Yesterday my friend from church loaned me her car so I could go to my court hearing. It felt amazing sitting behind the steering wheel once again, I turned the stereo on to my favorite classical station and just relaxed as I drove out of town to my hearing. I was a tad bit anxious but then as I was listening to the soothing music it seemed to disappear. I arrived early so that my lawyer and I could talk for awhile. Just kind of keeping myself calm and saying a prayer to myself. Finally it was time to begin. There was plenty of documented proof that I did inform the Ontario Disability Support Program about my husbands death back in 2007 as it was recorded in the documents ODSP submitted to my lawyer. It was there written in black and white of my visits to the office my reporting my husbands death and the amount of money CPP was paying me monthly. ODSP couldnt refute that fact and admitted it to be so. They wanted to know if I was willing to make any return payments to them and my lawyer said absolutely not, You paid her for six years and it took you another year and a half to realize the error and you expect her to pay you back nearly 19 and half thousand dollars. Where do you expect her to get it from? Why did it take you all these years to realize it when she reported it? Terry lives way below the poverty level. They couldnt answer and there was total silence. My lawyer asked me to sign a document for ODSP to pay her for her services to me as well. She also reiterated the stress and anxiety this caused me and made me so sick for the past several months, that I had to have Electric Shock Treatment. and a change in Anti depressants. Again total silence. My lawyer said you have caused Terry so much grief that it has caused a tremendous strain and illness that she wasnt able to visit her sister for the summer. Silence again. They said that they were sorry. My lawyer says are you ready to let this come to a conclusion. They said no. It will go before the Supreme Court of Canada if they cant accept my choice not to pay back the money. Therefore another date has been set for October 30th my lawyer said after the session that they know they are at fault and know that they will lose. They are merely prolonging it. The number of times for which they remained silent and couldnt answer because everything is written down in documents has them worried. They even admitted it and realize it. My lawyer said it is win win situation for me. In fact because of the tremendous amount of illness I have suffered on account of this I believe I can turn around a request damages for the anguish and suffering they have put me through including the Electric Shock Therapy. I came away from the session feeling so relieved it was as if a ton bricks were lifted off of my shoulders. If we have to go back in October. The Supreme Court of Canada will not render a verdict until sometime in Jan or Feb but it is hoped that they will get it done by late fall. So this is where my case is at. I just have to let things ride for now. We told them I will be out west in December and hope a ruling is reached before I go. When I left I was thanking God that finally after months and months of sickness I feel I can now begin on a mental and emotional level start feeling better. I have discontinued the Electric Shock Therapy as it is quite scary and I couldnt handle it. I can always be thankful to God for his strength because without it I surely wouldnt have come this far with out His help. I havent shared this part of how it affected me because I didnt want people to feel sorry for me. I just talk quite a bit God about everything. I put all my faith and trust in Him and pray for His support and strength. I did share it with a few persons privately those whom I knew could understand my pain. I want to thank them for being so supportive of my moments of brief insanity as it were. To my priests and my wonderful sister. Thank you heavenly Father for getting me through to this point and the rest of it to come.
Posted on: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 01:39:57 +0000