LeAnn! That sounds great! I sure hope things go well for you, I have my
disability papers laying on the dresser and I just get totally depressed
every time I pick them up to fill them out. The questions are almost like
trick questions...the way they are worded. Did you do this without an
attorney? I hope you have a good dr. behind you. The ones I have seen, don't
want to stick their necks out and become involved in all the paper work, so
I have been off 2 yrs with no job and it is rough.
So Best of luck to you and keep us posted how you are doing and what the
results are...and yes, it sounds as if you have some Great friends.

Hugs,
Bonnie


>From: leannsangels@...
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>To: dinomitedi41@..., doday@..., WJPDNP@... (Darlene),
>hyates1@..., -1fibromyalgia@egroups.com,
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>AuntieL127@... (Lisa), mbradstreet@... (Mary), mipickern@...,
>madan@..., AllOsmonds@egroups.com, revlis622@... (Scott),
>wnalesnik@... (Wally), shardison518@..., ohio_rise@...
>(Emily)
>Subject: [4fibromyalgia] Today's Hearing
>Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:20:05 -0600 (CST)
>
>Well...I've had a busy day to say the least. First, my friend Richard
>came and drove us to my Social Secrity Appeals hearing. I was able to
>look over my HUGE file before going in. It was VERY heavy and I had
>trouble holding it to read. I used that file as an example to the Judge
>of how weak I am and how much I can lift. It went well. He talked to
>both my roommate Laurie and Richard. I did get emotional talking about
>the depression. The Judge and the recorder and vocational representative
>were very nice. He said he will send me a written decision in the next
>few months. I have to notify that office when I move with my new
>address.
>
>Richard feels confident and good that I will get it. We will see. The
>one thing against me is that I've been working, but, I reiterated the
>fact that I have had no choice and he understands that. He also
>understood my frustration about the lawyer telling me he can't represent
>me because I'm working, knowing that I'd be unable to live without
>income. Laurie told him how she's known me for 15 years and how I was
>before, and how I am now. That I'm profoundly depressed and in pain and
>fatigue constantly. She of course couldn't attest to how I'm sleeping
>since we have seperate rooms, but, sees how exhausted I am in the
>morning and throughout the day which indicates the lack of sleep. She
>also mentioned how some people at my telemarketing job have told her
>that my leaving was good for me because they had heard me crying
>hysterically in the bathroom on occasion (she had not told me until this
>morning, but it came in handy).
>
>Richard told of how he'd come in and surprise me at the laundry I used
>to work at and I would be in tears and exhausted, and how just watching
>a movie at his house, I'd be fidgiting in the sofa from discomfort, etc.
>He also said how he has not known anyone, until me, who has had
>Fibromyalgia, and has become very informed on it in the 3 years he's
>known me. He also said that he feels something needs to be done for me
>and even mentioned how he's tired of people who don't need disability
>are on disability and those, like me, can't get it. LOL!!! He warned me
>he would say it and he did.
>
>On my way out the Vocational expert told me that I have some pretty
>wonderful friends, so that could be a good sign. A retired friend of
>Richard's who has a law license told him that it is definately good that
>I have persisted with this fight for the disability. He said so many
>people give up and it is those that keep it going that eventually win!
>They figure if you're willing to keep up the fight, you must be sincere,
>etc. He told Richard earlier that we would not have the Judge's decision
>today, and not even in a few weeks. That it would be a few months. The
>Judge told me that "Just when you think I've forgotten you, you'll get
>the decision in the mail." He smiled a lot and was very friendly.
>
>After, we all went to eat at Cracker Barrell, and then Richard and I
>went to Wal-mart and a few errands he had in Bellevue, and then went to
>see "THE GRINCH" in Green HIlls. He had not seen it and I said i
>wouldn't mind seeing it again. Then, after, we went to Borders Books
>(it's a 2 story bookstore and cafe) on West End and drove through
>Centennial Park to see the Lighted Christmas displays.
>
>Leann
>
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