fear of starting disability process

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

First and foremost, your health needs to come first. Having said that,

some alternatives to officially filing for disability might be

discussing flextime/days and/or part-time employment with your current

employer first. Then see how that goes. Since you mentioned finding a

new job, perhaps this might be something to look into now.

If then you are no longer able to work, file for SSDI. There is nothing

to fear - just alot of paperwork, but I know you can handle that. If,

you are found disabled by SSDI, and then if you start receiving

benefits, and then if you find another job you can do, you would simply

go off SSDI - and you have a 9 month trial work period to see if that

new job would work out.

Take care of yourself and your CMT needs.

~ Gretchen