Disability

joe7dust said:
How did you manage that? I was told you have to be PERMANENTLY Disabled for student loan forgiveness which they almost never classify mental disorders as.
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don't know. I was told that expunging student loans was an easier process. I just filled out a short form and my doctor filled out the rest. I was notified pretty quickly too. you can't reenroll in college or the student loans are reinstated. and, for three years, you can't make over $1200 or so. I'm not working at all though, so I have no money. the disability process itself is what's brutal. I'm coming up to 2 years. however, I believe you get paid for all those months you didn't have disability. that's for the lawyer and past living expenses. I've borrowed at least $5000 from my parents.
 
joe7dust said:
What about a port? I wanna see.
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it's an IV port sits on my upper chest just below my collar bone (under the skin) with a tube that goes directly into my neck vein so the don't collapse my veins putting in IVs for my chemo treatments.
 
pinky said:
don't know. I was told that expunging student loans was an easier process. I just filled out a short form and my doctor filled out the rest. I was notified pretty quickly too. you can't reenroll in college or the student loans are reinstated. and, for three years, you can't make over $1200 or so. I'm not working at all though, so I have no money. the disability process itself is what's brutal. I'm coming up to 2 years. however, I believe you get paid for all those months you didn't have disability. that's for the lawyer and past living expenses. I've borrowed at least $5000 from my parents.
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2 years back pay will be quite a check
 
bitsbubba said:
Cards named it, I feel like a cyborg now that I've got this port protruding out of my body just under my skin :-p
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What about a port? I wanna see.
bitsbubba said:
it's an IV port sits on my upper chest just below my collar bone (under the skin) with a tube that goes directly into my neck vein so the don't collapse my veins putting in IVs for my chemo treatments.
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I've heard of ports before but never one that goes directly into a neck vein wow holy shit! I am not sure if I would trust myself with one of those, because I draw the line at shooting up when it comes to recreational drugs. With one of those you could probably "shoot up" without using a needle and it wouldn't seem as hardcore to me lol.
 
joe7dust said:
What about a port? I wanna see.


I've heard of ports before but never one that goes directly into a neck vein wow holy shit! I am not sure if I would trust myself with one of those, because I draw the line at shooting up when it comes to recreational drugs. With one of those you could probably "shoot up" without using a needle and it wouldn't seem as hardcore to me lol.
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http://www.uwmedicine.org/health-library/pages/chest-port.aspx
 
bitsbubba said:
2 years back pay will be quite a check
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I do plan to pay everyone back. I'm not sure how much the lawyer will be, so I'm assuming somewhere around $5,000, and I've borrowed over that much from my parents. recently, they had to buy me a new laptop and an external hdd. the old laptop sorta works. it will bsod if you reboot. the only way to boot up is to do a system restore, which will fail, then last good configuration. I'm not sure why this works, but it says system restored to x date once you get to the desktop despite saying that it had failed. lol the external hdd was/is very important to me. I have a lot of pertinent files on one hdd including backups of my 3ds micro sd, my pstv flash drive, my vita micro sd, various flash dumps, etc. it's almost 2TBs worth of stuff. the hdd that failed was one of 2 that has all those files on it. I put them on 2 hdds for this very reason. that was what I was most concerned about. I no longer plug anything into my old laptop since I think a power surge occurred causing both things to fail. on the old laptop, not only does it have booting issues, the o button keeps falling off, the battery no longer charges (plan to get a replacement), and the sound icon seems to have disappeared entirely. and, the sound randomly mutes itself. I plan to give the old laptop to my mom. I used it as a blueprint to install all apps that I had previously installed, then used the appdata folder on my old laptop on my new one, so apps like filezilla have my credentials already without me having to do anything. :) I was actually transferring that folder to both hdds when one crashed. luckily, the one that survived got it in time. since my mom will only use the laptop for email, I think it's okay as long as it's plugged in all the time. I'm afraid of the battery install though since I'll have to turn the system off. it may not come back on if I do. :(
 
Well got disability letter the day after Christmas. Denied again nice present for 64 work credits. And the new year of poverty. Lol.oh well! Life goes on.
 
pinky said:
how many denials has that been? and, have you had a hearing?
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This will be my 4th denial 3 court hearings next step I guess is federal court according to my lawyer. Kind of a shitty Christmas New Year. Oh well better things to come.i will stay positive. And read all the great things PSX-PLACE devs come up with. F%$# CHRISTMAS! LOL LOL HA HA HA!
 
damn, man. I'm sorry to hear that. I still haven't heard anything about my hearing, and we're past a year since I filed for it, almost 2 years since I started the entire process. I'm optimistic though even though it's difficult not to feel depressed.
 
That really sucks. Because of the people that take advantage of the system. They auto-reject those that are really in need.

Good luck to both of you, and hope your luck turns around this year.
 
thank you. that's how I feel too. I once saw someone on disability for post-traumatic stress syndrome. haven't we all been there? I think the most difficult part is being positive through all the waiting. I actually thought I'd get it first time since my doctor thought I should be on it. after the hearing, you should hear something in 1 to 3 months. however, it's been over a year since I started the hearing process, and it's supposed to take 6 months to a year for that. the good thing is that my lawyer is only paid if we win, so he must be pretty confident of that. I'm not sure how much that will cost either. I've borrowed so much money from my parents. I recently bought another hdd since all my stuff seems to be failing at the same time, and my parents paid for that. my parents even have to pay my phone bill since I literally have 0 dollars. lol
 
I have a friend that is on disability. I can't remember exactly how long it took for him to get it eventually. But I think his lawyer only took a couple grand from his back pay. I think it might be a percentage, and not just a flat fee. Not sure though. I will have to ask him next time I talk to him.
 
Yugonibblit said:
Thank you guys!. Wow @pinky you should have yours. I only take 10 a day. And I feel like I'm going to sh..t my liver and kidneys out.
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I hope the best for you.

I think the worst part about my condition is my paranoia. I always think someone is breaking into my house, but then I shake that feeling thinking how would someone be doing that. I was paranoid about going to my counseling appointment today in fact, so I had to reschedule. I was so worried that I've yet to fall asleep, and it's nearly 10 a.m. I always feel this way.
 
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pinky said:
I hope the best for you.

I think the worst part about my condition is my paranoia. I always think someone is breaking into my house, but then I shake that feeling thinking how would someone be doing that. I was paranoid about going to my counseling appointment today in fact, so I had to reschedule. I was so worried that I've yet to fall asleep, and it's nearly 10 a.m. I always feel this way.
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I used to be so bad that I wouldn't even eat the food my mother cooked for me. Thought she was poisoning me. I think back now and ask myself what was wrong with me. I'm a lot better now after meds but still catch myself thinking fucked up like that. So yeah it never goes away I just recognize it better and deal with it. We were all put here to have fun so some of us with are good hearts just can't deal with evil people. So are subconscious tells us to look out for ourselves maybe just a little to much in the extreme. So end result to me is paranoia.
 
Yugonibblit said:
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I used to be so bad that I wouldn't even eat the food my mother cooked for me. Thought she was poisoning me. I think back now and ask myself what was wrong with me. I'm a lot better now after meds but still catch myself thinking fucked up like that. So yeah it never goes away I just recognize it better and deal with it. We were all put here to have fun so some of us with are good hearts just can't deal with evil people. So are subconscious tells us to look out for ourselves maybe just a little to much in the extreme. So end result to me is paranoia.
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sounds pretty rough. is that what you're trying to get on disability for?
 
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