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Kalidurga

(14,177 posts)
2. I have no idea.
Sat Jul 11, 2015, 08:37 PM
Jul 2015

I can't imagine living in Georgia and being dead broke and suffering from multiple disabilities. Especially ones that make it harder to even seek treatment. Going to the doctors to get documented is time consuming and if you have to sleep a lot it's hard to keep appointments and for some reason missing appointments is a reason for the government to say you aren't as disabled as you are. One of my sisters in Tennessee has Graves disease among many other problems and she had a hella time getting disability, I don't recall how long it too, but it was a long time and in the meantime she had to move from relatives house to relatives house, because she had no money, not even for food. Basically she had to be supported by the family for over a year, but I don't know how much longer than that other than it took longer than that.

As for myself I have a similar situation. I can't stay awake for much longer than four hours at a time. I ache all over and that is everyday. I am exhausted and I have other problems too numerous to mention. The only one I actually care about is the fatigue if I wasn't tired I wouldn't let the aches and pains get in my way of working nor the other problems, I would just deal with those issues as well as I can. Also I can't stand without holding onto something for more than a couple of minutes even if I am in line I hold on to a cart or something otherwise it's very difficult and painful, pacing helps a little.

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