------ =_NextPart_000_01BC8C2A.C2C90400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Barb, In response to your email re: ssdi. I to collect benefits. I was = approved after I had my surgery, a that.. My request was approved on = the first attempt after I was "let go" from my job. My doctor = recommended that I try for it. I did have a friend that applied for it = at the same time but was turned down ( she did not have any surgery) = Were you approved after your surgery? It is my personal that the surgery = plays a big part here. I was not aware of that information you gave = about employment, but I take it you do not recommend testing it out. I = am a 39 yr. old that has had pd for 13 yrs. and now that my 2 girls are = totally in school I feel I am more of a burden and there is a need to do = something productive so I can feel useful. But I can not put my = benefits in jeopardy as they help cover the cost of meds., and the = little I do get from SSI is important. I would appreciate any info on = this matter you can supply. Susan A.=20 -----Original Message----- From: Barbara Mallut [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 1997 1:30 AM To: Multiple recipients of list PARKINSN Subject: Life Changes Dear List-Friends... I've been digging myself out from under what appears to be a ton of = email today from a great many of ya commiserating me about the loss of my job = on MSN. While I usually respond directly to anyone how emails me, there's = just too many messages to do so. First, thanks to each of you who took the time to drop me email. It was = more than welcome! Each of you in your own way made me feel good and picked = my spirits right up. After being a forum manager on MSN for the past 22 months, and running = my own large BBS for the 4 years prior to MSN - each a 7 day a week 24 hour a = day job (ok... so the systems work 24 hours a day.. I only worked about 12 to 14 = hours a day) <grin> The only days off I've bad since July, 1992, was the day = I had my pallidotomy - and I was back online the day after the surgery - and = the day my daughter got married. I'm due not only for a rest, 'cause I'm = absolutely beat, but also want to play a little now. Geee... I hope I haven't = forgotten HOW to play! <smile> HEADS UP! I've learned a valuable lesson which will apply to all US = citizens who have or may have SSDI (Social Security Disability Insurance) and/or Medicare. After a 3 year battle with Social Security trying to get them to = acknowledge I was disabled and therefor entitled to SSDI and Medicare benefits, = eventually, with the help of an attorney who specialized in Social Security law, I = was declared disabled. The entire procedure was a long, drawn out and humiliating affair, including having the original "hanging judge" who = fixated on the length of my fingernails (HA! He shoulda seen 'em the night = BEFORE the hearing when not only were they longer, but were brilliant RED!) = <giggle>. Despite his apparent fingernail fetish the judge granted me SSDI and = Medicare benefits so I had some income (1/2 the amount of my mortgage payment) = and Medicare.. HERE'S THE RUB: SSDI permits an individual on SSDI and/or Medicare to = return to work for 36 months without losing their 'disabled' status. There is = an immediate return of benefits should that individual stop working (for = whatever reason) during that time span. During that 36 months, Medicare is still = in effect, and in fact, one receives the full SSDI payment each month for 9 months after becoming employed (NEAT!) I worked for 22 months prior to being laid off yesterday. I immediately called SSDI to get my benefits reinstated and found that not only had I = been DROPPED from the roles of SSDI - I was no longer considered disabled. = My Medicare had been stopped also and I have NO medical insurance right = now! SSDI wouldn't discuss this with me during this initial phone call. = instead, I now have a "phone interview" scheduled with one of their reps on July = 18th at 1:31 p.m. (I kid you not... 1:31 pm). I have that phone interview = because according to SSDI, I have to go thru the ENTIRE ORIGINAL PROCEDURE ONCE AGAIN!!! The one that took me 3 years with the help of a lawyer before = a decision was made in my favor! Someone at SSDI had screwed up on my = file and I'm stuck in limbo till this is settled. After speaking with an aid at my Congressman's office today, I spent a = couple of hours on my PC banging out a letter with the whole story per his = request. I'm not going to play by the SSDI rules THIS time and wait another 3 = years for my Disability Insurance. DO keep this experience in mind if and when you get SSDI and/or = Medicare, and if ya have any kind of full time work while receiving those benefits. = This was a real eye opener to me! 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