Tonya,
I may be wrong but we were told by SSI that they would not pay while he was still receiving a paycheck.The timeline of 5 months starts from the day he was diagnosed. Is it private disability insurance that he has? We had taken out AM/EX disability insurance but they would not pay out for 6 months because it had not quite been 2 years between taking out the policy and my husband becoming sick. Not that I remember the agent telling us that when selling us the policy!! If he has the type of job that is not too strenuous maybe he WILL be able to go back, even part time.
Good luck
Marica

Caregiver to husband Pete, Dx 4/03 SCC Base of Tongue Stage IV. Chemo /Rad no surgery. Treatment finished 8/03. Doing great!