... Hi there! I'm 39, and have had AS since my early teens, and am now totally fused (except my C-1 which is fusing right now, ouch) and I filed for SSD back...
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Hi Rob. Welcome to Spondyville. I'm glad to see you made it here from the SAA message board. I think you'll meet some great new folks here in Spondyville. ...
I'm looking to add some new funny stuff to the Spondyville.com website, and I need a little help. I am looking for some free artwork, either some photos that...
Hey, I think I'm sending this to Spenser23, from the SAA message board... Am I correct in this assumption? Rob H ... Ring'em or ping'em. Make PC-to-phone...
I also have Fibro so cannot even remember the names I just read but I had no trouble getting SS Disability, well put it this way, they turned me down I got an...
Thanks Susan. Please note that we don't usually allow posts with a link to a commercial site, as we are fighting to keep spam from inundating the board. This...
Thanks for the heads up about the site parameters. The SSD book was the only item in the "store" of a non-profit site which I had previously sent a link from....
Hi Susan. Yes, AS can really play havoc with one's career and earning potential. I took a job twenty years ago, (about two years after I was diagnosed), that...
Hi Michael and the rest of Spondyville~ The last sentence of your post, "Interesting choices this disease forces on us", caught my attention in particular...
Here in Australia I am not entitled to even apply for any benefit because my husband earns too much according to their rules. It is not all that fair because...
Tyler, I totally agree with everything you wrote. Here's to more moments of bliss and less "interesting choices" for each and every resident of Spondyville. ...
Tyler, "find your optimism and cling to it for dear life...treasure it and never allow it to leave you." Its words of encouragement like this that help me to...
This is a group with tons of information on social security disability issues as well as insurance disability issues. They helped me alot when I applied for...
-Oh my gosh yes!! I did mean to post the link to the yahoo group. Sorry and I am so glad you told me about it.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Disinissues/ Sorry...
Hi everyone, Joeette checking in. I just got my second denial letter from social security. SIGH! Weeee Are we having fun yet? I guess we go on to phase 2. the...
The link doesn't work because Mickey forgot to put a space in after "it." Here's the link again: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Disinissues/ Spenser23as...
I'm in very much the same situation. I am a year older than you and am waiting for second denial. Should come any day now. But they will wait until the last...
JoJo, I am so sorry to hear about your second SSD denial. Not only do you not get the money you need, but the entire process of denial after denial impacts...
In a message dated 6/6/2006 7:40:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, tylerchyder@... writes: In the meantime, I applied for early retirement (age 62) on his...
Ty.... I haven't been very active on the board for a while... Sorry to have to admit...I've deleted some post without reading...(hoping to get to the site...
Linda, Joeette, Tyler, Betty and all those who have contributed so much to this thread, thanks. You remind us all of the toll both physically and emotionally...
Hi everyone! Yes I'm 50 years young. I am on disability for my AS & Fibro. It takes a good lawyer that specializes in this. It took 2 1/2 years to get full...
Hi everyone! Yes I'm 50 years young. I am on disability for my AS & Fibro. It takes a good lawyer that specializes in this. It took 2 1/2 years to get full...
I know very little about the SSD process, and I have a question. Of those people who never received there benefits before passing on, are the surviving family...
Very well said Michael. spenser23as <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> wrote: Linda, Joeette, Tyler, Betty and all those who have contributed so much to this thread,...