Re: disability group

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Disinissues

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Hi, Donna,

I am hoping that you are not facing a review of your disability, but perhaps

only of your financial qualifications.

You did not menion if you were on SSD or SSI. For the latter, they used to just

review my finances. Freaked me the first couple of times. It was all quite

routine. Hope whatever it is, yours will be routine, too.

Sorry I do not have the info you were seeking.

Adrienne Gomez

disability group

Hi folks,

I haven't posted much for a very long time as my health has been in a downward

spiral, but I have recently received a notice of disability review by Social

Security Administration, and have been trying to find the disability group

that

was formed to discuss disability concerns. I think it was/is called

disinissuances-l, or something to that effect. Does anyone know if it still

exists (couldn't find it on 's group home page), or if there is another

such group that I can subscribe to? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Donna in NC

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Hi Adrienne,

Thank you and everyone else who has answered my plea for help. I did find the

group, and hope it will help get me through this process without me

self-destructing in the process! (I don't deal with stress well these days!

LOL).

Unfortunately it is SSD, and my primary doctor has been Dr. Cheney throughout

the entire period of time they are reviewing. I hate for them to be bothering

him while he is trying to recover, but nearly all of my medical records are with

him. I'm worried that without his ability to hone in on what is precisely

needed, it will just be a long struggle. I hope I'm wrong. I also hope my

current LLMD is very good with the SSD folks.

Donna in NC

Re: disability group

> Hi, Donna,

> I am hoping that you are not facing a review of your disability, but perhaps

only of your financial qualifications.

> You did not menion if you were on SSD or SSI. For the latter, they used to

just review my finances. Freaked me the first couple of times. It was all quite

routine. Hope whatever it is, yours will be routine, too.

> Sorry I do not have the info you were seeking.

> Adrienne Gomez

[Guest guest]

Hi Donna,

I can't remember if I already wrote to you about this. If so, forgive my

fog. I am going to be forced by my employer's disability insurance to apply

for SSD. Is it possible to have Dr Cheney write a letter in support of

disability?

How are you in touch with him. I have no idea how I am going to cope with

this as organization and cognitive problems are very severe with me.

I was a University Prof. for 26 years and I now can't write a simple

sentence.

If you would prefer not to divulge your arrangement with Dr Cheney, I

understand. He has been your Doc for so long. I've thought I would write to

him at the PO box,

Wishing you Happy Holidays,

on 12-16-03 9:55 PM, Donna Pruitt at donnap@... wrote:

Hi Adrienne,

Thank you and everyone else who has answered my plea for help. I did find

the

group, and hope it will help get me through this process without me

self-destructing in the process! (I don't deal with stress well these days!

LOL).

Unfortunately it is SSD, and my primary doctor has been Dr. Cheney

throughout

the entire period of time they are reviewing. I hate for them to be

bothering

him while he is trying to recover, but nearly all of my medical records are

with

him. I'm worried that without his ability to hone in on what is precisely

needed, it will just be a long struggle. I hope I'm wrong. I also hope my

current LLMD is very good with the SSD folks.

Donna in NC

Re: disability group

> Hi, Donna,

> I am hoping that you are not facing a review of your disability, but perhaps

only of your financial qualifications.

> You did not menion if you were on SSD or SSI. For the latter, they used to

just review my finances. Freaked me the first couple of times. It was all

quite

routine. Hope whatever it is, yours will be routine, too.

> Sorry I do not have the info you were seeking.

> Adrienne Gomez

This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each

other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment

discussed here, please consult your doctor.

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm so terribly sorry to have not answered you sooner, but we went to NY for the

holidays, and I have been terribly ill. I think my slide began with finally

getting the letter from Dr. Cheney's office, and a whole series of emotional

stressors followed after that, on top of pushing the abx a bit too hard for the

amount of stress I was undergoing emotionally.

I will call you sometime. It has been very hard losing Dr. Cheney, although I

prayed for him to live above all, even if it meant not seeing patients anymore.

I think we will grieve the loss of his presence in ours lives for a long time,

as he seemed to have such a way about him.

I don't have any arrangement with him, so don't know what to offer you in

advice, although I imagine you have done something by now. did you ever contact

him? I have been debating this very thing myself. He did write my original

letter, and it was excellent. I'm not sure if it is fair or proper to ask him to

write a letter in his current state, yet he was my treating physician for the

period they are asking for, at least until the official notices went out. I am

seeing Dr. Sharp in Fort Worth now, but have no idea how well he does

disability. He does have a bike, which I didn't know when I saw him in November,

and it may be worth another flight back there just to do one again. When I saw

Dr. Cheney last November, he said I was too ill to do the bike. Still am,

but...anyway, since Dr. Cheney is listed as a treating doc, I figured I would

write the address they gave, and tell him that soc Sec will probably be

requesting records. That much holly can handle, and I don't want him surprised

when he is contacted. But I haven't decided whether to ask him to write a

letter, or whether he'd even consider doing it. I feel tacky asking him to be

honest with you, but he's the only one who really knows. What did you decide to

do, or are you still wavering like me? If you did write him, what was his reply?

Again, I'm so sorry for not answering sooner. My mind is as muddled as yours.

This is the first I've even felt competent enough to answer the very many

e-mails I have to answer yet. I know how you feel - I used to be a CPA, crunched

numbers and wrote reports and drafted financial statements and now I'm mush for

brains. It's one of the reasons I no longer post. Rarely read because I can't

understand, but I keep plugging along.

I do hope your holidays were happy ones,

Donna

Re: disability group

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> > Hi, Donna,

> > I am hoping that you are not facing a review of your disability, but perhaps

> only of your financial qualifications.

> > You did not menion if you were on SSD or SSI. For the latter, they used to

> just review my finances. Freaked me the first couple of times. It was all

> quite

> routine. Hope whatever it is, yours will be routine, too.

> > Sorry I do not have the info you were seeking.

> > Adrienne Gomez

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>

> This list is intended for patients to share personal experiences with each

> other, not to give medical advice. If you are interested in any treatment

> discussed here, please consult your doctor.

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[Guest guest]

Hi Donna.

I read of your plight with Dr. Cheney and disability and just wanted to offer a

suggestion. Perhaps you could ask Dr. Cheney's

assistant if it would be OK to ask him about a letter or if she might be able to

write one with his assistance.

I think that they would understand that you need a source of income and would

try to accomodate you. I'm sure that there will be

many others in your position and that some sort of arrangement will have to be

made. Good Luck.

Tom