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Back Pain ForumsLounge - Off topic discussionsI won my disability case, finally, after 2 years
12/05/2008 02:47 PM
mamanordy

Today in the mail, I received my letter from social security, granting me a fully favorable decision! I am still in shock about it! I wanted to post here first because my spinal issues were one of the disorders that they considered first as being severe and disabling. I also got it for my worsening heart conditions and osteopenia. I am so thankful, as now I can get medicare, and will be able to have some quality health care and when it is time for my pacemaker to be replaced I can do it!! Tongue
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12/05/2008 03:04 PM  Top
MelJo
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CONGRATULATIONS!!!W00t I know you are very happy and that will take a lot of stress off of you!
Your friend,
MelJo

"You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only choice you have"

"All comments are from personal experience, as I have no medical training."

12/10/2008 01:34 PM  Top
cinderella
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Silly Cheerful Shocked Tongue

well i am so pleased for you!!! it seems to be much more difficult in America, medicare is your birth right in Australia... you go on the list the minute you are born.... (just a form needs to be filled out to add to the card)

well congratulations... i know first hand how the feeling is when you are trying to get disability support as you cant work... (that is the same, you have to fight to get it...) i was luckier than you though i didtn get rejected, on my first attempt i was accepted... (i had heaps of evidence and reports to back up what i was saying) and i was able to get it all over with the first time.... Blink

i am glad that you stuck with it as i know alot of people who have given up after being rejected...Sad

well done and good luck!!!!

hope that your pain eases up a little and i am glad that you will be able to get the proper medical treatments you need...

a thousand mile journey begins with but one small step...

12/10/2008 02:37 PM  Top
fluffyluggage
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Awesome! Congrats, mamnordy. I know that has to feel so good! Excellent job. Happy day. *dances as much as she is able with you* LOL Wink *hugs*

Jen

Just because it's impossible doesn't mean it can't happen.

I'm not a doc, so anything I say is my opinion only. Nothing I say is meant as offense, I offer what I can as help. I believe in educating myself on all my medical issues and being my own advocate, for no one else with do that on my behalf. I recommend we all do the same!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. Perhaps I truly am insane for expecting these docs to listen to me when I say the same things repeatedly to no avail? LOL. I am tired of seeking out new docs and getting the same result time and again...Forgive me if I seem bitter some days.

Something has changed within me/Something is not the same/I'm through with playing by/The rules of someone else's game/Too late for second-guessing/Too late to go back to sleep/It's time to trust my instincts/Close my eyes and leap...I'm through accepting limits/Cuz someone says they're so/Some things I can not change/But till I try I'll never know/Too long I've been afraid of/Losing love I guess I lost/Well if that's love/It comes at much too high a cost/I'd sooner buy Defying Gravity/Kiss me good-bye I'm Defying Gravity/I think I'll try Defying Gravity/And you won't bring me down...
--Defying Gravity (Glee Cast version)

12/10/2008 06:51 PM  Top
belinda1217
 
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That's great that you won,and I'm so happy for you.

Belinda

(a)abort (b)fail (c)retry (d)throw computer against wall
southern and proud of it.

I'm on Tegretol 1100MG a day Clonazepam 0.5 MG a day and Topamax 400MG a day.

12/11/2008 06:01 AM  Top
mamanordy

Thanks everyone! It really hasnt fully sunk in yet that I won. When the money comes through then I will feel better. It takes between 30-60 days according to my lawyer, to get the money. Hope it is more like the 30 days.!

12/27/2008 02:09 PM  Top
bits
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Congratulations!!! This will be so helpful to you. I am still waiting. It has been over a year. And my lawyer says it will be Sep. before we have hearing. The 2 year mark. Must be the magic number. LOL! Anyway, I am happy for you. Hugs
When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say, "I used everything you gave me." ~ Erma Bombeck
bits
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