Hello all! I have actually been going through the many posts here attempting to find the answer, but alas I'm still confused as ever.

I applied for SSDI in May and happened to check on the status yesterday, which to my surprise it states a check was cut a day ago. I've not received a letter or anything, but it shows up as payments will be on or around date etc. My question is after reading my benefit letter (which didn't say much except the amount for the month) it states the check that is coming is for November 2017 so does that mean I will get another one this month for December? I'm just really confused right now about how payments go. I did read the bottom where it states payments for the previous month are given in the next, but if I am receiving a payment from November 2017 would that mean I am going to continue receiving payments as if it was a normal schedule? Ex. November 1st, Dec 1st, Jan 1st and so on? I apologize in advance for my weird and probably obvious question, but I am just really in shock and confused about everything.