I want to share some very good news with you all. I found out a couple of days ago, that I’m being awarded disability pension. I have fought for this for three years. Some may remember a post where I was very upset, because our “friendly” neighbourhood government took everything I said, along with all the doctors reports and twisted the words, then used it against me as a reason not to grant me disability. It was to the point where if I worked I was damned, if I didn’t I was damned.
They didn’t know who they were dealing with when they did this to me. I may have had to live with that in the past, but I don’t care who they are, I do not have to put up with that anymore. I appealed their decision 3x. The third time, I went through their lies point by point and wrote out my truth and sent it to them.
I got a call the other day, saying they are recommending that I get disability. Not only that, but I won’t have to go to a hearing and fight for it any further. A part of me would like to speak my mind but… I was so braced to hear the turn down again. I had resided in my mind a while ago, that I can’t beat the Gov. If I’m not on my death-bed I won’t get disability. (I even said that to one of them when I got to talk to her a year ago) So when the very kind (Another pleasant surprise) lady on the other end of the phone gave me the news, I was shocked.
Not only was I shocked at winning, I was shocked at immediately being in tears. The tears weren’t for the reason I would have thought. The tears were for the validation I felt, after all the twisting of my words and medical history. They were for the compassion that the lady on the phone showed.
It was a wave of relief washing over me. They believed me. Just because I don’t have a visible to their eye disability, doesn’t mean I don’t have one.
For the record, this fight isn’t only because of my battle with C-PTSD, but I have a physical disability. I’ve shared it here before. If you are wondering about it, please feel free to ask.
I’m hoping to find enough time to do a post, where I write out their lies, and my response to their lies. It will hopefully help someone else in a similar battle.
I felt the right kind of justice for once, real justice. Oh on a side note, I will be getting 2 years back pay as well. I’m so grateful.
If you’re fighting for this or anything in your life, don’t give up until there’s no more options, but to let go. When it comes to the government, they bank on us giving up. The battle is long, hard and painful, they know it.
There were so many other things I was going to blog about here, but I think I’ll leave it at that for now.
There is hope!
