There is some bullshit on 60 minutes right now...

[NightWatcher]

26. I was awarded (weird term?) disability on my 1st try, no lawyer, just hospital records

I have an aunt who had to apply 4 times and hire a lawyer who took 50% of her back dated money. She spends a quarter of the year in jail on repeated petty shoplifting arrests. She isn't disabled, has no disease, but is a sorry excuse and a giant piece of poor white trash. She gets disability, when she's not in jail.

I have two autoimmune diseases (where my body attacks itself and targets healthy organs), a neuromuscular disease, damaged kidneys and liver, and a handful of other stuff. I'm in my late 30's and worked from age 15 up until I was driven to the ER via ambulance after losing almost 1/4 my weight due to muscle wasting and was unable to stand or lift my legs beyond a shuffle to walk. I've no idea when I'll die from this, but it will end me (unless I get hit by a bus or any other accident).

I bring home less than if I had a minimum wage job and worked 30 something hours a week.

I don't drive a Caddy, I'm not living large on the government. I wish I could work so that I could bring my family something more than chicken scratch. I used to clear 40-50K a year on average, now it's 13K and a shit ton of medical bills (no insurance).


But I really can't complain.