I have an appointment with my family doctor this afternoon, but before I get ready to leave I want to do the preparations for tonight's supper so that I don't have much to do later. ;o)
Be back tomorrow! Take care, everyone!
Gemini
- I am working on my new application for Disability too, so if my doctor has all the reports from the specialist and the hospital then everything is ready to go for the medical reports. Otherwise I'll have to wait another week or so before I can send the application out.
While at the doctor's the other day he told me he has all the information from the specialist, so I am using this week to check and double check all the application forms for Disability and bringing the medical one with me next Tuesday for my next appointment which will be *just* about the application.
Apparently all the ultrasound scans that my doctor had ordered to see if we could pinpoint what is causing the massive stomach cramps (thinking for sure that it was my gallbladder acting up over all these years) showed absolutely nothing at all... confusing, but relieved that all is clear. I asked him if there is nothing showing up on the ultrasound then what is causing all the massive stomach cramps that reach the point where I am throwing up most of the night? He said "It could be all the acid that you get considering that the specialist found that you have Barrett's Esophagus. By the way, Barrett's is bad inflamation that *could* become cancer if not monitored carefully, so you *will* be monitored... that way if it does change it can be caught right away. So don't worry, the biopsy was clear." I was surprised that he thought it was the acid in my esophagus and said "But the pains are down here!" pointing to where I assumed my stomach is... he smiled and said "Your esophagus is lower than you think it is."
I'll be thinking of you on Tues. and that even if it's just about the application, that they will finally wake up and know that you should be on disablity. I've also sent you an offlist note about GERD.
Oh my family doctor is the first person who told me that I should and need to be on Disability... we just have to get together about the application to make sure it is filled in "in full detail" this time around so there are no loop-holes for the people at disability to find and say "Oh she's that bad and doesn't need to receive Disability". I don't think so... not THIS time!
The lawyers and also the people at social assistance (Ontario Works) have told me to make sure that we (the doctor and myself) detail absolutely
*every* medical problem that I have, even if it has nothing whatsoever to do with the Fibromyalgia, Degenerative Disc Disease, or even the OsteoArthritis... that way the people at disability can see EVERYTHING that is medically wrong with me and they should have no problem at all with approving me. Okay, that's the hope for doing it in detail anyway... what they will actually do could be the complete opposite... but if they turn me down again even with all the detail that is going into this application, the lawyers will have a field day with them when they appeal it for me.
I wish you the best. I had the opposite problem -- my doctor would not complete the simplest form but where I worked was totally on my side. Eventually my workplace let me retire early. It was only six months so there was only a very small deduction from my pension. Early retirement is great. Just not having to commute 2+ hrs a day (only 26 miles each way but lots of traffic) has made a big difference in how I feel. Again, best wishes. Shana
Thank you, Shana! Wow, I'm sorry that you had such problems with your doctor. I have heard that some doctors are like that and refuse to fill out forms, even if it would be beneficial to their patients. Thankfully my doctor isn't like that, and he's known me for over 30 years too... which likely helps a great deal.
Good that your workplace let you retire early and that you didn't lose a lot from your pension for doing so. I know what you mean about commuting... even though it isn't far to the nearby city, there are some days when I really can't handle it at all... actually on those days I can barely get up off the sofa. That sounds so lazy when I read it back... but really it's not, it's due to pain mostly and sometimes to the chronic fatigue syndrome.
I couldn't agree more, early retirment is the best thing. I retired in
1998 and haven't missed the work at all. I also got a good pension to leave, not because of any illness, just that I had worked 25 years and turned 55 and I told them either give me something or I'll leave without a notice. LOL
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