Cancer

Having gone through SS disability more than a decade ago, I have a pretty good idea of what's happening. You are unable to work, so you need to consider MedicAID first. Call the Department of Social Services TOMORROW.

As for SS disability; assuming your doctor has already signed a letter of disability, you need to be interviewed at the Social Security office, and THEN it will be 6 months until payments start. If you can have unemployment until then, apply for it!

FMLA only holds your job for, I think 4 months.

 

Search for your local Mason /masonic lodge call them up and ask for some advice.

 

The same here, my kids volunteer at one pantry and she said there are a lot of people who have medical conditions and they will make sure depending on what they have, they have the right food. One of the pantry workers will make sure that there is organic chicken and fish for cancer patients plus a lot of fruits and veggies.

 

I saw one guy wearing womens clothes, lipstick, jewelry. The workers at the pantry didn't pay that any attention. A couple of people were having a conversation with themselves.

 

I think just the fact we are here, is providing some help, mentally, anyway. The site should be more than rookies driving over footbridges, and why drug users can't get a job. The site has a mission of sorts, to accompany our fellow drivers in a time of need. While any monetary donations are always iffy, plenty of help out there. The trucking industry was one of the few jobs where I felt I was actually part of something. There was no rank or shame, we were all one. While that has diminished some, 5 pages tells me, we still have compassion for a fellow driver.