Guest guest Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Again, I would make appointments and talk to each doctor. Don't worry that you are being a " bother " ---it is your livelihood at stake! YES--you tell your doctors all of those things--how long you lie in bed, how much pain you are in...etc.etc. I would never " let things just happen " .....but, that just isn't in my nature! Plus, I know how attorneys can let things fall through the cracks. You are not seeing them to make sure that they fill out the paperwork----you are seeing them to give them the INFO to fill out the paperwork! Lynn ________________________________ Subject: Re: Work? SSDI NOTES By chance, I just found out that the lawyers sent out PCE (physical capacity evaluation) to a couple of doctors. The lawyer and her staff already think I am micromanaging things, and told me explicitly NOT to follow up with the doctors. But I don't want my forms to slip through the cracks, or just be filled out without proper significance of my limitations. Unfortunately, the PCE is biased toward physical work, which I can do--when I am awake. So every answer is: " It depends. " And I don't know how a doctor would write in something like " She can lift 20 lbs, but if she is fatigued and sleep-deprived, she'll knock things over and drop things " I don't think that is a valid answer, and if it shows up on all the questions, I assume the doctor will look " coached " by me, even if it's all true! I would actually present better to a judge on a Mental RFC form, but I know those are for pdocs, not internists and general physicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 10, 2012 Report Share Posted August 10, 2012 Doesn't sound as though the psych is going to be of any help--I had been seeing mine for meds for a few years---on a regular basis...and he knew how much pain, stress, distress that I was in and that the stress of work was perpetuating all of the symptoms... Lynn ________________________________ Subject: Re: Work? SSDI NOTES I have been to my sleep doctor--the primary doc that my case is built on--but I have other problems there, because I ran out of money to pay his co-pays (even though I have insurance) and he wont see me anymore. (He did some expensive tests for me which jacked up my co-insurance ) I went to a rheumy, who is in the same medical center as my pulmo, ent and internist. They all worked with me for my fatigue/shortness of breath/chest constriction symptoms, but I saw like 10 doctors (ents, pulmos....big practice) and no one is a point person, except the internist I guess. Oddly, when I saw the rheumy ( a few days ago--after waiting months) she just said, " You have fibro, just like the other docs said. " Huh. I thought the other docs said I " Probably have fibro/cfs " and I was hoping for confirmation. I guess I got my confirmation, but she didn't seem to think this was a new diagnosis. I didn't want to flood her with disability pleas on the first visit, but I don't have a lot of time, so I did ask, " who do I go to for paperwork? " , and she basically said, 'well your fibro is mild (which I know) and there isn't one doctor here who can speak to your fatigue, since you went to them just for your chronic cough. " My chronic cough, which CAUSED my fibro/cfs! Grrr. It's like nobody but me connected the dots. Or I am just crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 11, 2012 Report Share Posted August 11, 2012 Olnisa, I agree completely with Lynn. absolutely! :-) Re: Work? SSDI NOTES Again, I would make appointments and talk to each doctor. ?Don't worry that you are being a " bother " ---it is your?livelihood?at stake! ?YES--you tell your doctors all of those things--how long you lie in bed, how much pain you are in...etc.etc. I would never " let things just happen " .....but, that just isn't in my nature! ?Plus, I know how attorneys can let things fall through the cracks. ?You are not seeing them to make sure that they fill out the paperwork----you are seeing them to give them the INFO to fill out the paperwork! Lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Somebody once told me to pose this question when asked about good and bad days and why I couldn't work . . . . " Would you hire me if I could only make it to work on my good days, whenever they might be? " Rita > > > Also, when your bad days vary so wildly from your good days...and you > don't know when either one will happen... How do you answer? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Somebody once told me to pose this question when asked about good and bad days and why I couldn't work . . . . " Would you hire me if I could only make it to work on my good days, whenever they might be? " Rita > > > Also, when your bad days vary so wildly from your good days...and you > don't know when either one will happen... How do you answer? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 28, 2012 Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 Somebody once told me to pose this question when asked about good and bad days and why I couldn't work . . . . " Would you hire me if I could only make it to work on my good days, whenever they might be? " Rita > > > Also, when your bad days vary so wildly from your good days...and you > don't know when either one will happen... How do you answer? > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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