How severe were your symptoms when you went on Social Security Disability?

[CDmama87]

I've recently applied and was denied. I'm going file an appeal and have Binder & Binder handle the case.

I had a resection surgery in 2014 (7 in. of small intestine removed), and started have obstructions again shortly after. I was hospitalized maybe three times for a week each time after the surgery for obstructions, but avoided having surgery again. My Dr. just recently balloon dilated my stricture.

I've taken Prednisone, tried Balsalazide, Entocourt, Imuran, and starting Remicade soon.

I'm feeling ok as of now, other than body/joint paint, terrible fatigue, and D.

I'm wondering how many of you successfully received Social Security Benefits and how severe your symptoms were when you received it. I was nearly dying before my surgery last year, I was 90 lbs. and living off of one bite of food per day for months. I hope that my disease will be under control eventually, but since I'm feeling ok right now, I wonder if I'll be able to get it. I'd much rather work, but it always comes back at it's worst when I start working.

 

[ronroush7]

I have wondered if I should have applied. I had a resection five years. I don't drive so I was reliant on public transportation. The commute everyday (two hours there and two hours back) was too much after surgery.

 

[CDmama87]

I feel like I probably should have also right after surgery - but of course, we're always hoping for the best after it, although we don't always end up on the good side of things. I think the hardest part about this disease is not knowing when it's going to strike. I hope you're feeling ok now.

 

[ronroush7]

I was having spasming of my GI tract but my doctor gave me Levsin and it is calming down. Thanks.

 

[teeny5]

When I went on disability my doctor had written a note saying I was unable to work. Same when my husband went on it recently. Do you have a Dr note stating you are unable to work?

Also make sure you applying for state disability, not social security disability. Here is the link for California: http://www.edd.ca.gov/

 

[JennyT]

I couldn't (and still can't) be relied upon in a working situation. I have too many flares and require time off, and of course there all those trips to the loo and brain fog from the drugs. An independent specialist deemed me an 'invalid' and that was that. Sometimes when I'm well I feel like a fraud - then I get very unwell and think 'this is why I paid my taxes all those years'. I was in senior management in several industries and I would not have employed me, I'm a liability in a working environment due to my unreliability thanks to crohns. So it didn't come down to exactly what I had had done in terms of treatment - it came down to having a condition that left me unsuitable for employment. My status is permanent, I'm 60 and live in NZ. :hug:

 

[tots]

I am on short term disability through my employer, I have been out since 8/4/2015 and go back 11/16/2015.

I am not any better than i was to start with, I am afraid of losing my job. I do have long tern
disability, Texas does not have state disability, just uneasy it would be granted.

Lauren