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PETE, MAGS, I WILL SEE IF THE LETTER WORKS AND WHAT IT SAYS TOMORROW. I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE SOCIAL WORKER TOMORROW AND SHE SHOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO TELL ME ABOUT WHAT WAS WROTE. KEEPING MY FINGERS CROSSED.

MY LAWYER CALLED ME TODAY AND SAID THE PSYCHIATRIST OFFICE CALLED HIM AND SAID IT WILL COST $45.00 TO WRITE A DISABILITY LETTER FOR SOCIAL SECURITY. IS THIS A GOOD THING?

I TAKE 200MG TWICE A DAY, THE VA CALLED ME TO HAVE BLOOD WORK DONE ON THE 31ST OF DEC, I'LL HAVE MY PCP CHECK THAT OUT.

TALK WITH MY PSYCH YESTERSDAY AND I TOLD HIM ABOUT MY SOCIAL SECURITY HEARING COMING IN THE NEXT MONTH OR TWO. THOUGHT HE WOULD TELL ME SOMETHING GOOD, HE JUST BEAT AROUND THE BUSH. I TOLD MY LAWYER TO SEND HIM AND MY SOCIAL WORKER A LETTER AND SEE WOULD THEY RESPOND ON WHETHER I COULD WORK ANY JOB OF ANY CAPACITY IN THE THE NATIONAL ECONOMY. MY SOCIAL WORKER TOLD ME BEFORE I LEFT THEY WOULD HELP ME OUT WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE LETTER FROM FROM LAWYER, I'LL SEE. IF I DON'T SEE A RESPONSE FROM THEM IT'S TIME TO ( FEE BASIS ) SOMEWHERE ELSE.

HOW CAN I GET MY DOCTOR TO SUPPORT MY SSDI CLAIM BY WRITING A LETTER.

HANG IN THERE DAN.....

TAG, ARE YOU GETTING SSDI BENEFITS?

I DON'T KNOW, BUT ONCE YOU HIT 50% SC YOU DON'T HAVE TO PAY CO-PAYS.

CONGRATS FULL

I WAS TAKING 500MG OF NIACIN AND IT GAVE ME REAL BAD HEADCHES. DR. WAS TRYING TO ELEVATE MY GOOD CHOLESTOROL LEVEL. ALL I DO IS EAT SALMON STEAKS (5 OZ GRILLED ) ABOUT TWICE A WEEK, I EAT TUNAFISH WITH OMEGA 3 IN IT LIKE TWICE A WEEK AND I EAT ANYTHING I SEE WITH NIACIN IN IT FROM ORANGE JUICE, CEREAL YOU NAME IT TO KEEP MINE UP. HOPEFULLY MINE WILL BE UP TO NORMAL WHEN MY NEXT BLOOD TEST IS DONE.

THANK YOU TAYO GREAT TO HEAR THAT

I KNOW THERE IS ALOT MORE MEMBERS OUT THERE WITH FULLY FAVORABLE APPROVALS FROM SSA FOR SSDI OR SSI, COME JOIN US AND RUN THE TABLE.

YES I RECEIVE MINE ON THE 19TH AND I CAN'T WAIT TO GET STARTED. I GAVE MY LAWYER THE PROGRESS NOTES FROM THE DOCTOR STATING MY DIAGNOSES AND RESULTS AND SOMETIMES I DON'T THINK HE CARES BUT PUTS ON A FRONT. BUT I HOPE THIS HELPS OUT MY SSDI CASE PETE.

THANKS PETE, I WILL LET THEM KNOW ON THE 17TH OF MY PROBLEM.

PURPLE, ALLAN, THE NEXT TIME I GO AND SEE MY CIVILIAN PSYCHIATRIST AND SOCIAL WORKER, I'M GOING TO ASK THAT QUESTION. I TAKE ALL THESE MEDS FOR PAIN SUCH AS OXYCODONE, TOPAMAX, NAPROXEN AND SEROQUEL, KLONOPIN, TRAZADONE AND ZOLOFT FOR MENTAL HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO FUNCTION. LAST BUT NOT LEAST PURPLE I HAVEN'T WORKED SINCE 2005 SINCE THE VA GAVE ME MY 100 % IU P&T. I'M TRYING TO GET MY SOCIAL SECURITY NOW.

I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE TO ANSWER THIS QUESTION FOR ME PERTAINING TO THE SIDE EFFECTS OF THESE MEDICATIONS 400MG OF SEROQUEL TWICE DAILY, 1MG OF KLONOPIN TWICE DAILY, 200MG ZOLOFT, 100MG TRAZADONE, 5MG @325 OF OXYCODONE TAKE 2 TABS 3X A DAY FOR PAIN. HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO HOLD DOWN A JOB FOR 8 HRS A DAY 5 DAYS A WEEK ON THIS MEDICATION NOT INCLUDING THE REST OF THE THINGS I'M ON. HOW AM I SUPPOSE TO DRIVE AND STAY AWAKE. THIS MEDICATION SAYS DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE MACHINERY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

RECEIVED LETTER TODAY FROM THE VA I WILL GET MY CPAP ON THE 19TH OF THE DEC.

