Guest guest Posted September 17, 2006 Report Share Posted September 17, 2006 To those of you who follow my posts about (my hubby with DES), I wanted to let you know that he was officially fired from his job just over a week ago for missing time with severe spasms . In some ways this is a blessing since we felt the stress of his work was making the DES worse, but it's also depressing for him and scarey for me (I worry about our finances). We talked to some attorneys one day last week about his case. One was supposed to be the best in our area for employment issues. She said that he doesn't have a case against his company for wrongful termination (firing him because he's sick). The psychologist that has been seeing told him that he would definitely have a case against his company for worker's comp, though. He said that he has documentation that the stress from his job caused his DES to get worse, to the point that he couldn't work (not very often, anyway). We'll have to mention this to his local GI doc, too, to see if he agrees that the stress may have caused his condition to worsen. We discussed this with another attorney (who deals with those issues). He said that cases that involve stress-related illness are hard to prove. He said that it would probably take 18 mos. for a lawsuit to go through and 18-20 mos. for a Social Security Disability claim (if he chose to file for that). He said that in order for to get Unemployment payments, he would have to get a letter from a doctor saying that he is fit for work, BUT if he did that it would hurt a lawsuit for workers' comp. or a disability claim. He advised that we wait 6 weeeks and see how is feeling to determine if he could just look for another job at that point. saw his internist last week who reluctantly gave him Valium to take for the next month (it was his psychologist's idea) and also Paxil. He had told the psychologist that he kept replaying his work problems in his mind. It was definitely keeping him awake at night, too. I hate to see him spaced out on the Valium, but I'm hoping between the 2 drugs, it will help him through a tough time. In the meantime, we wait to see if things will improve enough for him to work again or if we have to pursue the lawsuit or disability claim. I will try to keep you all updated on the legal issues as it may apply to someone with A who is unable to work, as well, although the laws may vary state to state and certainly in other countries. Take care, everyone! in Michigan wife of with DES (one of the " other E motility disorders " ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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