NEWS! Maybe...I guess? · 1:45am Aug 25th, 2017
I mean it is news. Just not sure if good..?
So some of you may recall my rant a little while back about my frustrations with applying for disability benefits and the whole not knowing when/if I may ever see anything out of it. Plus the part about the ONLINE account being closed off when they shut their physical doors... The wait has been excruciating, to say the least, and most of it has been in that nebulous hell that is "processing." But today, there was a change!
Today, I was ordered to appear at some location 40 miles from where I live, at 8:30 in the god forsaken morning on the day after my birthday, for a battery of unexplained medical exams and x-rays. "To better determine your eligibility," or so says the little oddly passive aggressive pamphlet they sent along with some forms I need to sign and send back to them.
That's...something, I guess? Maybe I'm like right on the cusp of some metric they base decisions on? Maybe they think I and all my doctors are lying? I dunno. I can't really blame them for wanting more data before labeling me officially a broken man. It's not an outright denial, so there's that, but this is also no guarantee that I'll be accepted either. This could be a waste of time and gas as well as short Bubble on time from work that week, as she'll have to drive me out there. If it turns out to be the later, I'll have to reapply and that'll take another 6 months to a year. I am unemployed and unemployable. I have had zero income since March and everything is in collections at this point. I'm not in any trouble to lose my home or anything like that, mind you. Bubble's income covers the basics for us, but it stretches her to the breaking point every month.
If this turns out well...then maybe I can finally be able to help out again. Cover the gaps until I can start getting these other bills off my back. If not...well, I'll just keep struggling. After nearly 40 years, you'd think I'd be used to it.
EDIT: I have determined now that the most likely reason they want to do the exam, and the reason why I have to head to some medical center in the middle of nowhere is due to my primary care doctor not playing ball. I'm not surprised, to be honest. Sheesh.
Anyway, enough of my mess. Next time, we talk pony words for sure. And here, have a cute picture of a lizard for your troubles.
Until then, stay classy.
-Fuzz
When spotting the light at the end of the tunnel, it is always a good idea to look around for train tracks, just in case.
Good luck, Fuzz.
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Not sure if train, but the ride does not seem to stop...
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Thanks. I'm hoping for the best, but I'm not holding my breath. I may still not know any sort of decision, one way or the other, for months after the exams. But here's hoping.
Fingers crossed.