I filed for Social Security 4 years ago, I was told I wasn't eligible. I tried going back to work, and I worked 6 months and I was in such great pain at the end of 6 months. I was in so much pain, I spent the next 6 months in pain so bad, I couldn't get out of bed. I knew I couldn't work, and then I realized they were wrong when they told me I could work. So I refiled, and started to wait, and after 3 years I finally got the notice that I was eligible for disability.
What I have learned along the way is sometimes its not about the disability, its about age, and how it affects your living ability. I can't work every day, I would love to but I can't. I have three types of days, one is the a good day, on a good day, I get up, go out and I have a life, on a bad day, I stay in bed, crying and sleeping. So how do you explain that to someone. I learned the its about how it affects your life. I learned its important for my doctor to note how it affects my life, my ability to work, to take care of myself.
I also learned its harder to get social security if you are between the ages of 19 and 55. This is because you should be able to find something to do, but because I have to take a lot of medications, I can't always function. I am very happy that my family has put up with all the pain I have lived with, and done with out so many things and while this won't get them all the way back to where we were, it will definately help them from losing their home, and all they gave up to watch me suffer through the last 4 years.
How can RSD be such a horrible thing, to destroy so much of my life. I want to have a normal life for my family, and maybe this will help.
What I have learned along the way is sometimes its not about the disability, its about age, and how it affects your living ability. I can't work every day, I would love to but I can't. I have three types of days, one is the a good day, on a good day, I get up, go out and I have a life, on a bad day, I stay in bed, crying and sleeping. So how do you explain that to someone. I learned the its about how it affects your life. I learned its important for my doctor to note how it affects my life, my ability to work, to take care of myself.
I also learned its harder to get social security if you are between the ages of 19 and 55. This is because you should be able to find something to do, but because I have to take a lot of medications, I can't always function. I am very happy that my family has put up with all the pain I have lived with, and done with out so many things and while this won't get them all the way back to where we were, it will definately help them from losing their home, and all they gave up to watch me suffer through the last 4 years.
How can RSD be such a horrible thing, to destroy so much of my life. I want to have a normal life for my family, and maybe this will help.
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