My insurance has approved my long term disability and I’ve been approved for CPP Disability as well.   What a chore to get the CPP-D paperwork in.

I got the package from my insurance to apply for the CPP-D in October along with a letter giving me about 2 weeks(or risk losing my disability) to get it filled in and back to my insurance. Thing is, I only check my mail once a week because who snail mails anymore besides the advertising flyers? and had been waiting for the package from them for over a month and never got it, then had the issues with my car and a mini vacation home and forgot about it I ended up with about 4 days to get it done and back to them so I was in a panic.  I did call them about that and they said it wouldn’t be a problem. There was pages and pages to fill out and truthfully, the instructions they give aren’t very helpful.  As it was, I sent the wrong ones to my insurance and to CPP.  I sent the right ones after a couple of phone calls.

I got another call from CPP this week saying they didn’t get some of them.  I filled them out AGAIN(19 pages) and took them to the local office today to have them send it to Victoria.  The local office tells me there’s a package for “terminal” disability that is about half as long that I could have filled out.  Really??

I got another call from CPP today saying they got the package but it’s missing the Dr’s section.  I was told by my insurance that I didn’t need to get that part filled.  Apparently my insurance is wrong. She says it isn’t the first time she’s heard this.  No matter, because the lady at CPP “gets it” she’s going to approve me anyway.  Chances are, the Dr’s section has never been filled out-I didn’t take it to him-so it won’t show up on their desk and stop the process of me getting CPP.

Stress IS a factor on my pain level.  My hip hurts today and I feel like crap.  Having to explain over and over again what’s going on with me is also stressful.  Most people don’t know what “metastatic” means so when I tell them it’s terminal their whole demeanor changes toward me.  That’s what I don’t want happening.