Re: to Christie. . .Oops... CP Form

[Guest guest]

Dear and anyone else interested in the CP Medical Assessment Form:

I posted about 3-4 weeks ago when my co-worker who handles SSI and

SSDI appeals showed me a form from the manual that attorneys use for

fighting Social Security.

This is NOT an offical Social Security form.

It also has several problems that I think PAI should address. This is

why I mentioned it and waited for response. For example, there is a

list of symptoms which includes " poor appetite with weight loss " which

isn't always the case, and if Social Security insists that CP must

cause weight loss, as is reflected elsewhere in the form, what about

many who both lose and gain weight, or who have gained a lot of

weight, or who never lose weight?

Another symptom listed is diarrhea; but not constitpation, which can

be more of a problem, don't you agree?

The form is for the doctor to fill out and send to Social Security

along with all treatment notes, lab tests, etc. If you and your

doctor fill it out together, you might get a positive result. If you

leave it to the doctor (or his receptionist, as often happens) it may

not help you as much as you'd like.

A foreseeable problem in having all your doctors fill out this form

independently is that one is liable to cancel out another. When have

doctors ever agreed on everything in your case?

I have mailed out copies of this form to anyone who has requested it

and sent me their mailing address. I'd be happy to do this.

Please let me know if there are any further question. I don't post

much, but I do read all the messages every few days.

Aloha,

Christie

(in Hawaii)

[Guest guest]

Please put something in there about the enzyme levels not changing

Please, I have been accused of not having pancreatitis because there

is no change in the level, duh this started in 1996 they don't start

at the beginning of the chart and read, and have the time it is

found at another hospital that they don't have the records from

anyway.

That is my two cents.

Atwell LPN

-- In pancreatitis , " theproteaplace " <crprotea@v...>

wrote:

> Dear and anyone else interested in the CP Medical Assessment

Form:

>

> I posted about 3-4 weeks ago when my co-worker who handles SSI and

> SSDI appeals showed me a form from the manual that attorneys use

for

> fighting Social Security.

>

> This is NOT an offical Social Security form.

>

> It also has several problems that I think PAI should address.

This is

> why I mentioned it and waited for response. For example, there is

a

> list of symptoms which includes " poor appetite with weight loss "

which

> isn't always the case, and if Social Security insists that CP must

> cause weight loss, as is reflected elsewhere in the form, what

about

> many who both lose and gain weight, or who have gained a lot of

> weight, or who never lose weight?

>

> Another symptom listed is diarrhea; but not constitpation, which

can

> be more of a problem, don't you agree?

>

> The form is for the doctor to fill out and send to Social Security

> along with all treatment notes, lab tests, etc. If you and your

> doctor fill it out together, you might get a positive result. If

you

> leave it to the doctor (or his receptionist, as often happens) it

may

> not help you as much as you'd like.

>

> A foreseeable problem in having all your doctors fill out this form

> independently is that one is liable to cancel out another. When

have

> doctors ever agreed on everything in your case?

>

> I have mailed out copies of this form to anyone who has requested

it

> and sent me their mailing address. I'd be happy to do this.

>

> Please let me know if there are any further question. I don't post

> much, but I do read all the messages every few days.

>

> Aloha,

> Christie

> (in Hawaii)