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kk1 · 06-18-2009, 07:40 AM

Hi Pam;

You may not be able to make this work so that you are getting more than 2/3 of your salary. In most cases your employer private disability will subtract what ever you get from social security from what they have to pay you. Private insurance often subtracts any part time work you do from the amount they pay you also. That is t say you are only ever guaranteed 2/3 of your salary, if you take any form of payment from soc sec disability, ssdi or work nominal part time they reduce your benefit by the amount you receive from other source.

That's how it works for me anyway.....maybe your private insurance is different but I would double check. This is also why they usually require you to apply for SSDI right away....so that if you qualify they can pay less.

06-18-2009, 07:40 AM	#6
kk1 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 182	Hi Pam; You may not be able to make this work so that you are getting more than 2/3 of your salary. In most cases your employer private disability will subtract what ever you get from social security from what they have to pay you. Private insurance often subtracts any part time work you do from the amount they pay you also. That is t say you are only ever guaranteed 2/3 of your salary, if you take any form of payment from soc sec disability, ssdi or work nominal part time they reduce your benefit by the amount you receive from other source. That's how it works for me anyway.....maybe your private insurance is different but I would double check. This is also why they usually require you to apply for SSDI right away....so that if you qualify they can pay less. __________________ KK1 April 2004 de novo metastatic left breast 1.5cm her2++,er+/pr+ with 2 small liver mets weekly taxotere,herceptin, xeloda Sept 2004 NED-3 herceptin, zoladex,aromasin Dec 2006 recurrence in liver Feb. 2007 liver resection left lobe removed-herceptin, zoladex, switch to Arimidex NED 16 months added zometa May 2008 new lesion in liver 15mm Tykerb/Xeloda/Herceptin July 2008 stable...yeah! Sept 2008 NED again !!! Jan 2009 fell off the wagon again spot back in the liver and fell out of menopause. Feb 2009 RFA and 2nd liver resection to remove spot ---back on the NED wagon again continue Tykerb, Herceptin. March 2009- oophrectomy added Femara and bi-annual Zometa May 2009- scans clear but suspect lung nodule June 2009- Lung VAT wedge resection to remove nodule---fungus ball not cancer!! phew Aug 2009- NED Nov 2009-scans again clear YAHOO! March 2010- scans clear continue Tykerb, Herceptin, Femara, Zometa Q6mo Nov 2009-Nov 2019 scans clear done every 6 months Feb 2020 - Fell out of the NED wagon hard! single liver lesions and large infect cyst. 3 weeks in ICU. March 2021- 5 cycles perjeta, herceptin, navelbine. lesion stable. June 2021 - 3rd liver resection to remove single liver lesion. Continued perjeta, herceptin. Nov. 2021- PET scan show 5 hot nodes near liver. 9 cycles Kadcyla June 2021- PET scan shows progression. nodes size unchanged but even more SUV uptake. July 2021- start ENHERTU Last edited by kk1; 06-18-2009 at 07:43 AM..