Just got off the phone. The papers for me to start the appeal process are being mailed to me (EDIT: I forgot to mention: I was told it's going to take FIFTEEN days for the appeal paperwork to get to me!), and my local office (which isn't really local, it's about 2 hours away) is going to send me a list of some possible representatives for it. Whether I'll use one of theirs or find my own will depend on what's offered, I suppose.

I did discover, however that, beyond my benefit stop date as indicated by the letter that was sent to me, (2/28/23) the only way to continue my benefits, even during the appeal, is either send a letter to or visit the above mentioned office within the next 15 days. The problem there is if I do it, and it's determined I've LOST the appeal, I would have to pay back every cent of what's been given to me. And, with no way to make money otherwise, I'm not exactly sure how I would do that in the first place, so I think my only option there is to just let my benefits drop. I just have to pray thing get handled, with a positive outcome, before that point. I'd rather not risk putting myself in debt trying to save my SSI. The last thing I need after losing my SSI is to also owe money, so yeah, if things don't work out before the end of March, that's it.

Anyway, my next step, as it currently stands, it to get those appeal papers signed and send them in, so I can get things started. I just have to hope and pray I get lucky enough that things work out for me.