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<blockquote data-quote="CCRidr2" data-source="post: 46358" data-attributes="member: 3714"><p>I'll try to keep this short.</p><p></p><p>In 1992 I was diagnosis'd with Congenital Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Degerative Disc Disease was added along the way a few years back. I also have carpel tunnel in both hands and asthma. I applied for SSDI in April of 2005 because it was getting to the point that my income was dropping because of missed work. It was denied (due to my age)and I filed an appeal, also denied. I ended up leaving my job somewhere in the middle of the appeals process. I filed for a hearing in August of 2005. I called 2 weeks age to see if there was a hearing date set yet and they said they are still working on April 2005 hearing requests! :smile: </p><p></p><p>I HAD to go back to work PT to make ends meet. The disc at L5/S1 is completely empty of jelly now and the only thing separating my vertebrae is the disc covering, which will eventualy be resorbed. In October of 2006 I had another disc rupture, L4/5 and dump a bunch of the disc's jelly center into my spinal canal (it felt like battery acid was poured in there) and went on medical leave from work. I am technically still employed but still on medical leave because I cannot even get around my house some days. We bought a 2-story house :hammer: not even thinking about my back, we just loved the house. There are some days (more and more frequently) that I have to crawl, literally, up and down the stairs. </p><p></p><p>Is there anything that I can do to speed up the process? My DEX thinks that now that I am, mostly, unable to work now that I can ask for some sort of emergency decision. I told him that I didn't think so but thought I would ask some of y'all that have dealt with this. I was adopted at birth and do not know how far my back will degenerate. doctors. will not do surgery because it is a multi-level problem (all 5 lumbar discs have some form of degeneration now) so they all tell me that nothing can me done until I lose feeling in my legs from the knees down on a daily basis. This does happen now but not daily, it depends on my activity level the day before. </p><p></p><p>Any help would be appreciated! Thanks!</p><p></p><p>Cyndi</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CCRidr2, post: 46358, member: 3714"] I'll try to keep this short. In 1992 I was diagnosis'd with Congenital Lumbar Spinal Stenosis. Degerative Disc Disease was added along the way a few years back. I also have carpel tunnel in both hands and asthma. I applied for SSDI in April of 2005 because it was getting to the point that my income was dropping because of missed work. It was denied (due to my age)and I filed an appeal, also denied. I ended up leaving my job somewhere in the middle of the appeals process. I filed for a hearing in August of 2005. I called 2 weeks age to see if there was a hearing date set yet and they said they are still working on April 2005 hearing requests! [img]:smile:[/img] I HAD to go back to work PT to make ends meet. The disc at L5/S1 is completely empty of jelly now and the only thing separating my vertebrae is the disc covering, which will eventualy be resorbed. In October of 2006 I had another disc rupture, L4/5 and dump a bunch of the disc's jelly center into my spinal canal (it felt like battery acid was poured in there) and went on medical leave from work. I am technically still employed but still on medical leave because I cannot even get around my house some days. We bought a 2-story house [img]:hammer:[/img] not even thinking about my back, we just loved the house. There are some days (more and more frequently) that I have to crawl, literally, up and down the stairs. Is there anything that I can do to speed up the process? My DEX thinks that now that I am, mostly, unable to work now that I can ask for some sort of emergency decision. I told him that I didn't think so but thought I would ask some of y'all that have dealt with this. I was adopted at birth and do not know how far my back will degenerate. doctors. will not do surgery because it is a multi-level problem (all 5 lumbar discs have some form of degeneration now) so they all tell me that nothing can me done until I lose feeling in my legs from the knees down on a daily basis. This does happen now but not daily, it depends on my activity level the day before. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks! Cyndi [/QUOTE]
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