What a pain. i was too unorganized to even get a lawyer. I have copies of nothing I've sent already. I had an appointment once, but she cancelled because she was sick, and then I was a day from some deadline to turn something in and just did it myself. So I don't know, at this point it seems like as much work to get one as do it myself, as they will want all the same info i imagine. and then they take a percentage of my money. But having $0 from doing it myself and screwing it up isn't good either.What a pain! I have heard an attorney is the best way to go with disability issues (if you can afford one).
I'm dealing with a similar situation with my mother who is 80 years old and lives in a retirement home. Every year, I have to reapply for her for medicare/medicaid and provide the previous 3 months of her bank statements. This year, they say she has to pay the retirement home more than she gets in Social Security. Yeah, that makes sense.
Also i was thinking, so should I even be talking about all this, is this taboo or something? I don't have much of an internal filter. but what am i thinking, it's not like it's taco shells or pineapple pizza or something.