disibility lady called me

  This morning (while on the bowl...geesh) my mum hands me the phone; it's the woman from disibility.

  She wanted to know who my rheummy was.  WHAT???????   After 2 years these people do not know who to contact?  Goes to show they just may be contacting NO ONE!

  Anyway, I was happy & quite surprised that they were ALREADY looking at my case!  Only a few days!  I said, "so what should I expect next?"  she just replied I should be hearing something soon.

  I am so worried sick over the future as the money problem is getting bad again.  Yes, the general assistance helps.  But 200 dollars a month?  100 bucks went to the GI appointment & 75 to the rheummy....so what does that really leave you?  The Medicaid takes care of my PCP and meds, thank the Lord.  Bills are due....hope I get birthday money! LOL.

  Or better yet, I want this RA to go away so I can work.  That's what I want for my birthday.

  Here's to you all going through the same thing. 

yep, i do remember when you were denied.  boy was i sad about that too!  this was my second denial as well, but my first appeal after a denial.

funny thing: my rheummy told me he was interviewed about my case.  so they had to have known who my doc was!  and now they don't? huh?  i wonder how long until i hear something about the appeal?

yeah, it's impossible to live on 200 dollars.  if i had no bills to pay, yes....but i have credit card payments (thanks to college & doctors & medication! have like $7,000 in CC debt).  the $200 they allot me each month...here's the breakdown: this month, $100 went to the GI visit; $75 went to the rheummy.  and am left with? that's right....nadda!  so it's sad but all the money (which was slim) i recieved for my birthday (thank God my birthday was this month) has to be put to my credit card bills. hopefully all of them will get paid ON TIME.

BUT...every 6 months you have to have a case review for assistance benefits. and this month so far, NOTHING has been put into my account!  so i'm trying to reach my case worker to see what happenned to the money? or else i'm in a big whole here!

it really is impossible to do this. i mean, for Medicaid to cover me, i would have to find a GI and rheummy that accepts Medicaid...and i'm finding out, NOT MANY DO! so i'm in a fix....and it's stressful.  my honey told me yesterday, "when you need it...ASK ME!...i'de rather see you NOT get upset and struggle...just tell me when you need the money."

i don't know, i guess i'm too proud or stubborn. i'm just NOT used to this you know?  i was always working & always paid my way. i find it VERY hard to ask for help from people i know, even him.

i hope everything gets straightened out soon.

they say money doesn't buy you happinness....but it sure does make life easier.

so going to try to call AGAIN...to find out what is going on. God i wish i could work...life would be so easier. the i think of Whoopi Goldberg!...she was on general assistance one time in her life....and if Whoopi can do it!...so can i! LOL (trying to not depress myself)

thank you Camama for listening. and i too hope the same for you, that your life gets easier as well.

erin

I know...it's a tough call.  I like my GI and he knows what he's doing & I would hate to change doctors....so I'll stick with him till, I don't know?....he puts me on a payment plan?

The rheummy I would like to change.  It's hard though, I have no booklet or anything that has a list of criteria/doctors/info....nothing!

And looking up these things online?  Forget it, you get no where.  Nothing is simple...not even remotely.

Basically my PCP and pharmacy accepts the medicaid & my hospital I have the charity care.  There is a hotline for the medicaid, maybe there is a booklet of participants I can get....YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD SEND THAT TO ME TO BEGIN WITH?

One thing is for sure...when I get to work as a nurse, I'll be a cess-pool of knowledge about "real life" scenarios! At least when I come across a patient in the same predicament...makes me happy that I'll know how to guide them.

Oh what a road we travel.

Erin, what is the status of all this?

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3 months for SSI/DIS appeal?  and for my general assistance, i haven't recieved anything since february!  i had to sign a bunch of papers ating nothing has changed in my condition and still cannot work.  i have my medicaid still...but not the other assistance.    called my case worker today & she said i had nothing to do with it...what?  if all it was, was remitting info (which nothing has changed) what's the problem.  she didn't know. but she said she'll have the person in charge review it again. i hope so. i'm depending on that.  i hope they give me the money owed since March 1st. my savings ARE GONE because of this. 

are ya supposed to file bankruptcy or what?  this is very stressful.

i'm kinda hoping that for my disibility appeal....longer means better?

this is terrible to go through while ill.

i want a remission...NOW!

thanx 4 leeting me rant.

erin

 no word not yet...FROM ANYONE!

the lady that deals with my GA case said friday, "The supervisor didn't sign my evaluation, it has nothing to do with me, and that she'll re-admit the papers again"...so i have no clue what that means!  but, she reassured me that i will not lose anything monitary wise.  my Medicaid card came this month...so why not the other half of my assistance?

it is very frustrating because i'm barely making my bills on time.  and the money that i recieve?...i use it to pay my rheummy & GI!!!!  so if i don't get it....I CANNOT GO!  i am hoping that everything gets settled in the next 2 weeks.

if no information has changed, i do not see the complication in this!  i don't know.

thanks for keeping me in mind Camama.

erin

I hope this means you're getting it!

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I didn't realize (or forgot) you never told your honey that you applied. I thought he knew. Congrats on getting that off your chest.

I hope you hear something soon. I know exactly how you feel. I also know that you put extra stress on youself in the "thoughts of failure" category because of the crap (can I say that here?) the man pretending to be a father-figure put on you. It is not your fault you are sick. I know you want to work, but you need to get better - and getting better means no more stress and lots of rest. So SDI better kick in for you soon!

My thoughts are with you.

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sllooowwww down Erin! <scrrrrrreetch!>  

Once you start feeling better THEN you have to recouperate - so, baby steps. Your walking is awesome! Keep up the great work, but for now, that is ENOUGH to add to your plate. You need to be thinking in terms of months, even a few years - not a few days or few weeks to dive back in to your goals. I KNOW it is hard - trust me, I KNOW!

Keep feeling good and hang in there!

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