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Topic: Have you lost any income due to Lyme disease?

LymeinME
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yes

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snowboarder
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Hello Tincup,

Yes thousands and thousands. I have a home based business and am still able to have an income but lost my big corporate job that paid the big bucks!

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Kaykay
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No, but have no vacation either

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tequeslady
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Yes

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lymemomtooo
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Yes, a couple of years ago my daughter had a part time job and was able to make approx $75 a week..She is too ill to consider any type of job at the moment.

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josiestrann
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loss of income?! YES! And heres a detail! I've lost over $36ooo a year!!!

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nan
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yes

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lymiecanuck
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YES!!!

All of it.

Lymiecanuck

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jewood69
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lymemomtooo
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Yes, indirectly..Can't work due to daughters illnesses..

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Lyddie
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Yes - from the illness of self and three children.

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needleseye
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yes

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MonaR
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Yes! Ongoing loss

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Ramona

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tickitout
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YES

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Rene
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yes

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Lymeblue
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I've lost the hability to sell homes .
I do it now occasionally....is difficult to drive my buyers...the math for me is more difficult..

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lymeam2pm
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No but I missed out on most of my son's senior year in high school by being too sick to enjoy his time at home, etc.

Peggy

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Walnut
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Yes

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lymemomtooo
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Lymetoo
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I already answered yes.....just figured it up. A conservative estimate would be $450,000 and still counting. That's lost income only, no other expenses counted.

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Lymetutu

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lymemomtooo
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lymemomtooo
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Foggy..this is to help with documentation for the upcoming MD bills, I think...Basically to get legislation to save lives...

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cindy_leigh
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yes

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lymemomtooo
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paulscha
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YES

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lymeHerx001
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a big YES

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SuZ-Q
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Yes, and my daughter is the one with lyme.

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NP40
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Yes !

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proud pup
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YES,
Am self-employed and $1 short of losing everything.

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bg
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too far down for those who have NOT responded to date...

Betty G.

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hatsnscarfs
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YES

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pq
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yes

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sarahjane
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yes

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sapphire101
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Yes

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AL76
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YES

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Lymiedad
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YES for me
YES for my wife

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bunny1215
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I feel very fortunate to be able to say NO.

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Dream4Distance
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Yes!

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rcmdesigns
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yes!

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Tincup
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STOP HERE..

THANKS!

Will post answers later gators.

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TinaAStPierre
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YES

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burnbitter
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quote:
Originally posted by HeadPain:
A big yes!! So far 2 + years and counting.....I'm just wondering when to file diability???? I don't want to give up hope, but we are ALL starting to suffer $$$$, my whole family.
How do you know when to file?

Immediately.
You should have filed the first day you stopped working.
But can't be helped now. You can start it on the website. I highly recommend a disability lawyer though, I didn't get approved for 3 years and about halfway through got a lawyer. I think that it made a difference. Also having good records of all your medical stuff is vital.
You get retroactively rewarded to the date you filed. (or they judge the date that your diability began)
medicare sucks though.

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burnbitter
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Yes
3.5 years, would have been more but I like to eat.

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mil
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yes

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Brite
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yes

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Michelle M
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No!

Michelle M

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I Have Lyme Etc
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Yes

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surg
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Oh Yes!

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bg
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Hi Tincup,

Since we've gotten so many more members than when you initially started the 4-5 polls to take to your state legislature, here's an idea!

Would you copy the 4-5 poll links & naming them and post on TREEPATROL'S newbie links so he can incorporate them into the newbie links so others can read the valuable answers to the questions you raised?

I'd read 2 of your questions that you STOPPED because you had your info by your deadline for the legislature.

Thanks TC & Treepatrol.

bettyg

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Erica
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YES!

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deja vu
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10 years now!

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aliyalex
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yes

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lymeloco
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YES

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2bostons
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Hey Tincup...

I had to add my yes too..I was a graduate student and I also had a job...I had to leave both for over a year..I didn't collect much disability from the state(6weeks) and I didn't have any disability benefits through work..

Lyme bills really add up!!!!!!!!

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Mo
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God yes...

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DJP
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No, I'm a stay at home mom

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no2lyme
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That would be a he** yes!

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Andie333
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Yes

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Maryland Mom
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Hi Tinny,
Me, YES.
Husband, not yet, but considering disability.

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seibertneurolyme
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Hubby -- Yes -- Unable to work since 2/13/01

Been waiting over a year for Social Security Disability hearing to be scheduled.

Bea Seibert

I do not have a tick-borne illness, but I have also been unable to work as hubby requires full time care.

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believe3
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yes

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Peace and Love, Merrie
Believe in the power of your spirit..for it will carry you through the darkest hours of your life

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zing
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yes

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Tracy9
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YES!

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digirl02
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yes

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perplexed
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Yes!!!

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Chocolat
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YES

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Amanda24
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YES!!!!!

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JesusisLord
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Yes!!!

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caat
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YES!

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Korinne21
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YES

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Kate D
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Yes. Can only work very part time. Almost a decade now (diagnosed one year ago).

- Kate D.

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Neil M Martin
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Yes

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cawpo
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Yes! Also my husband as at times since 12/03 I have needed 24 hour care he has had to take care of me. So he has been unable to work
Cheryl

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Hagen
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Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11

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Krispy
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Ha Ha Ha, That is the funniest saddest question anyone has asked me in a while! Yes I've lost income and my personality, my perspective, social life, i've aged rapidly blah, blah, blah . you've either heard it or experienced it before. If I didn't have parents that own a multi unit home I would be living on the sidewalk -Even though I work 32 hours per week- which has been exhausting. Every year I feel better. going on 8 years and I know I have better and better things to look forward to. One thing that i really look forward to is getting better so that people will see that i'm not lazy and stupid by nature and i can say to them, "see now that I'm well I'm no longer lazy and stupid". Keep in mind that i have made about 20 speeling corrections in this poaragraph just now.

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