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Social Security Disability Court Appearance |
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Written by Geoff Saavedra
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Thursday, 29 July 2010 11:21 |
I am applying for Social Security Disability. I applied 2 years ago and was summarily denied.
Before all of my doctor reports had been received, and after getting a very quick examination by a government "doctor", after about 4 months, I was denied. I then immediately appealed with the help of a Social Security lawyer.
The lawyer said that it would take at least 2 years before a court date. Finances have been extremely tight, and, every once in a while we have trouble having enough money at the end of the month to buy food. We haven't paid many medical bills, and are behind in quite a few others. So, being approved for SSD would be a gigantic help.
If you've been following this blog, then you know all of...
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Written by Administrator
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Monday, 12 July 2010 16:00 |
The In-Laws came to visit.
My wife's mother and step-father live in Virginia and they came up for the Fourth of July weekend for a wedding. My wife has been in therapy for somewhere around 10 years (maybe longer), dealing with her issues from how she was raised.
In her late 50's/early 60's, Pauline's mother has adopted a boy, girl (both now teenagers), and has custody of a 4 year old and an 18 month old. She brought them all down with her.
I have to say, that Pauline and I are extremely thankful, and we were both surprised, when her mother came down last year to help take care of me while I was recovering from my Mitral Valve Surgery. However, Pauline has always lived waiting "for the other shoe to drop." So...
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Written by Geoff Saavedra
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Tuesday, 22 June 2010 16:19 |
I finally received the piece of paper that I've been waiting for for 2 years!
Got home from the park last Friday around lunch time, and picked up the mail. I saw that there was something for me from the Social Security Administration, so I immediately opened it. It was my court date!
Pauline and I were expecting to get a court date sometime in October, so this was a nice surprise. What we've heard is that it takes 2 years from when you reapply, but this was 2 years from when I originally applied.
At the same time that this is exciting news (I called my wife and pulled her out of a meeting to tell her), it is also stressful news. This will take us out of limbo, which is great, and it could relieve a lot of...
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One Year Surgery Anniversary |
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Written by Geoff Saavedra
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Wednesday, 26 May 2010 15:37 |
Today is the anniversary of my Mitral Valve surgery.
One year ago last week, I was having extreme difficulty breathing. I spent the night trying to sleep sitting up, and breathing shallow. Luckily, I used my old Tai Chi training to breath using my diaphragm and did not feel anxious or scared. When nothing had changed by the next morning, and things were actually hurting in my chest, I then started to get concerned and decided to make the trip into Manhattan to the emergency room at Weil-Cornell Medical Center.
From previous experience, we had decided that it was better to make the two hour trip down, instead of going to the local ER and then going through the rigamarol of trying to get transfered should my issue be...
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