Bingo. I have two cousins with diseases that are SSDI eligible. One has fibromyalgia, and she worked for years with it. She gave birth to a beautiful little boy earlier this year, and she's chosen to be a stay at home mommy, but her husband is working to support them. (By the way, he needs a double lung transplant, is on the transplant list, and still works full time. He can't do strenuous labor, but he can sit at a computer with his oxygen tank just fine.)
My other cousin has Multiple Sclerosis, and has been on disability since she got the diagnosis. Now, I've spent a fair amount of time with her, and looking at how she spends her day, she could do some sort of work. She might need space for a sitting and standing desk so that she could change positions as necessary, but she could be doing something.
That pretty much explains my situation. My problem seems to be by divulging my meds, employers tend to walk away.
Employers are pretty much single minded. If ya take pain meds they think yer high at work. Nothing could be farther from the truth. While someone who has no pain may get high, those of us who take it for legitimate reasons don't feel a thing, other than perhaps a "dulling" of what haunts us.
Pretty much impossible to 'splain that to an employer who has to worry about law suits.
I'm 60 years old, so it would be simple for me to go the hand-out, but I just ain't built that way.
I have ta tell ya, when "Toots" went down it was tempting, but I figured we could do better. Thank the good Lord she's okay and now we will prolly make it.
