Well finally, apporval from disability

lol andyman, that does seem weird. by the way, watch the snail mail.

yeah, at least I dont have to wonder and guess anymore. and she said that if I could work outside of my career it would all be based on my schooling, training, experience, previous pay and what my health would alow. the one doc says never. she also said I'd never end up somewhere like McDonalds or something if I could ever work.

I'm just glad I dont have to wait for the answer anymore. not quite what I hoped, but there are many folks worse off than me. some lose their jobs and have nothing to fall back on in this econemy.

Thanks for all that have sent "good vibes" and well wishes and everything else during this time. Love all you folks!

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Originally posted by Moviemaniac4:
There you go......

Did you get my package ?

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<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">nope, didnt know you sent one. havent gotten it yet.

I [img]graemlins/heart.gif[/img] U, too.

YAY i am soooooo glad it is all done with now!!! even though it wasn't what you expected at least some of the stress will be lifted [img]biggrin.gif[/img]

Well it's a step forward to closing this nasty ass chapter.....

Maybe you can find a webmaster job....or use your disability money to take a short course in web development or I.T. work.

Tons of work out there and no heavy lifting...?

yeah I just have to be carefull what I do. they'll yank the benefits any chance they can. some other guy used it before and was making some fishing lures and selling them on ebay and they cancelled all his benefits.

and though its not as good as I was hoping, at least its no longer a guessing waiting game.

What bullshit reason could they possibly have for using a salary from THREE fecking years ago?
I call Shananagins.

had something to do with one of the times I hurt my back. I'm not sure I understand it, but she is going to write it all down and explain it in some package of paper work I'm supposed to get. I guess they really dont want to give up any money that they dont have to so they find any loophole they can.

Glad it's over with, sucks that it wasn't what you hoped for , but I'm glad you know where you stand. Don't know about you , but the worst part for me, stress-wise, is the "not knowing". That's what drove me nuts when I went through this type of crap.
I hated waiting to see if the lady or the tiger was behind the damned door, you know?

yeah that was pure hell. now its just adjusting lifestyle to be what it was back in 01 with 60% of that. gonna be different, but oh well, just so my family is ok.

whats bad is it makes you feel a little like a failure. youre supposed to do better and better as the years go on and I was. now I'm going backwards. you lose the sence of making more of yourself when this happens. people look forward to building their nest egg and retireing and then something like this happens. just goes to show, you never know what tomorrow brings