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Sherry, Make sure you have debit/credit cards issued in your name. I had POA and was using his debit card (my name was on the account - I just didn't have a card) since that was the deposit account for his disability checks. Within 2 days of his death, the banks picked up his social security...

Becca, I also remember you well and (honestly) have thought of you often. Your devotion to your husband remains admirable. My boys are older than your kiddos, but it was comforting to know others dealing with this with younger kids around. My husband passed in December 2010. We are doing ok...

I still lurk here 3 years after my husband's passing. 2 kids, 2 dogs, 3 cats and a full-time job keep me very busy.

Another thought/suggestion - check with your employer about applying for SSDI. My husband's (and mine) employer (a pretty large company) contracted with a service for the SS application process. I didn't know about it until I was told. The service did all the paperwork; I participated in a...

For what it's worth..... We also paid $20 per hour. Insurance paid for it in the beginning (about 5 months worth in 2009). In 2010, they declined and pretty much told us that his condition was about as bad as it was going to get without actually dying. They considered it "custodial care" and...

I experienced the exact same thing for months after my husband was diagnosed. I blamed stress, nerves, worrying........

I don't post much anymore, but I do lurk. My two boys (13 and 10) are also doing well. Both continue to be straight A students. The oldest is playing school baseball now instead of travel ball. They spend time with their friends. We have taken up kayaking and recently bought a camper -...

My two cents. I had the hardest time with my husband's truck. I traded it in for something smaller. Anyway - as I was sitting at the dealership starting on the paperwork for the car, I felt so sick to my stomach - I really thought I was going to throw up. There was a flood of memories of...

Just a thought from a very paranoid lives in the country me..... I tend to be pretty careful about which clerks, stores, telemarketers, etc. I inform of my (ugh) "widowed" status. I have left my husband's name on a couple of things/accounts. I don't want some nut-case knowing I'm living alone...

Another note on survivor's benefits..... I do not receive benefits for myself as I continue to work full time. My children were receiving a small amount for my late husband's disability - he passed in Dec 2010. Their disability benefits converted directly to survivor's benefits for them...