Re: [) disability... help

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hi girls

I have been talking aobut the disability issue the last few days and still have some questions/concerns. I have an appt w/ my rhuemmy tomorrow morning and I am pretty sure he will agree and write a letter for me but does anyone know about who the letter needs to come from? Is there anyhting else I should do - just get him to draft a letter and give it to my boss? you guys have probably already answered me but my brain fog is terrible and I guess I am just wanting to double check so I get it all straight before I forget something. I know how insurance companies work and I am scared if I get a letter from him to my employer saying that I need to go on disability that it may not be good enough for them. he is the specialist for my problems, i guess - the fibromyalgia and cfs so maybe that would be good enough-I am probably just rambling here but I am scared. I have never dealt with this before and want to make sure I cover all of the bases. I know I needs to take off - at least for a few months to get rest and try to get the CFS under control. That and the brain fog have been soooo very bad lately. Now I have started bumping into walls and having dizzy spells in addition to the stiff finger thing. the dizzyness is really scaring me. My job is very high stress and demanding and trying to manage that and a two year old is hard enough without being sick. I just don't think I can do it anymore - sometimes I think I am going crazy. I can't think straight or make a decision and my headaches are worse than ever. I think all of the sress is making it worse. I don't know how we will make it if I can't qualify for disability but my hubby is all for it. He wants me to quit and get some rest - he says we will manage but it is still scary. I have never been without a job/income since I was eighteen. any more advice would really be appreciated as I am seeing him tomorrow at 9. I also have an appt w/ the pain mgt doctor tomorrow afternoon so I took a vacation day. It probably wouldn't hurt for me to try to get an appt w/ a therapist also as my depression has been getting bad the last few weeks. I am crying all of the time now - the smallest things will set me off. maybe it is just the nerves...

thanks everyone

love

shari

[Guest guest]

Colleen, that's awesome. I'll apply and when I'm turned down I'll go

right to a lawyer. I'm going to do it this weekend. I think I can

do it on-line, can't I? I'm so tired of stressing out over money.

Thanks!

Pam

> hi girls

>

> I have been talking aobut the disability issue the last few days

and still

> have some questions/concerns. I have an appt w/ my rhuemmy

tomorrow morning

> and I am pretty sure he will agree and write a letter for me but

does anyone

> know about who the letter needs to come from? Is there anyhting

else I

> should do - just get him to draft a letter and give it to my boss?

you guys

> have probably already answered me but my brain fog is terrible and

I guess I

> am just wanting to double check so I get it all straight before I

forget

> something. I know how insurance companies work and I am scared if I

get a

> letter from him to my employer saying that I need to go on

disability that

> it may not be good enough for them. he is the specialist for my

problems, i

> guess - the fibromyalgia and cfs so maybe that would be good enough-

I am

> probably just rambling here but I am scared. I have never dealt

with this

> before and want to make sure I cover all of the bases. I know I

needs to

> take off - at least for a few months to get rest and try to get the

CFS

> under control. That and the brain fog have been soooo very bad

lately. Now

> I have started bumping into walls and having dizzy spells in

addition to the

> stiff finger thing. the dizzyness is really scaring me. My job is

very high

> stress and demanding and trying to manage that and a two year old

is hard

> enough without being sick. I just don't think I can do it anymore -

> sometimes I think I am going crazy. I can't think straight or make

a

> decision and my headaches are worse than ever. I think all of the

sress is

> making it worse. I don't know how we will make it if I can't

qualify for

> disability but my hubby is all for it. He wants me to quit and get

some

> rest - he says we will manage but it is still scary. I have never

been

> without a job/income since I was eighteen. any more advice would

really be

> appreciated as I am seeing him tomorrow at 9. I also have an appt

w/ the

> pain mgt doctor tomorrow afternoon so I took a vacation day. It

probably

> wouldn't hurt for me to try to get an appt w/ a therapist also as my

> depression has been getting bad the last few weeks. I am crying

all of the

> time now - the smallest things will set me off. maybe it is just

the

> nerves...

> thanks everyone

> love

> shari

>

>