for it. I'm just praying that I can find a job this Summer and begin to chip away at the debt piling up. Maybe the Rapture'll come soon.

Anyhow, take care.

Hi!

Thank you for your kind words!

Sounds like you and your wife are in the same unfortunate boat that I was in last winter. Financial hardship.

I thought that blindness qualified people to receive disability paymants. Strange how that works, hey?! Incidently, I was approved for disability payments but was turned down for SSI.

I also was turned down for a countless amount of jobs. Sucks because when you're on SSI, you can't make a dime extra, or they'll make you pay it back!!

I have a friend who is in the same boat. He's on SSI, and he once told me that he worked and Social Security found out about it and they made him pay back every penny of the money he was getting for working on the side!!

What it is is that if you're not getting paid under the table, and taxes are being deducted from your money, that's how they find out. It's called the Two-Step Boogie. You try to get ahead one step and they drag you back two steps!! It's a damn shame though!

Your wife should be able to get disability, since she has health issues and can't work. It has to be verified by your doc and hers as well. Or maybe just hers, unless you both have the same doc.

You say that you live in California. You should look into getting a job through the state - a rehabilitation program that helps you find a job that will accommodate your impairment with being able to see properly. It is supposed to work for people like yourself, your wife and myself, you know, people like us who are physically challenged.

Also, there's no doubt in my mind that you both qualify for food stamps and health coverage from the state.

I'm on disability, but I'm also getting two small pensions from two previous jobs as well as working a volunteer job tutoring children at a public school. I get a monthly stipend from it, but it's under the table. No taxes are deducted from it.

Try getting into every hook and cranny. Leave no stone unturned. Get what you feel is rightfully yours. If your wife has filed for disability and was turned down, she has the right to an appeal.

Let me know how you make out. Good luck and God bless!

Ah, now Yes.

I was born with Asthma - It's tried to take me twice and I've had two NDE's as a result. I've burned my right hand (I was cooking Chicken in a deep fat cooker) and it had a flash-over and took half of my right hand - I'm right-handed. It took five years to heal up after plastic surgery.


I'm pretty deaf in both ears too (I used to be a DJ) and music was sometimes very high in the clubs I was in. Anyway I wear two digital hearing aids - Stereo you might say !

I'm not considered disabled now - since I'm retired (at 66) but its on my records and I had to go before a panel of doctors over here to get any money out of the Government in England. I like one of the guys RKCole who has Final Fantasy VII - cos I have that too and play it!

terabyte

OMG!!

So sorry to hear this.

And yes you ARE disabled if your doc has declared you to be disabled in writing!

I was declared disabled long before I started receiving disability payments from Uncle Sam. I do vulunteer work and get a stipend payment each month that the kids are in school.

I disagree, and I think a lot of people with so-called disabilities would too. Disability is a state of mind - this is why the term 'differently abled' came into existence. In other words "disabled" says "I can't do things", but "differently abled" says "I do things differently.

It's essentially the same reason that the term "invalid" is no longer used much.

Try asking someone who has had both legs amputated but runs fast enough that he wants to be allowed to compete at Olympic level if he is disabled.

For another example, I have full grand-mal epilepsy, and could probably be 'declared to be disabled' if I chose to go down that road. But I do not consider myself disabled - it's just a chronic condition I live with.

I was declared legally disabled by my doc in writing before the end of last year, and that was before I was accepted foer monthly disability payments. Got it now?

Being declared disabled doesn't mean you have to stay that way. I'm a fighter when it comes to illness or some disability - If I didn't fight what was wrong with me, I would probably be pushing up Poison Ivy or some such from down below...

Asthma was a problem, but eventually I fought it and get along quite well using herbs like Iceland moss (one teaspoon in a cup of boiling water. let it stand for five minutes then drink. I tell ya, it sure does help my breathing and is better than steroids!


Everything that got in the way of my health just got the red card and I fought it till I got well. I guess that would be called strong will, but if I'm gonna argue the toss with MRiGnS or anyone else then I got to be able to cut the butter or do something about my condition...


Now what's for dinner? Hmm Saukraut and a T-Bone steak is just fine

terabyte

I can go out and do normal things, like walking visiting people and such.

I just can't do any strenuous work any more. The tutoring job keeps me up and going, because I was told that if I just stay home all the time, I might deteriorate and die.

But sometimes, I just don't feel like going out, especially in bad weather!

I suspect you missed the point completely - too busy getting defensive. Just because someone says something contrary to your view doesn't mean they are attacking you.

I never once said or thought that. You're just ASSUMING that I did.

Let's see if you can guess this;

Now, anytime that you suddenly get shortness of breath attacks and your heart is beating way too fast and out of control (a 160 rate to be exact), them you're rushed by ambulance to the nearest hospital like I was, then you're given IV medicines (lasix and Ameoderone) to get your heartrate back down to near normal levels, then you're sedated and ultrasounded to make sure that you don't have any blood clots near your heart & lungs and then you're sedated again to have your heart cardioverted back to it's normal beat, then you are told by your cadiologist and doc that you can no longer do any strenuous work, what does that tell you?

Yes, there is nothing too shocking there. But this has nothing to do with what I said in my last post. You were clearly getting defensive (and still are). The comments "Got it now?" makes that quite clear.

As for your condition - that's fine - you have a serious medical condition and need to avoid strenuous activity. Not all work is strenuous. Plus I have not suggested once that you don't deserve or need support from the Government (i.e. 'disability' payments) if you can't support yourself. My point was something quite different to that, but you chose to leap into defensive mode rather than see it.

When I say 'disability is a state of mind' that is not the same as saying that physical conditions do not exist or have an impact. Of course they do, but you can choose to manage a condition in whatever ways are available to you, or you can choose to surrender yourself to it.

I'm NOT being deffensive. "Got it now?", to me, means nothing.

Just an expression.