The SSI Disability Fiasco--Part 3-A  

That's what I can't understand...I have sent Social Security every imaginable piece of "evidence" that I'm NOT rolling in millions of dollars here...gee, what kind of a**holes are they? If I did have money would I be bothering with this?? All they have to do is read all the info I have sent them, which even includes copies of my bank statements that clearly shows how much money I don't have...

A lot of folks have told me that Social Security hopes that us folks will get so disgusted that we'll back out and give up...uh, well they don't know me--hehehe--and yes I hope part 4 will be the good news one!!

They must have flunky attorneys working for them if that is the case, that is the tatics that most attorneys work from, bombard them with paperwork so that they will be discouraged and quit the lawsuit, sounds like the same thing, keep in there, keep your head high and never give up, it will eventually go your way.

I hope it all gets straightened out too....and I've read so many other people who have had their share of problems with SSI Disability--I've been getting it since 1996 without a hitch, so it came quite a shock when they terminated it...this goes back to the thing that when my mom died last year she did leave me some money..not a lot..a little over $5,000-- $2,000 alone went to pay for her funeral costs, plus more money to pay other bills related to her...I have an accounting of how that money was spent--every single penny...and there is nothing at all left of it--they had wanted to terminate my benefits back in October of 2006 and I filled out the Request For Reconsideration form...so all this time I assumed that it was granted...it was only on April 28 of this year that I got that letter, only a few days before I would have gotten my next benefit money that they said no,that their first decision to terminate my benefits was the correct one,and then got the letter of overpayment for the months of October 2006 to April 2007 for $4,910.00 and to pay them back by June 9th...are they nuts??
So right away, since April 30th I've been "on" this to get re-instated...and fast...these jerks are endangering me of possible eviction if I can't pay my rent...a friend did "loan" me some money, not much and I was able to pay half my rent...but not enough to also cover any of my other bills--let me put it this way..it's been a long month for me! And filling forms?? I'm getting to be an expert at it!

That's terrible! No wonder you are so upset. I would be freaking out. I believe they told me they review your case every three years here in California. Is your doctor helping you out and did you say you have reapplied even though they now say they were wrong and reversed their decision. That's just cruel, the way they handled that. Could you go to an attorney specializing in this type of case who won't charge you till your case is won? I wish I knew how to help you.

Honestly at times I think my life is like a soap opera--LOL---

Yes, this is turning out to be a novel....someone once actually mentioned I should do a book, like a memoir of all the crap I've dealt with in my life...what you've been reading here about all this mess is only a itsy bitsy fraction of the lovely events I've gone through. Maybe that's why I haven't fallen apart yet...I've gone so through so many "chanllenges" one after another after another that gee, maybe life would be dull without them--LOL


Ah, yes, to call just ONE person or number to get this resolved...oh, wouldn't that be nice, but alas I guess our lives aren't meant to be that simple...

I guess SS didn't expect calls from a Congressman and a Senator's office..

Thanks ever susieq---carpal tunnel..LOL...not yet

And I'm keeping you in your prayers...how are things going on your end of it??

Thank you dear I do really appreciate all the prayers I can get... Yesterday I copped an attitude and rounded up every plant pot I could find - I then spent most of the day digging up what I could of my plants - flowers, herbs, and shrubs to take with me.

Today I'm so sore I can barely move and my daughter and her fiance stopped by this afternoon and he's going home to find me some more pots. I've had some of these things for 20 years - I'm not leaving them behind!
Waiting on news from court on son.
Pretty sure I'm going to opt for the apartment - further from church but better yard and cheaper but my sister is checking on a house not far from her for rent - apartment is further from family than I am now.
Got paid $300 for writing work but still owed almost $400 - I'm scraping pennies to make rent this month and filing for assistance tomorrow.

My it sounds like you're trying to take as much of your place as possible...I will like I said continue my prayers for you and your son that things turn out good for everyone and everything in your life

Hey I figure I brought them here with me they should go with me when I leave. The hardest are the lilac bush, maple tree, and peonies - all have more than doubled their size since I planted them here - iris' and violets have gone crazy but not sure I'll be able to get all of those, will have to see what pots Randy comes up with :) I'm using potting soil I had and making sure to fill in any holes so no one will even know they were ever here.
Lilac my 2 older sons dug up out in the woods for me years ago.
Maple tree I've grown from 2 inches tall - it's a seedling from the tree that was outside my bedroom window and survived 2 lightening stricks and a tornado.
Peonies were a birthday gift from 2 of my sisters first year I was divorced.

Well as I've said, I've been getting SSI since 1996, so that's why it was a real shock to be cut off like this...when I first was applying at least back then I had the safety net of my mother still being alive and living with her...so there was money coming in from her point of it...now I have no safety net..nothing and that's the scary part of it.

Thank you for keeping me in your thoughts emeraldisle..I hope things move quicker now too ;-)