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Not disabled

Thu, 09/20/2018 - 14:09
I'm 48 years old and have worked a number of jobs all my life until the seizures had torn up my body to the point of no return. I finally applied for disability as oftentimes seizures can knock you out for days, then upon waking you're so weak you can barely move for another day or two beyond resting & recovering to the point where you can walk again. At least, these are my worstening personal experiences. Today I finally received an answer from SSA and apparently I'm not disabled and I just wanted to let you all know that none if us are disabled. So, even when you're forced to grind your face into the concrete, to break both your front teeth in half on a staircase, split open a two inch gash the back of your head as you break the boards while falling through a boatdock where you would have drowned if you'd not been rescued from beneath only two feet of water, break your neck in your sleep without even falling to the floor, or even something as apparently negligible as biting off the tip of your tongue... So, before you "seize the day" as it were, just remember you're not disabled & everything is ok.

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Submitted by just_joe on Sat, 2018-09-22 - 17:09
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This was my second time. I

Submitted by Brain Blur on Mon, 2018-09-24 - 09:44
This was my second time. I will contact the Binder & Binder. Thank you

This was my second time. I

Submitted by Brain Blur on Mon, 2018-09-24 - 09:44
This was my second time. I will contact the Binder & Binder. Thank you

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