Praise God, Kelly P.
I was tearing up as I read this email accounting the story of how you
finally got your
Social Security awarded. The judges words were very similar to my
daughter's SS
judge when she was awarded SSI last year.
Tim H.
Dani's Dad
On Sat, Jul 4, 2009 at 2:55 AM, Kelly Porter <kellyporter@
>
>
> I know I have not posted often lately-but wanted to be sure to let those
> of you who know me in on this information.
>
> After a 3 1/2 year medical battle that includes 2 neurological
> conditions (EP and Chiari), too many meds to count now, 3 brain
> surgeries, (and 1 hardware removal!), and still yet undiagnosed problems
> unrelated to either of those conditions, my social security battle is
> now over.
>
> On June 16th, nearly 3 years after applying, I had my hearing. My
> lawyer told me to expect to wait at least 90 days to receive my
> judgement in the mail-as the was the national average for hearing
> decisions.
>
> At the hearing the Judge spent approx 20 minutes questioning me. He
> also asked my lawyer some questions about the medical file. In the end
> he said "I do not know why this was not awarded sooner, I am giving you
> a bench decision and awarding your benefits today." I actually had to
> say out loud "can you repeat that?" My lawyer had to look at me and say
> "it's OK you won".
>
> After the end of the hearing my lawyer said we will still have to wait
> for all the official paperwork to come in the mail before anything
> happens-but that getting a bench decision means the process will be faster.
>
> This means that though my life is so drastically different then it was
> almost 4 years ago---the summer I started having those weird dizzy
> spells, ringing in my ears, strange pain-all sorts of stuff---my fight
> is over and I can go on from here and continue learning how to manage my
> life and live it without justifying my story to anyone.
>
> Kelly P
>
>
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http://mensgrief.
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Grow up
Put away the God of childhood
Put aside the comfortable God
Put behind you the assurances of
things attained and live into the substance of things hoped for
Be militant
Be bold
Be courageous
Speak the truth
Live the faith
Live the faith without compromise."
-Archabbot Lambert Reilly, OSB
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the right time."
- Catherine of Siena,
St. Catherine of Siena as Seen in Her Letters.
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