SSDI questions

LouLou · Nov 28, 2007

1) Is the amount shown on my social security annual report under the designation of how much I'd get if I became disabled today the amount I'd receive if I applied and qualified for SSDI?

2) How ill do I need to be to qualify?

3) How many of you have done it without the help a lawyer or only with the "free" help of Suffian from her grant to help cfers?

4) How much can I work on the books and still get my benefits? Is it dollars, hours, percent of original income or what?

5) What sort of continual monitoring of your finances do they perform?

6) Do you have to re-qualify each year or is it good for foreva'?

7) I've been advised by someone on here not to work part-time for too long because it can screw your SSDI benefit amount because of the 10 year look back. Any experience here?

8) Anyone get SSDI with minimal to no IV therapy?

Any help would be appreciated. We are in the process of making a move for my husband's career and we are trying to figure out how much house we can afford. I want to work out the numbers of what it would be like if we lost my income from working but instead had my SSDI income. I'm maintaining my health but I can see that I will jump the "working full time" ship before it starts to sink. It's just not worth it especially because 1) I have a hubby with a decent salary 2) I have a baby (and hubby) to maintain a certain level of health and live for 3) I've heard I'm at the max amount that I can get for SSDI with my current income...why work part time if it will forever lower the amount I can get for free!!

LouLou · Nov 28, 2007

1) Is the amount shown on my social security annual report under the designation of how much I'd get if I became disabled today the amount I'd receive if I applied and qualified for SSDI?

2) How ill do I need to be to qualify?

3) How many of you have done it without the help a lawyer or only with the "free" help of Suffian from her grant to help cfers?

4) How much can I work on the books and still get my benefits? Is it dollars, hours, percent of original income or what?

5) What sort of continual monitoring of your finances do they perform?

6) Do you have to re-qualify each year or is it good for foreva'?

7) I've been advised by someone on here not to work part-time for too long because it can screw your SSDI benefit amount because of the 10 year look back. Any experience here?

8) Anyone get SSDI with minimal to no IV therapy?

Any help would be appreciated. We are in the process of making a move for my husband's career and we are trying to figure out how much house we can afford. I want to work out the numbers of what it would be like if we lost my income from working but instead had my SSDI income. I'm maintaining my health but I can see that I will jump the "working full time" ship before it starts to sink. It's just not worth it especially because 1) I have a hubby with a decent salary 2) I have a baby (and hubby) to maintain a certain level of health and live for 3) I've heard I'm at the max amount that I can get for SSDI with my current income...why work part time if it will forever lower the amount I can get for free!!

LouLou · Nov 28, 2007

1) Is the amount shown on my social security annual report under the designation of how much I'd get if I became disabled today the amount I'd receive if I applied and qualified for SSDI?

2) How ill do I need to be to qualify?

3) How many of you have done it without the help a lawyer or only with the "free" help of Suffian from her grant to help cfers?

4) How much can I work on the books and still get my benefits? Is it dollars, hours, percent of original income or what?

5) What sort of continual monitoring of your finances do they perform?

6) Do you have to re-qualify each year or is it good for foreva'?

7) I've been advised by someone on here not to work part-time for too long because it can screw your SSDI benefit amount because of the 10 year look back. Any experience here?

8) Anyone get SSDI with minimal to no IV therapy?

Any help would be appreciated. We are in the process of making a move for my husband's career and we are trying to figure out how much house we can afford. I want to work out the numbers of what it would be like if we lost my income from working but instead had my SSDI income. I'm maintaining my health but I can see that I will jump the "working full time" ship before it starts to sink. It's just not worth it especially because 1) I have a hubby with a decent salary 2) I have a baby (and hubby) to maintain a certain level of health and live for 3) I've heard I'm at the max amount that I can get for SSDI with my current income...why work part time if it will forever lower the amount I can get for free!!

LouLou · Nov 28, 2007

1) Is the amount shown on my social security annual report under the designation of how much I'd get if I became disabled today the amount I'd receive if I applied and qualified for SSDI?

2) How ill do I need to be to qualify?

3) How many of you have done it without the help a lawyer or only with the "free" help of Suffian from her grant to help cfers?

4) How much can I work on the books and still get my benefits? Is it dollars, hours, percent of original income or what?

5) What sort of continual monitoring of your finances do they perform?

6) Do you have to re-qualify each year or is it good for foreva'?

7) I've been advised by someone on here not to work part-time for too long because it can screw your SSDI benefit amount because of the 10 year look back. Any experience here?

8) Anyone get SSDI with minimal to no IV therapy?

