old_rider wrote on 04/15/13 at 21:49:10:K' not sure if I can post this here but here goes.
Was approved for social security last march (developed stage III cancer) and payment started last november. My particular cancer was one the list for ability to draw early because of severity (I am 53). I am now in remission and not sure what happens next. My cancer statement says in the end paragraph "patient has Stage III n1b metastatic malignant melonoma with unknown primary" which more or less means they don't know where it came from, but it ended up in my neck lymphnodes.
My question is, after my last pet scan (full body nuclear mri) there was no detectable anomolies, I was allowed to go off chemo. My next scan is may first, if it is good I will be in "total remission", will I loose the social security??? or will it continue because they didn't find the primary and I will still be in remission??
Thanks for any input....
I couldn't tell ya, I've been fighting since 2006 or 2007 to get on SS, which is when my Dr's declared me disabled. I've had 2 lawyers that wouldn't even begin to try and help me, so I'm still trying to find a lawyer that will. I've got several Dr's that all tell me that I am disabled but every time I've applied the SSA hasn't and for some reason won't even contact my Dr's to get my medical records even though I've signed the release forms for them to do so. They just automatically rubber stamp me as deigned, I guess it's because of my age, but I dunno.
When I finally do get on it, they are gonna have a big back payment check for me I know that for sure, as I think my records go back to around 2004 or 2005 for the Dr's saying and proving I was disabled.
R.F.