Kelly,
Glad you finally got your social security approved.As much as you have been
through, I don't see why it took so long to approve it for you. At least now
you can focus on other things. Take care.
Tammy
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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