Any help would be appreciated. We are in the process of making a move for my husband's career and we are trying to figure out how much house we can afford. I want to work out the numbers of what it would be like if we lost my income from working but instead had my SSDI income. I'm maintaining my health but I can see that I will jump the "working full time" ship before it starts to sink. It's just not worth it especially because 1) I have a hubby with a decent salary 2) I have a baby (and hubby) to maintain a certain level of health and live for 3) I've heard I'm at the max amount that I can get for SSDI with my current income...why work part time if it will forever lower the amount I can get for free!!

LouLou · Nov 28, 2007

1) Is the amount shown on my social security annual report under the designation of how much I'd get if I became disabled today the amount I'd receive if I applied and qualified for SSDI?

2) How ill do I need to be to qualify?

3) How many of you have done it without the help a lawyer or only with the "free" help of Suffian from her grant to help cfers?

4) How much can I work on the books and still get my benefits? Is it dollars, hours, percent of original income or what?

5) What sort of continual monitoring of your finances do they perform?

6) Do you have to re-qualify each year or is it good for foreva'?

7) I've been advised by someone on here not to work part-time for too long because it can screw your SSDI benefit amount because of the 10 year look back. Any experience here?

8) Anyone get SSDI with minimal to no IV therapy?

Any help would be appreciated. We are in the process of making a move for my husband's career and we are trying to figure out how much house we can afford. I want to work out the numbers of what it would be like if we lost my income from working but instead had my SSDI income. I'm maintaining my health but I can see that I will jump the "working full time" ship before it starts to sink. It's just not worth it especially because 1) I have a hubby with a decent salary 2) I have a baby (and hubby) to maintain a certain level of health and live for 3) I've heard I'm at the max amount that I can get for SSDI with my current income...why work part time if it will forever lower the amount I can get for free!!

LouLou · Nov 29, 2007

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fondreflections · Nov 29, 2007

1.) Your disability check is based on how much you made when you worked.

2.) I got it the minute I was diagnosed with MRSA and lost my Medical Assisant job.

3.) I had NO help whatsoever. I filed a petition and my doctor signed off on it. However, the hospital that I had worked for filed a JACO report because I unknowningly exposed the whole cancer clinic to it. I tested negative in January and in February I got sick unexpectedly and no antibiotics seemed to work. I had contacted MRSA.

4.)Well, it is crappy to be honest. They will let you work only so many hours a month without limiting your disability income. After 9 months (I think), they start to garnish your wages since you are also receiving disability benefits. It is my understanding that once you start to work while on disability, that they give you a hard time trying to cut you off. Once you are cut, you are basically done. It is not easy to get back on disability.

5.) They usually have yearly checks. They want to see bank statements, pay stubs, mortgages/rent, car payment, day care expenses, and so on. Honestly, they don't give a rats *** about the cost of your meds a month. They only look at the "regular bills".

6.) Nothing is good forever...If you continue to work be prepared for more headaches. There are some ways around that...

7.) I think I already covered that. I don't work so I haven't had experience with that problem.

8.) Yes. I end up on IV's once every 2 years. Also, I might be on oral antibiotics 2 times a year. It's the fact that I still have MRSA that keeps me on. I have had MRSA for nearly 5 years now. I know that if I worked now, I'd be sick again. However, I can't work in the medical field any longer...

Anything I missed? PM me anytime.

fondreflections · Nov 29, 2007

1.) Your disability check is based on how much you made when you worked.

2.) I got it the minute I was diagnosed with MRSA and lost my Medical Assisant job.

3.) I had NO help whatsoever. I filed a petition and my doctor signed off on it. However, the hospital that I had worked for filed a JACO report because I unknowningly exposed the whole cancer clinic to it. I tested negative in January and in February I got sick unexpectedly and no antibiotics seemed to work. I had contacted MRSA.

4.)Well, it is crappy to be honest. They will let you work only so many hours a month without limiting your disability income. After 9 months (I think), they start to garnish your wages since you are also receiving disability benefits. It is my understanding that once you start to work while on disability, that they give you a hard time trying to cut you off. Once you are cut, you are basically done. It is not easy to get back on disability.

5.) They usually have yearly checks. They want to see bank statements, pay stubs, mortgages/rent, car payment, day care expenses, and so on. Honestly, they don't give a rats *** about the cost of your meds a month. They only look at the "regular bills".

6.) Nothing is good forever...If you continue to work be prepared for more headaches. There are some ways around that...

7.) I think I already covered that. I don't work so I haven't had experience with that problem.

8.) Yes. I end up on IV's once every 2 years. Also, I might be on oral antibiotics 2 times a year. It's the fact that I still have MRSA that keeps me on. I have had MRSA for nearly 5 years now. I know that if I worked now, I'd be sick again. However, I can't work in the medical field any longer...

