UncleDoug Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Journal Excerpt: Monday, April 11th Well, well. A pretty good day, overall. A day of small miracles. None of which had to do immediately with my treatment, but, a cause for celebration, nonetheless. One of the sidebars to my illness has always how to pay for it - and to keep body and soul together at the same time. Much of that pressure has now eased. At 7:30 am Monday, I had a telephone interview with the good folks at the Social Security Administration. The minute I heard that I had such a debilitating and costly disease, I applied for disability. This may seem self-evident to a good number of people, but I had to hear about it from one of the nurses at Tacoma General. Luckily, you can do almost the entire application from home, on-line. On-Line!? What is this world coming to? After gathering the necessary documents (names and addresses of doctors and hospitals; dates; facts and figures, etc.) I simply plugged the info into the machine “which shall be obeyed†Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindi o'h Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Doug. I am so glad that you have made headway on this and that it has been relatively straightforward and simple for you. With all that we go through in fighting lc, the last thing anyone needs is the financial stress. I am glad that you have cleared a path for yourself and that things will take care of themselves. Best wishes now to concentrate only on your treatments and only getting better. Cindi o'h Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justakid Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Uncle Doug- Glad you got the Social Security stuff started. When my cancer came back I went in and quit my job and called social security, now I have to wait 6mths for my first check but I'm now sick enough to get it! Wonder if I should be happy or not. Luckily I have great insurance and small co-payments ($20, use to be $10). Between the two surgeries ($20 a piece), 33 rounds of radiation ($20 once) and 8 rounds of chemo ($20 each)......I have been lucky! Now with re-dx I have the $20 with each chemo. My husband will never be able to quit his job cause of the insurance! Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geri Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 This is great news, so happy for you that you have one less thing to worry about..........now just concentrate on licking this blasted disease! Take care Geri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Wood Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Glad to hear it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimblanchard Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Good for you! After filling out that form on line for my dad, I feel your pain and the elation of knowing that money will be coming in! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gail p-m Posted April 16, 2005 Share Posted April 16, 2005 Glad to hear you were treated well by bureaucracy and now don't have to worry about your expenses. So take heed and concentrate on beating this lc. Prayers. Gail P-M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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