SOCIAL SECURITY HEARING DATE

I am pretty happy today.  I found out that I have a date for my SS Hearing appeal.  I go before the Administrative Law Judge on September 8.  This is amazing to me because my attorney told me that it would take a year.  I only filed my appeal in April of this  year.  I did contact my Congressman just to be able to have someone find out information for me. Things seem to be looking up for us financially.  Hubby will be starting a new job in a few weeks and if I get approved we will finally be financially solid.  We won't be rich by any means but at least we can pay our bills on time and buy food without having to choose to buy foold or pay the electric bill.

             

I was always feeling depressed because of what my illness did to us in this regard.  Plus I always thought that by this time in our lives things would be better for us.  I had a career that I loved and was excelling at.  My children were getting older.  And Hubby and I would be able to start enjoying each other's company again. Then I got stricken with this stupid disease and our lives took a tumble.  Within months we depleated whatever savings we had.  Then we had to start selling our stuff off.  We had to borrow money from my Mom.  It hurt to tell my children that we couldn't afford this or that when they asked for necessities.  I blamed all of this on my illness and hated Lupus for doing this to me.  I still hate Lupus.  I still am in pain and experiencing other ramifications caused by the auto immune process, but at least we can have a little peace of mind.  Please pray for me as my hearing date nears.  I am not even that concerned about any back money that SS might pay me (although it would be nice to be able to return some money to my Mom, not that she expects it back).  I would just be happy to receive a check every month.  I would love to be able to just pay for the groceries when I go to the supermarket and not have that pile of stuff lined up at the end and not be sure I can afford them.  Being able to pay my rent on time would be so nice.  I'm sure my landlord will be happy too.