Does anyone know if, as a general rule in the USA, RA is commonly accepted
as a sufficient disability to get on the SS payout?  (stops to gripe)  My
shoulders hurt all the time my feet are getting hard to walk on, my knees
are unreliable, my fingers tire, my toes ache, my ankles hurt all the time,
my hips are unreliable, and my back seems to be tamed by MTX which makes me
sick for at least a day every week.  My elbows are fine, except for that
spot that sends agonizing pains up the forarm if you rest on it.  So,
strictly unofficially, do you think I have a chance or do I have to be
confined to a bucket or something.  I can't teach anymore.  It's too hard,
hurts too much and I'm too tired all the damn time.

I'm moving back to Illinois and buying a house where I intend to not lift a
finger in gainful employment ever again.