Hi, I have been living with MS for the past 18 years. I'm a 35 year old female who has a history of loving the outdoors and playing sports and running. I was officially diagnosed with MS after my first child was born when I was 21. I have tried very hard to stay as active as possible. But, unfortunately things just are not as easy as they use to be. The thing that bothers me the most is that I now have a lot of troubles with my memory. I lost my job in November of 08' and still can not seem to find one that fits me. I have always worked in the medical field so not only did I have problems with my strength and speed but now I can't seem to stay focused and remembering things is something that I can not change. Does anyone know of any where I can contact to help me get a job. I am a single mother of 2 daughters. I get unemployment but this will not last forever. I have tried the whole disability thing at the suggestion of my neurologist but it was a DENIAL! Then, I appealled and it was another DENIAL:( What the heck are we suppose to do? I am disabled and I can't get any help from anybody. The system just doesn't seem fair.
Beta, I hve worked all my life, I started when I was 15 yrs old, I am not 50. I was told at the ripe age of 44 that I had MS all of my life, but at age 44 is when MS decided to finally make it's apperance. Boy did my life change. Mostly everyone on this site has read my life story. I went from walking four miles every morning before work to barely being able to walk four steps down the hall of my home. I have broken my ankle, leg knee and shoulder, just from trying to walk, I am no longer able to work, even though they still have me on roll, go figure, I have applied for disability and yes I too have been turned down. But the last laugh is really going to be on them!
I am sure that it is in your case also. Go down to the Social Services offices apply for medicaid to help pay for your med, and it will help with your children also, hey we have worked an paid into this system use it. Apply for FS it will keep you from being hungry. My grandpa and daddy always said, pride never filled nobody's stomach nor can you cook it!
When they do give you yours and my disability and they will they dummies will have to go back a back pay us. My lawyer told me that when Nixon, God rest his soul was in office he down sized ss offices, and they were told to turn down a certain amount of claims. Now how true that is I do not know, but it is not smart, because they have got to back pay us, and some of us are going to make out like a fat rat!
So just look at the bright side I know it looks grim right now, but hang in there it will get better! sherry/smomdukes