Fully Favorable

It is still sinking in.  This morning I got a call from the attorney who represented me at my hearing way back in December.  She called to congratulate me.  She also said Allsup, the company helping me, will be calling next week to go over all the details with me.  I'm really looking forward to that because then maybe I'll find out exactly when my benefits start.  I am hoping to have a start date for my medical coverage soon because just as soon as I know that date I am calling to make doctor appointment and appointment.

Reading the decision was wonderful and I cried and cried.  But part of the tears had to do with facing reality.  You know by now that I do as much as I can to ignore this situation in general.  Sometimes it is easier than others.  The decision was also so validating!  I loved it when the judge referred to me as a "credible witness" and then quoted me (for example, the quotation "elaborate pillow system").  I wish I could adequately express what that validation means to me.

I need to go to town and buy some sparkling cider so we can toast.  Here's to getting better and here's to a real life and here's to a world that suddenly seems so much bigger.