# Stop The Presses!!!! Great News!!!! I Got My SSDI!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298 "2011-02-23T01:12:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/61 "2011-02-24T15:10:39Z")
Q, The sweetest victories are those most hard-fought. I’m glad you won, but I’m also glad that the ordeal is over. I wouldn’t wish a road that long or hard on anyone and its a victory to me to just see you on the other side of it & smiling. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/62 "2011-02-25T06:31:09Z")
Awesome news, Quasi! And I agree about the taxes thing. I had the same thing happen to me, and we spent all the money on getting me a computer for school, and then later had to deal with taxes. I was pretty young, so I don’t know exactly how it worked out. But still, I am very happy for you and “D.” ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/63 "2011-02-25T06:33:37Z")
**LM**! PM’s checked and replied to! Thank you SO MUCH for the offer and we hope to see you soon, my friend! Quasi and D ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/64 "2011-02-25T07:57:45Z")
And plus: There are SO MANY of you who are my “_forever friends_” whom I haven’t mentioned, but to do so would be to tax my poor brain to pieces, so if I haven’t said “thanks” to you in this thread, _pleeeeeeze_ let me know and I WILL correct. I _mean it_. There isn’t one of my Doper buds who wouldn’t get a hug from me if I could meet all of y’all! Our very sincere thanks to all of you for being there for us! Bill and Dondra ---
**Author:** ![Starving\_Artist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Starving\_Artist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Starving_Artist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/65 "2011-02-25T08:17:33Z")
Congratulations, **Quasi**! I’m very happy for you and Dondra both. (What does it say about me that I almost bolded Dondra’s name?) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bewildebeest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/779978/32.png) [@Bewildebeest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bewildebeest)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/66 "2011-02-26T00:49:13Z")
Glad to hear you finally got to the end of that road. I’ve gotten two payments so far, but no back pay. I sat around the SS office for an hour and a half to talk to someone. He said he contacted the payment center and "The Check is in the Mail"™. I never heard of that five months thing. Is that new? ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/67 "2011-02-26T01:33:44Z")
> [@Starving\_Artist](#): > > Congratulations, **Quasi**! I’m very happy for you and Dondra both. > > (What does it say about me that I almost bolded Dondra’s name?) 😃 That you’re a nice person. I, like many others here, feel like bolding is a courtesy. **Note to E-Sabbath** : **E,** you had asked about the problem we had with D’s disability payments (they overpaid her and want back 47K). The other thread turned into a train wreck and I asked for it to be closed It was suggested that even though she’s appealing, she should not arrange for monthly payments, because they automatically re-filed her for disability and she should wait to hear back because there may be a change. I don’t understand it, myself. She’s appealing the decision and Soc Sec switched her over to normal retirement payments, which will mean a $200.00 a month loss. **E-Sabbath** is a friend and asked a question here and I wanted to answer him. It isn’t an invitation to re-open the closed thread. Thanks Q ---
**Author:** ![Rico](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rico/32/3582_2.png) [@Rico](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rico)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/68 "2011-02-26T02:15:14Z")
Bill, that’s great news. Glad everything is looking up. Hope all else is well. Keep the chin up, my friend. Ric ---
**Author:** ![E-Sabbath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e19adc/32.png) [@E-Sabbath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-Sabbath)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2011, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298/69 "2011-02-26T15:04:02Z")
Thanks, Quasi. It just ‘vanished’ on me, and I didn’t know why, and I couldn’t remember enough to find it again. End of that. Stay safe. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-the-presses-great-news-i-got-my-ssdi/572298.md?page=3)