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NanaJoni · 03-05-2012, 02:17 PM

I took early social security at age 62 - was a really easy process at our local SS office. I applied a couple of months before my 62nd birthday and got my first check in December (my bd is in November). I also took early retirement from my job at a local university and our HR office was great to work with. Ended up with a net monthly income within a few dollars of what I made working. You also can work while receiving social security as long as you don't earn over a certain amount - if you go over they will take back a pretty big amount. It still gives me an option to fill in part-time at the university for a little extra money for traveling or special things. I forget what paperwork I had to take with me to file for SS but you should be able to call and find out.

03-05-2012, 02:17 PM	#2
NanaJoni Senior Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Elizabethton, TN Posts: 418	Re: Social Security benefits?? I took early social security at age 62 - was a really easy process at our local SS office. I applied a couple of months before my 62nd birthday and got my first check in December (my bd is in November). I also took early retirement from my job at a local university and our HR office was great to work with. Ended up with a net monthly income within a few dollars of what I made working. You also can work while receiving social security as long as you don't earn over a certain amount - if you go over they will take back a pretty big amount. It still gives me an option to fill in part-time at the university for a little extra money for traveling or special things. I forget what paperwork I had to take with me to file for SS but you should be able to call and find out. __________________ Joni -64 yrs old - 3/01/10: found lump in rt.breast 3/12/10: mammogram/ultrasnd/biopsy-invasive bc & DCIS; 2 tumors (2cm er-/pr-/HER2-& 1.8 cm er-/pr-/HER2+); grade 3;poorly differentiated 3/24/10:sent.node biopsy clear 3/31/10:bi-lateral mx.;atypical ductal hyperplasia-lft side 4/21/10:wound revision-infection/scarring 4/28/10:seromas both sides 5/21/10:port installed,TCH chemo (6 x 3 wks); Herc,-1yr; 33 rad tx after chemo 07/2010: port not working-2nd port didnt'work;3rd port opposite side. 07/2010: 2 weeks after 3rd port surgery, threw 3 pulm. emboli-IVC filter installed; warfarin 08/2010: hospitalizations w/3 of chemos; decision to stop after 4th-on to radiation in Oct 2010;Herc cont. 12/03/2010 - finished 33 rads Hooray!! cont. Herc. every 3 wks 4/2011 - pneumonia ??? Nope-radiation pneumonitis. No more Herc. 5/2011 - NED!!! port out. 8/2011 - clean PET & CT scans.Still NED 7/2012 - Still NED/very blessed. 2/2013 - 6 mos checkup-all clear. CA2729 down frm 13 to 11.