Dunno what to tell you, except that the house and the friends you have where you are are important. Are you sure enough of doing the consulting work to risk giving up your house?
I know you've had enormous doctor problems; do you have enough documentation from them to present a good disability case? If you do, I guess I'd go for that.
We were enormously surprised that my husband got his SS disability with relatively little struggle, based on cognitive deficit. The LTD, on the other hand, has been absolutely impossible. But we do have a lawyer, and he thinks we'll win; just takes forever.
Hugs to you.
I would follow the yellow brick road in this case.
You always start at the beginning.. like the good witch told Dorothy.
First get out of that job you have. It is making you MUCH worse.. no doubt. You can't be expected to continue without hurting yourself or others. Apply for the disability you deserve... and make THAT your full time job.
THEN... once that is settled... and you have more treatment on YOUR side of the fence... think about what else you can do.
Social Security disability allows folks to work part time after they are approved for disability... and still get the benefits without a cut. This part time work may be a future goal if the circumstances are right.
In the meantime..
Make caring for your mom and family your priority and your JOB. No telling how long your family will be around.. so please make the most of it while you can. I only wish I had more time with my mom before she passed.
I am SURE your family wants what is best for you.. and most of all.. they want and NEED you near them for now.
They are number one... not some company in another state. THEY deserve your help and love... not the company in some other state.
The option of taking a new job far away, moving, and leaving your home may be NOT a good thing for you... and then you would end up suffering due to jumping from the frying pan into the fire.
Taking off from that job you have now... all together... would allow you more time to focus on YOUR health too. That is a TOP priority!
But then.. MY top priority is YOU...
I want what is best for YOU... MY Maddog!
take care and try not to get frustrated - i know easier said than done - have faith - thats is all i am relying on these days.
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Originally posted by MADDOG:
Hi Gang, my job of thirty years I can no longer do.That job has to be in the past,but not yet is.I have two choices, move to Flint Michigan and be an auto consultant,or go for disability. The move would mean giving up the house I built,my home stomping grounds were I was raised,and leaving an aging mother who needs me,to my sister and bro to be there.Going for disability will mean at least a year fighting with the gov idiots who's only job is to deny me disability,and dont give a darn about suffering humanity,or pain.My shoulders are destroyed,my back is herniated,I have Cronic nural lyme,Babs,epstein barr,touretts,epistital systus,Hv6,Bad hip,chem sinsitivites,Lyme blindness at times,Extremly low natural killer cell count, and gout.What to do ??? MADDOG
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Lori
Give it a try. It just may all work out.
If I were you, I would ask myself...where will I be in a year?
if you move...despite your ability now to consult, will you be consulting in a year with your health issues? If not...then I would not even consider a move! because the inevitable will be here then!
If disability is the inevitable here...fight for it now, while you have resources available. Dont wait until your $$ are totally gone a year from now, and your security is gone (the house).
You may have to mortgage the house in a year or so to make ends meet, but at least you will still be eating..(writing this brings out how terrible this illness is....roof over head vs. eating!....Damn this disease is terrible and worst is how were treated by our own country....and we claim were in war against terrorist????...this is the ultimate terrorism)
sorry, got off track here.
ok...thats my input.
Have you considered the following:
fight for disability due to your disabilities...not your illness?
ie: go to eyedoctor during a "blind" spell....get a diagnosis of "legally blind"
get a neurologist to sign off for your seizures or weakness, not neuro lyme. - stating its dangerous or impossible for you to do your job.
etc.
dont go "lyme disease" route....
I have to agree with everyone else. I would not move for the job.
The stress of moving would be hard on you and you would have to leave too many things behind. Especially your mother.
Ditch the job and start fighting for the disability you deserve!
We will have you in our prayers!
SC
I agree with everyone above, and I am keeping you in my prayers.
God Bless,
Beverly
Now there is a difference in SSD and SSDI, big difference, big. If you have no other resources and would qualify for your state's MediCAID program, ( I emphasized that for they are simular in spelling), then you'd qualigy for SSDI.
But, if you have assets and other income, you'd be eligible for SSD. With SSD, Medicare would be the ticket on that one after you've been on disability for 2 years.
There isn't a difference in your check with either SSD or SSDI, but, the medical care is very different.
When, and if, you apply, you can apply for both at the same time and they'll figure out which one you would qualify for and send you that decision. Remember savings, stocks/bonds, and retirement income, play in their decision as to which one.
Even with trying to go around LD and use being NUTS, you, still, could be turned down and probably will the first try. I speak from experience with my brother, who finally on the 7th try commited suicide and my first husband, who is in a "bed and care" home in California were turned down the first time.
However, if you have a serious (to them) disease, like Leukemia (one of the types that kills quickly), you would probably get it the first try. My late husband, John, got it on the first try in 1987 at the age of 38, but he had a two year death sentence with Chronic Myleogenous Leukemia.
Just throwing out examples and explaining the difference between the two Social Security disabilities.
Also, I would consider the fact that with this move you'd be leaving a zone of comfort to a zone of no support and then when you get there, stress of the move and new job location, you'd more than likely get sicker and then you could be just stuck there. IMO, I'd stay.
I'm currently in my home town and near my elderly 86 year old mother. We realize that we can not move unless I get completely well, or Mother dies. There is absolutely no other reason for us to be here, well, until Amanda's husband makes it back from Iraq. But, we need the support right now...being sick is hard, but being sick and working, must be horrible.
Hang in there, it took me from the time I first applied in March of 2000 til December 2003 to get my first check. Get an attorney that is recommended by someone that has gotten approved, not just any ole on in the Yellow Pages...get one with proven results. They don't charge unless you get approved and even then their fee is dictated by the Social Security Administration (SSA).
A really good resource for you to start studying for you to make a good decision, is at their website.
www.ssa.gov
Best of luck,
Rosemary
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Originally posted by MADDOG:
Hi everyone,It happened again at work today.I got hurt again.I rehabed my walking a long time ago,due to back nerve damage so I walk on glass .I do it well enuf that only trained pros can tell I have trouble. But if there is any slick spots on the floor I am doomed to slide.I was carring a brake rotor to the recycle ben at work ,hit a oily spot on the floor and slid.I just barely escaped a bad fall,but the jerking motion yanked my shoulder out of place again,the shoulder holding up the brake rotor.My P.H. therapist would be so disgusted if she new about this thing,she told me to quit my job or I would get hurt again. MADDOG
Theres a saying..."God works in mysterious ways".
Could it be...NOW you have a concrete...(another concrete) reason for disability? and you can keep lyme out all together???
Hope you are doing well.