Terri, Just to let you know. Almost any time that someone applies for Medicare benefits they are usually denied. Even when they try to apply again they are denied once again.
I remember when I had to live in a plastic bubble in the hospital for many months my social worker applied for for social security disability and I was denied. She applied twice more and I was finally accepted although I had to wait two years in order to start receiving any benefits. Once I was accepted I was paid retroactively to when I first applied. My social worker at the time really helped me so much that I asked her if I could help her start a foundation, and I did. It is now The bone marrow foundation in New York City. I still remain very friendly with her. www.bonemarrow.org Why not check it out and see if you can get some help Almost everyone that I know who has tried getting onto Medicare had these same problems. Your right, never stop fighting because in the end you will win because as upsetting as it is, you are your own best advocate. By the way, let me congratulate you on not having multiple myeloma, something else that you don't need As usual I send along 18's to you Marty On Thu, Aug 8, 2013 at 4:38 PM, <terrijef...@aol.com> wrote: > ** > Thanks! I got my bone marrow results back and they are clear, no multiple > myeloma. So now time to focus on the kidneys, nephrologist wants me to go > for transplant consult. Doesn't know if I am even a candidate as it has > only been 2 and a half yrs since bone marrow transplant. I have been on the > phone all day with social security and medicare. My medicare started in > June. I appealed within ten days the cessation and got a lawyer. Today I > call to see what happens at end of August after I was allowed a two month > extension since I appealed. They are telling me I no longer even have > medicare right now. Nobody could tell me anything as to when it stopped or > any info. Just advised me to go to welfare. I am very frustrated!!! Ugh! > > Terri (not gonna stop fighting!) > > > > In a message dated 8/6/2013 7:24:57 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > wa2...@gmail.com writes: > > Hi Terri, Peg is correct, your Nephrologist is an ass. She is also right > about not starting another claim because if you do then there is a two year > waiting period in order to be able to get your benefits. > > As I previously mentioned, I am on dialysis for the past two years and > that qualifies me as disabled, so if and when you have to go on it then you > should also be qualified for disability and Medicare. I wish you the very > best of luck and health. > > Now Peg, I wish you and your husband the best. May you both be blessed by > GOD for health and happiness. Same goes for Terri and everyone reading this. > > 18's (Symbol for life) > > Marty > > > On Tue, Aug 6, 2013 at 3:16 PM, peg <peg....@live.com> wrote: > >> Terri, >> >> Your Nephrologist is an ass...and is not the final word on whether you >> are disabled or not, there are plenty of folks on disability because they >> are on dialysis. However, remember that you don't want to file a NEW claim >> but rather, reopen the old one. If you were to file it on the basis of >> dialysis it would start an entirely new claim with a new wait period for >> your Medicare. You want to show that your health has deteriorated as a >> result of the ORIGINAL claim, so all of that time applies to the wait and >> you could have Medicare immediately. ANY doctor that cares about you and >> recognizes that you are unable to work can file your disability. If you >> don't have one on your team that will do that for you, perhaps a disability >> lawyer can recommend one. >> >> Sorry about the tough road ahead...I relate...I have just been diagnosed >> with my third primary cancer since being diagnosed with CML three years >> ago, have had MS for 24 years and care for my husband who has brain >> damage. The best advice I can give you besides find a caring doc and a new >> lawyer is to take each day, one bite at a time. Message me any time I can >> be of help. 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