RE: Re: Disability-Mad

[Guest guest]

Madeline, I will do everything I know to do to send you all the luck. Please

don't be nervous, relax with this process it might help the process go

easier, if you stay worried that something bad will happen than you won't

see the positive that is happening so try your hardest to see it as a

positive. And this is the longest you've been between hospital stays and you

seem to finally be getting somewhere from going to that hospital down in

Florida. All I can do is PRAY for ya right now to give you the strength to

see the positive in what's to come!

Terry

Head Coach to the Chaney Bull Dogs

I know God will not give me anything I can't handle. I just wish that He

didn't trust me so much. ~Mother

Teddy Bear's Early Learning Program

Established August of 1992

Re: Disability

I am going to start talking to the Workers Comp people about some possible

retraining. I had an appointment this morning with my asthma specialist,

and one of the WC nurses was with me. She asked him all the normal

questions.... any clinical improvement and so forth. She also asked him

when he thought that I might return to work, and he told her that he doubted

that I could ever return to a typical 8-5 office situation. She asked him

about working from home, and his response was that we would have to see. He

would talk to her about it in another 4-6 months or so. After we see if I

am going to be able to get off this prednisone, and then after all the

Cushings symptoms had completely disappeared. From what I understand it can

take up to a year to reverse the Cushings after completely stopping the

prednisone.

We are going to start the step-down next week. So everyone cross your

fingers, say a prayer, light a candle (whatever you do - I'll take it all).

I am really nervous about the stepdown. Although it will be very very very

slow. He said only about 5 mg a week for the first week or two. I know the

prednisone is slowly killing me (causing a host of other health problems),

but at least I am breathing. Been out of the hospital now since August 31.

That seems to be a major miracle in and of itself!

I agree with you about the IT. LOL! Hardly seems near as stressful as the

jail! My husband was a jailer when we were dating. So, I know how

stressful that type of environment can be.

Madeline

> >

> > Just a quick question. My doctor changed my meds to Zyflo (2x/day),

> > (Xopenex 3-4x/day), Symbicort (2x/day) and Albueterol (4xper day or

> > more as needed). If this regimen does not work, then I will add

Xolair

> > 1x/month. If that does not work, it is vocational rehab to get me

into

> > a job that may allow me to continue to work. Has anyone gone through

> > the evaluation process in order to qualify for retraining? At 50yo,

> > I see myself much too young for disability and want to stave off

> > work changes etc as long as I can. I am a Mental Health Counselor

> > and manage a drug/alcohol program in a prison. The environment is

> > dirty and whenever someone comes in with a virus, the entire prison

> > gets

it.

> > If it involves the lungs, I am the first stop. OK, so it was not so

> > short, sorry. Your thoughts are appreciated, though.

> >

> > Mike

> >

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