to: KAREN

[Guest guest]

Dear ......

You go girl! That age thing is crap! I was 42 years old when I got

mine! Let me know what happens. I haven't forgotten about you but

my aunt is sick with cancer and I have been helping take care of

her. I still have your phone number.

Good luck

Kaye

In pancreatitis@y..., kittibabies@a... wrote:

>

> > Has anyone else had problems getting SSI or SSD? I was originally

> denied so

> >

> I applied for SS back in 1998, and originally was denied. SS

stated

> that although they agree that I have chronic pancreatitis, I can

> still do some kind of work. I then hired a SS attorney to appeal

my

> case. We filed the initial reconsideration form, then my attorney

> decided at some point that I was not as " sick " as I should be

> according to SS, so I dropped the case, thinking, well, this

attorney

> is an expert, right? He also stated that I was too young to

> collect. No offense to anyone older than me (I'm 41), but I do

think

> age plays a major role in this.

>

> After joining this group a couple of months ago, I had posed the SS

> question to the group, and got a fantastic informative reply from

> Kaye. (Thanks Kaye!) I got all my medical records together, wrote

a

> detailed letter to my assemblywoman explaining to her my

> circumstances and my illness, and why I could no longer work, who

> then passed it onto my congressman. I then reapplied with SS.

Both

> the assemblywoman and the congressman got right on the case and

> started writing letters to everyone (meaning all the appropriate

> state and government departments) on my behalf. I now have an

> appointment for a mental examination on October 31st. This is

> farther than I got the last time, and hopefully, it will be the

end.

> The assistant to the Director of SS called me and informed me of

this

> appointment, and said that between all my records and the

> examination, they should be able to make a determination.

>

> Hope this gives you some hope,

>

>

> P.S. I also write letters every other week to my congressman

> informing him of my progess.