I HEAR EVERYONE SAY IF YOU ARE 100% IU P&T YOU A HAVE GOOD SHOT AT SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS. I SEE THAT ALOT ON THE BOARD. WHO HAS EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE? I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE TODAY FROM ODAR AND SHE SAID SHE NEEDED A COPY OF MY 100% IU P&T AWARDS LETTER FROM THE VA, A COPY MY STAY IN THE HOSPITAL BACK IN MARCH, A COPY OF MY SOURCE STATEMENT OF ABILITY TO DO WORK - RELATED ACTIVITIES (MENTAL) RFC FORM FROM MY PSYCHIATRISTAND SHE WAS GOING TO WALK IT STRAIGHT TO THE JUDGE HERSELF. IF I COULD FIRE MY LAWYER I WOULD, THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURN IN A LONG TIME AGO. SHE TOLD ME HOPEFULLY I WILL NOT HAVE TO GO TO A HEARING. BUT MY LAWYER ACTS LIKE HE WILL NOT UPDATE MY MEDICAL FILE WITH ODAR OR SSA.

GET A (GOOD DISABILITY LAWYER), I'VE BEEN WAITING 22 MOS FOR MY HEARING SO FAR.

THANK YOU JOHN AND PETE, I'LL DO THAT ON MY NEXT VISIT ON THE 17TH OF DEC.

I HOPE THIS IS WHAT IT TAKES TO GET MY SSDI APPROVED BY SEEING A CIVILIAN PYSCHIATRIST AND A SOCIAL WORKER TWICE A MONTH. SO FAR THINGS ARE GOING PRETTY SMOOTH, I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO ASK THEM ABOUT HELPING ME WITH SOCIAL SECURITY. ANYBODY WITH EXPERIENCE ON THIS SUBJECT ABOUT HOW TO APPROACH A DOCTOR, DO I LET HIM KNOW I'M 100% IU P&T AND HAVEN'T BEEN WORKING SINCE SEPT 05 BECAUSE OF MY DISABILITIES, ANY ADVICE WILL HELP. MY NEXT APPT IS DEC 17TH WITH SOCIAL WORKER AND PYSCH ON SAME DAY.

PETE53, ACCORDING TO THE VA HERE IN COLUMBIA,SC THEY HAVE 2500 ON THE LIST FOR CPAP'S AND I WILL NOT GET MINE UNTIL NEXT YEAR. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY ONLY ISSUE 25-30 A WEEK. BUT EVENTUALLY I WILL GET MINE ONEDAY. I SPOKE TO ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND HE SAID THAT THE VA WILL PROBALY SAY NO TO SERVICE CONNECTED SINCE THE SLEEP APNEA DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THE SERVICE. THANKS FOR THE INFO PETE.

PETE53, THANK YOU FOR THE INPUT. I TALKED WITH SLLEP APNEA CLINIC AND THEY ARE SO BACKED UP THEY IT WILL BE FEB 09 OR LESS BEFORE I GET MY CPAP. AS FAR AS SSDI I HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF CONDITIONS TO LET THIS OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA JOIN THE PACK ( IT SEEMS LIKE A CASE). I KNOW AT THE END OF THE DOCTOR NOTES IT STATED TO MONITOR SLEEPING WHILE MINIMAL DRIVING I THINK. I GAVE MY LAWYER MY PROGRESS NOTES WHEN LEFT THE VA HOSPITAL. BUT PETE ISN'T OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA 50 % SERVICE CONNECTED BY THE VA.

MOBIE16R, I WENT TO THE VA HOSPITAL WEDNESDAY TO RECEIVE MY SELECTIVE NERVE ROOT INJECTION IN THE L-4 NERVE OF MY BACK AT THE PAIN CLINIC, I WENT DOWN TO THE RECORD SECTION TO GET MY RECORDS. YES IT'S OFFICIALLY THAT THE DOCTOR HAS DIAGNOSED ME WITH OBSTRUCTIVE SLEEP APNEA AS OF NOV 24 2008. MOBIE, TWO MORE QUESTIONS, I KNOW I'M 100 % IU P&T BUT CAN I BE SERVICE CONNECTED FOR THIS CONDITION AND WILL THIS HELP MY SSDI CLAIM FOR SOCIAL SECURITY, THANKS FOR YOUR INPUT.

I WAS JUST TOLD BY THE SLEEP APNEA CLINIC TODAY THAT THE DR. HAS READ MY NOTES FROM MY SLEEP STUDY THAT WAS PERFORMED ON NOV 4 THAT I WILL BE ISSUED A CPAP MACHINE. DOES THIS MEAN THAT I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SLEEP APNEA?