Hi Renee,
I'm working, but it's only a part-time job and even that is killing me.
I've been a stay-at-home dad since my wife died back in 98 and Social Security has been keeping me afloat. I take a part-time job each school year just to add a bit of extra income but as my AS has progressed, it has become more and more difficult.
SS will run out when my kids reach 19 and I don't know what I'm going to do; I'll be 47 by then and not nearly old enough to start receiving my own SS unless I get a lot worse and qualify for disability; I won't be able to receive my wife's SS until age 60 so I've got to fill 13 years!
I can't do physical work because of the toll it takes on my body and I can't take a sit-down job becuase of what sitting for long periods of time does to my body, and I can't stand for very long because of what it does to my body! What in the world am I going to do?
Sadly, I almost have to hope that I get even worse, totally fuse, am bent over like a ? just so I can get disability, otherwise, boy, what a life I have to look forward to.
Sorry to sound so glum, but wow, AS sure is a stinker!
