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Rhonda,
I'm sorry to say but this is the way social security works. You must be disabled for 24 months until you qualify for Medicare. Also when you get approved for social security benefits you never do get paid for the first six months of your disability. I guess they think we all have money stashed away in our mattress that we can live on.
If I were you I'd check to see if there are any local or state agencies that you can apply to for assistance. I don't think that those programs would affect your social secuirty benefits.
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Kate
Stage IIIC Diagnosed Oct 25, 2005 (age 58)
ER/PR-, HER2+++, grade 3, Ploidy/DNA index: Aneuploid/1.61, S-phase: 24.2%
Neoadjunct chemo: 4 A/C; 4 Taxatore
Bilateral mastectomy June 8, 2006
14 of 26 nodes positive
Herceptin June 22, 2006 - April 20, 2007
Radiation (X35) July 24-September 11, 2006
BRCA1/BRCA2 negative
Stage IV lung mets July 13, 2007 - TCH
Single brain met - August 6, 2007 -CyberKnife
Oct 2007 - clear brain MRI and lung mets shrinking.
March 2008 lung met progression, brain still clear - begin Tykerb/Xeloda/Ixempra
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