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Alright. I've had a consultation with my Lawyer and there's...not good news. At this stage in the Disability process, he can't submit new evidence. I need new evidence to prove I'm disabled. What's nice is that my Lawyer has stated unequivicably that he personally believes that I AM. It's just a matter of proving it beyond a shadow of a doubt by the law's definition of disabled.

Pain is subjective - without any visual proof to show that I'm experiencing the kind of pain that I am, they can't let the Disability go through legally. And the two year old x-rays I have, while they show my conditions, they don't show the kind of degeneration that would equal the kind of pain I have now because, as degenerative conditions do, it's gotten much worse in the last two years.

So...my Lawyer counciled me to let this appeal go - there's nothing he can do. Focus on getting new images made in the next month, and reapply on January 12th, next year. So I have until January 12th to get new X-rays, an MRI, and maybe even a CT Scan of my spine.

On top of that, I've developed a large, bulbus, swollen lump on my right thigh, just above the bend of my knee. My doctor wants an x-ray of it to see if it's just fluid filled or what, and depending on what they find, I may be hospitalized so it can be excised or drained. If it's fluid or blood filled, they'll be sending me to the hospital right from the place I get my x-rays.

All of these proceedures are expensive, and the financial situation I'm in just keeps getting worse. The first-of-the-month bills are coming, and my end-of-month bills are HERE. The holidays? I can't do anything for them, one way or another. I'm so utterly broke that my wife and I have been subsisting on crackers for the last few days, trying desperately to make it through to January 5th when my foodstamp card refills with grocery money.

On top of that, a fucking TREE fell on our driveway in the recent storm, and we had to pay $500 to have it removed. That was EVERYTHING we had saved up for the rest of this year, and everything people had donated so far - but it was either remove it, or be trapped in the house and unable to make it to medical appointments, delaying things even further. So we had to have it removed.

Please, everyone...I know I've said this before, but...I'm desperate. I need as much money as I can get together just to make sure I can make it through the rest of the year. Please...if there's anything you can send my way, please do. I'll be eternally grateful. I am open for commissions, but due to the severity of the worsening nerve damage in my hands, it takes me a very, very long time to do any real artwork.

Thank you all.

PAYPAL: Tigerwolf.2[at]gmail.com