Disability update

[bruce malm]

I know this subject doesn't pertain to everybody but hope my long diatribe might help if somebody ends up in the same situation. The best news is that my Social Security Disability has already been approved and a deposit put in my account dating back to 6 months after I went on disability. All this happened in less than a month since my actual application. With all the horror stories of waiting 2 to 4 years to get through the system, I am very relieved and look forward to the future.
Thank you to everybody for putting up with me. If for some reason you or somebody you loves gets in to this situation, I would be glad to help with any assistance I could offer.
Nobody plans to be disabled to where you can't work. I sure didn't.

Stay healthy and I look forward to meeting everybody in the circles.

Bruce   

[Clint Ormosen]

Bruce, glad you got through all the red tape so quickly. But how are you feeling? How's the back? Can you get out and fly or build?

[Paul Smith]

My wife works as a Social Security Disability examiner. 

People with genuine disablities have no problem getting benefits without delay and retroactive the date of disability.  Examiners are overjoyed when a "clean" case appears.

The problem cases are basically out-and-out frauds, too often, recent aliens with ethnic support groups already on shore with their own "doctors" to provide "documantation" and their own lawyers to batter down the system.

[bruce malm]

Hi Clint,

I'm doing pretty good right now. I'm trying to get use to the Oxycotin and Norco that keeps me going. I've been declining any increase in the dosage levels  in the hopes of obtaining some normal routine. I do have more good days latley but the bad days can be really bad. Sounds like you had fun at VSC!

Brian was up a few weeks ago and we got a few flights in. The field is getting better every day. With this disability problem over, I hope to get more enthusiastic about flying and maybe enter a contest or two this year. Of course the next big thing is to put the house up for sale and head for Tulsa. I know Teena would like to quit work so we could spend a lot more time together and get on with our lives and enjoy the years we have left. If I ever get another weekend together flying up here with Brian and Gordon, I'll give you a call. Maybe you and a couple of others will come up and play. If so, bring your firearms and we can shoot a little bit too.  Or maybe I'll get out to Woodland and enter a contest or two.

Bruce

Paul,

Thank your wife for the work she does. I'm sure it's hard working with everybody in my situation especially when there is so much fraud in the system. I did use the 11 months before I applied to gather all my doctors records so that the evaluator had everything they needed. Over the years, I have never had a problem with any of the public agencies. I have learned through life that if you treat everybody with respect and do your best
to provide all the required and correct information, that they will bend over backwards to help you. I guess there really is a thing called Karma.
I also worked with the public in some of my employment and there are a lot of As***les out there, so I'm sure there are days  your wife wishes she had a baseball bat to straighten a few of them out . Again thank your wife for the work she performs in helping us old Fart's when we start breaking down.
Hope to meet you in the circles some day.

Bruce   

[Clint Ormosen]

Bruce, there's a contest in Woodland next Sunday. Can you make it down? Even to watch if you can't fly?