Anything I missed? PM me anytime.

fondreflections · Nov 29, 2007

1.) Your disability check is based on how much you made when you worked.

2.) I got it the minute I was diagnosed with MRSA and lost my Medical Assisant job.

3.) I had NO help whatsoever. I filed a petition and my doctor signed off on it. However, the hospital that I had worked for filed a JACO report because I unknowningly exposed the whole cancer clinic to it. I tested negative in January and in February I got sick unexpectedly and no antibiotics seemed to work. I had contacted MRSA.

4.)Well, it is crappy to be honest. They will let you work only so many hours a month without limiting your disability income. After 9 months (I think), they start to garnish your wages since you are also receiving disability benefits. It is my understanding that once you start to work while on disability, that they give you a hard time trying to cut you off. Once you are cut, you are basically done. It is not easy to get back on disability.

5.) They usually have yearly checks. They want to see bank statements, pay stubs, mortgages/rent, car payment, day care expenses, and so on. Honestly, they don't give a rats *** about the cost of your meds a month. They only look at the "regular bills".

6.) Nothing is good forever...If you continue to work be prepared for more headaches. There are some ways around that...

7.) I think I already covered that. I don't work so I haven't had experience with that problem.

8.) Yes. I end up on IV's once every 2 years. Also, I might be on oral antibiotics 2 times a year. It's the fact that I still have MRSA that keeps me on. I have had MRSA for nearly 5 years now. I know that if I worked now, I'd be sick again. However, I can't work in the medical field any longer...

Anything I missed? PM me anytime.

fondreflections · Nov 29, 2007

1.) Your disability check is based on how much you made when you worked.

2.) I got it the minute I was diagnosed with MRSA and lost my Medical Assisant job.

3.) I had NO help whatsoever. I filed a petition and my doctor signed off on it. However, the hospital that I had worked for filed a JACO report because I unknowningly exposed the whole cancer clinic to it. I tested negative in January and in February I got sick unexpectedly and no antibiotics seemed to work. I had contacted MRSA.

4.)Well, it is crappy to be honest. They will let you work only so many hours a month without limiting your disability income. After 9 months (I think), they start to garnish your wages since you are also receiving disability benefits. It is my understanding that once you start to work while on disability, that they give you a hard time trying to cut you off. Once you are cut, you are basically done. It is not easy to get back on disability.

5.) They usually have yearly checks. They want to see bank statements, pay stubs, mortgages/rent, car payment, day care expenses, and so on. Honestly, they don't give a rats *** about the cost of your meds a month. They only look at the "regular bills".

6.) Nothing is good forever...If you continue to work be prepared for more headaches. There are some ways around that...

7.) I think I already covered that. I don't work so I haven't had experience with that problem.

8.) Yes. I end up on IV's once every 2 years. Also, I might be on oral antibiotics 2 times a year. It's the fact that I still have MRSA that keeps me on. I have had MRSA for nearly 5 years now. I know that if I worked now, I'd be sick again. However, I can't work in the medical field any longer...

Anything I missed? PM me anytime.

fondreflections · Nov 29, 2007

1.) Your disability check is based on how much you made when you worked.

2.) I got it the minute I was diagnosed with MRSA and lost my Medical Assisant job.

3.) I had NO help whatsoever. I filed a petition and my doctor signed off on it. However, the hospital that I had worked for filed a JACO report because I unknowningly exposed the whole cancer clinic to it. I tested negative in January and in February I got sick unexpectedly and no antibiotics seemed to work. I had contacted MRSA.

4.)Well, it is crappy to be honest. They will let you work only so many hours a month without limiting your disability income. After 9 months (I think), they start to garnish your wages since you are also receiving disability benefits. It is my understanding that once you start to work while on disability, that they give you a hard time trying to cut you off. Once you are cut, you are basically done. It is not easy to get back on disability.

5.) They usually have yearly checks. They want to see bank statements, pay stubs, mortgages/rent, car payment, day care expenses, and so on. Honestly, they don't give a rats *** about the cost of your meds a month. They only look at the "regular bills".

6.) Nothing is good forever...If you continue to work be prepared for more headaches. There are some ways around that...

7.) I think I already covered that. I don't work so I haven't had experience with that problem.

8.) Yes. I end up on IV's once every 2 years. Also, I might be on oral antibiotics 2 times a year. It's the fact that I still have MRSA that keeps me on. I have had MRSA for nearly 5 years now. I know that if I worked now, I'd be sick again. However, I can't work in the medical field any longer...

Anything I missed? PM me anytime.

Alyssa · Nov 29, 2007