Hmmm,no matter what I do it's wrong

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I am partly handicapped which prevents me from getting a job outside the home.Eight years ago my husband died after 7 and a half years of marriage and we had a minor daughter.Social security then said that we could get Survivors Benefits till my daughter was 18.It was not a lot of money,but it paid the rent,a few bills and a little bit of food.I was still trying to earn some money on and off line to get us some medical insurance,get more food and a larger place to live.The rent we were paying was jusr for renting rooms in a house. Social security told me that I could not get disability till she was 18 because I was eligible for Survivors Benefits and to start the process of getting the paperwork and seeing doctors 6 months before her 18th birthday. During the month of December I was working a temporary only job for that month,which I did not get to finish because leaving there the day after Christmas I slipped on some "black" ice and broke my foot!Then in late January my daughter turned 16 and they removed me from half the Survivors Benefits money,my part because they have a new law that when a child turns 16 they do not need their parents as much anymore and they can go to work.I called social security and they said that I need to apply for disability then and according to my records I would be eligible for almost $800 a month,but I would not get it in time to pay February's rent.I filled out the paperwork and received a response that I had not earned enough money through the years for me to get disability now but I could file when I am 60(in 9 years) against my husbands earnings.I cannot do it now because we had to have been married 8 years. Plus I am not considered disabled because I have earned about $60 through the years on myLot and PTC sites.