LOL and many blessings for a good day,

love the pic of you doggieso cute!

Jamie

I just got my second denial letter from SSD. What made me mad was the way they handled my claim to begin with. When I got the letter today, the envelope was scotch taped shut. In it was page one of a letter and a book about the right to question the decision. The letter looked like it wasn't finished. It was only 3/4 of a page long and the last sentence of the letter only showed the top parts of the letters. There was no salutation page nor signature. When I read the denial, it made me truly upset to the point of tears. It never addressed the fibromyalgia nor the osteoarthrits which were new conditions and weren't included in with the first claim I sent to them in 2006. This letter said that my diabetes was well controlled on medication, I'm on 175 units of Lantus a day and my A1C still runs high between 9 and 12, that is NOT well controlled diabetes. They also said my recent hearing exam was grossly normal and I didn't need a hearing aid. This is what alerted me to the fact that something was definitely wrong. My last hearing test was in 1994 in Reston, Virginia. I have lived in Defiance, Oh for the past 8 years and have never had a hearing exam here in OH. I just cried my eyes out when I got this cause I was hurting so bad last night and today. My feet are swollen and I can hardly stand, sit or lay. In addition it said that my Coronary artery disease is stable. It never mentioned the fact that I have mitral valve regurgitation due to the fact that I ruptured a cord in the valve when I had my heart attack. I can't walk 90 feet without getting out of breath.

I have an appointment with SSA tomorrow at 9:30AM to discuss this case and see why the discrepancies are there. She said it's quite possible that they mixed up my records with someone elses. Anyhow, the next appeal will start on Monday. This is terrible cause I can't write for long periods of time due to the arthritis in my hands.

Now you would think that of: Coronary Artery Disease with Mitral Valve Regurgitation, Hypertension, Uncontrolled Diabetes, Degenerative disc disease in my neck, Degenerative joint disease in hands, feet, hips, back etc, Osteoarthritis in feet and hands, Right ulnar nerve damage,Depression, History of TIA (mini stroke), Meniere's disease, potassium deficiency, calcium deficiency, Vitamin D deficiency, traumatic scoliosis and fibromyalgia that one of them would qualify me for SSD.

I really ripped a new one for the gal in Columbus, OH that did the handling of the claim. She had it screwed up all along by sending it to Chicago to be reviewed before she got all the Doctors records and rays from my Rheumatologist.

All she could tell me was that I should go to the office here in Defiance and file an appeal.

There must be someone we could write to so that we can complain against the shoddy treatment we are receiving from people we've never met. I was a claims examiner for health insurance for over 32 years. If I ever treated one of my clients the way we have been treated, I would have been fired.

Frustrated in Ohio I am, Jan

May your troubles be less, Your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door!

If possible I would take someone to everyone of your meetings. That way you have a witness to the way you have been treated also I know I forget things once they are said. My congressmans office was right next to SS office so all I had to do was walk across the hall. Something has got to be done. Do you have to wait the lengthy time again? How do they think we survive? It makes me crazy. I wish we could stage a walk on Washington, only we couldn't do it.

I don't know what else to tell you. This is what I have done so far. I am hoping something works.

dont' understand how they can be so stupid with how they treated you.. people that don't get It need to be educated!

let us know how things go

Jamie

Love hugs and kisses to all my fibro friends.

Jan

May your troubles be less, Your blessings be more. And nothing but happiness come through your door!