The U.S. Government Accountability Office reports approximately 10,000 disability applicants die each year while awaiting a decision on their disability application.
INDIANAPOLIS — Mornings are hard for Kimberly Stiles. She takes a pill to simply help her get out of bed.
“When I wake up in the morning I feel like I have a hangover because I’m spinning,” she told 13News. “It’s just awful.”
Stiles does not drink. She hasn’t for years since she developed a medical conditionthat increases the amount of spinal fluid pressing on her brain, causing her to experience a near-constant state of dizziness and confusion. The 51-year-old Monticello resident says she can no longer work or drive or get on the floor to play with her grandchildren without her world spinning and her head hurting. Managing 16 different prescription medications is now a full-time job for Stiles, who wishes she could go back to her old job at a …