I just went cold turkey off the pain meds this month. Whew! What a nightmare that was!

I looked back in the paperwork, and I went to court in Dec 05, filed the appeal to the appeals council in may. I did hear from them in Oct, said I could update my file for the last time. Now waiting to hear back on decision.

My attorney told me not to file a new claim, as that would give them a reason to deny me some more just to make sure I dont get backpay. I agreed with him, as I have come along ways, about 3 1/2 years now, and could really use the backpay.

It is pretty rough living I will say that. But I have a real good attorney now, fired the first one, for letting the judge rip me up in court while she sat silent. Kinda looked like they had an agreement before hand for her to remain silent. She never let out a peep as he threw out all my medical records as evidence, and only used the ssa doc's stuff. It was totally biased, and illegal the way he handled the decision.

Hope everything works out for ya!