Yep Government check. And I got lucky, it was in the mailbox! Whew!

Still got a stupid upset tummy though. Mind you, I have a trip on Monday so that is probably contributing!

How did you find your stress levels just before moving and then after?

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OH GOOD that's so awesome! I'm glad it came! That would majorly suck for you if it didn't. I was tempted to offer you part of my pay cheque in that case. ;)

Just before moving was not so bad this time, I was nauseous but I seemed to get through it okay. Right after sucked big time though, because we were not able to get to the house immediately due to it having no power. We stayed overnight at the air force base and the noises of the planes and helicopters freaked me out. Then when we finally did move to the new place my aunt and uncle left me alone and went to Ontario for 2 days, so I was very freaked out at night, being in a big unfamiliar house in the middle of nowhere!

I seem to be okay with moving as long as everything goes exactly as planned with no hitches or complications. Haha like that ever happens in real life...

:biggrin: Yeah it seems to be the "hitches" that send me for a loop too! I think I've micromanaged this move at this point! LMAO, my family are rolling their eyes at me because I have back up plans for my back up plans!

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Yeah I hear you bec, I have that need to control every aspect of the situation too! :)

I'm glad that you'll be on your way to your new place soon!!! I found that when I moved last Sept. .......It was really horrible when I got moved....boxes all over stacked in places as high as my heighth....Also about half the boxes my son and his friends packed without writing what was in them...I had packed a box of what I thought were all the necessary items I'd need right away.....Messed up....I had to buy some stuff right away..such as deoderant and paper towels etc....I had no idea which box my pans were in or where the can opener was....Big mistake!!!! Another resident loaned me a saucepan and a sharp knife and the same person gave me some canned goods that had pop tops on them....Plus another person did too....I had a particularly difficult time as I had to deal with the after effects from the trauma of my previous place...drugs...excess noise...life being threatened...bad area location....all in all very DANGEROUS!!!!.....I'm soooo glad to be moved here!!!! I'm sure you'll enjoy your new place!! It will take some adjustments that you may not have planned on....but just keep on doing your healthy self-care....I hope that your trip goes with no problems of any kind and that what you need to do....will go as planned :tongue: ..SPREADING THE PEACE

Thanks wild.
Well, since seeing the new place if I think about it I get very ill. So I'm trying not to think about it. I'm just doing what I have to do to get there and worry about how ill I am later. Disability refused my claim, so I'm appealing it. According to them, I don't have a continuous deblitating mental illness! ROFL, wonder where they got their medical education? Idiots.

Anyways, I'm hanging in there and will be hooking up my net the end of this month!! :)

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Oh my... how ridiculous. Delighted you are taking it in stride however, that says a lot for your strength, especially with all you are enduring right now. Well done. I'm not as familiar with the process in Ontario, however I used to assist people with claims, and over 90% were refused first time round, no matter how disabled they were, as a matter of "policy". Seems it was the government's way of weeding out the "weaklings", thus saving money. Deplorable! So do continue to be hopeful. You deserve the disability benefits.

Best wishes for the rest of your move.

Sorry to hear about the disability Bec. I guess i have been fortunate as my LTD did cover me when my symptoms were unmanageable. Now the LDTs also because of my back injury and there are xrays, MRI's to back up my claim. I wish you the best of luck and Ihope things work out. They will, keep positive!!!!
Take Care and can't wait
until you get back!

Bec,

I don't know what it is about government agencies and people who need long term help. When people try to get on Social Security Disability down here, it's almost 100% turn down on the first try. Amazing. And there's a certain criteria you have to meet to even attempt to get it!

My sister had to quit working because of her illness. Even though her diagnosis was terminal she was turned down the first time. Through the pure luck of fate, her attorney's assistant was in the elevator with clerks from the SSD office and overheard them talking about her case and that she had been turned down because she was too young to have a terminal disease. HUH???? Needless to say the next time she went, they gave her the SSD.

Keep plugging away, and don't let the bean-counting bastards get you down.

Lisa

Don't worry, I'm like a pitt bull with a bone about this. In Ontario, they deny 99% of all cases (and we are prescreened before we can even apply!) Then you appeal it, they deny that. Then it goes to a tribunal, which you have to get a lawyer for, and then you get your disability. It's just how it goes (damn good thing I have an education in this field, I tell ya!) if you need it you have to fight for it. It will take over a year before it is all said and done. Gives me a chance to see a psych though and that will help lots. Family doctors don't have a huge knowledge base when it comes to PTSD. Hehe...

In 7 more days I will be in Thunder bay! 7 more! It's the countdown.. hehe...


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