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Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 09:40 AM Oct 2014

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Delphinus

(12,159 posts)
1. Sending.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 10:48 AM
Oct 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
2. Thank you, Delphinus. So stressed and nervous can't seem to stop crying.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 10:56 AM
Oct 2014

Cleita

(75,480 posts)
3. Will do. Hope you get the SSI and everything else you need. eom
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:03 AM
Oct 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
4. Thanks much, Cleita. Trying to just breathe now.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 11:06 AM
Oct 2014

elleng

(136,839 posts)
5. BEST wishes, 'break a leg,'
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 02:13 PM
Oct 2014

and remember you can and should appeal if you're 'rejected' the first time.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
6. This is my last appeal and will have no answer for up to 8 weeks. If I am denied, thinking of filing
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:49 PM
Oct 2014

a disability discrimination lawsuit.

The judge was kind, so wasn't as bad as expected.

Thanks Ellen!

elleng

(136,839 posts)
7. Good that the judge was kind.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:54 PM
Oct 2014

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
8. He was very interested in my case and I gave him hundreds of files he asked for to peruse.
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 06:58 PM
Oct 2014

Don't think they get many cases as extreme as mine.

elleng

(136,839 posts)
9. I'd call that 'excellent!'
Thu Oct 23, 2014, 07:07 PM
Oct 2014

and easier to 'predict,' than a jury.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
10. I truly doubt he has had many cases as extreme. You really think that his interest is
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 10:00 AM
Oct 2014

a good sign? He wanted names of people that took advantage and had apparently actually read the letter I had sent when I applied.

It has definitely been one of the most humiliating experiences of my life.

elleng

(136,839 posts)
11. Sounds like it to me,
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 10:04 AM
Oct 2014

tho I don't know the facts. But judges, including administrative law judges, take their jobs seriously.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
12. He quoted things I had written in my letter. No one gave him my 18 manila files, so he
Fri Oct 24, 2014, 11:32 AM
Oct 2014

should have a real blast looking at 5 years paperwork.

Thanks for the input, Ellen!

Tumbulu

(6,455 posts)
13. Sorry to be coming in late, but sending you hugs and hope
Fri Oct 31, 2014, 10:28 PM
Oct 2014

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oh I am sorry that you had to got through all of this.

Hoping that things turn out the best way possible.

Try to be as kind to yourself as you can be.

Mnemosyne

(21,363 posts)
14. Thank you, Tumbulu. The wait is the worst now.
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 01:06 AM
Nov 2014

Tumbulu

(6,455 posts)
15. hugs and hope
Tue Nov 4, 2014, 02:18 PM
Nov 2014

mackerel

(4,412 posts)
16. Depending on where you live it could be at 4 to 6 month wait.
Sat Jan 10, 2015, 10:38 PM
Jan 2015

Did you have an attorney present with you?

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