Re: stress on RA & Fibro--Dennis

[Guest guest]

Dennis, I can understand what you went through!! My boss thinks

that because there are no outward deformaties and " arthritis is

arthritis " that there is nothing wrong with me and I should just get

over it!! And she's a nurse!! I told her that I count myself

fortunate to not have any deformaties, though I do have joint

changes. She wont let me use my crutch when i need to or even a

cane. She is just an idiot. I actually had a resident doctor come

in and give the department an inservice on RA. She didn't give me

any trouble after that!! Why do people have to be SOOOO ignorant to

what they don't know or understand? <sigh>....Marina

[Guest guest]

Dennis, I can understand what you went through!! My boss thinks

that because there are no outward deformaties and " arthritis is

arthritis " that there is nothing wrong with me and I should just get

over it!! And she's a nurse!! I told her that I count myself

fortunate to not have any deformaties, though I do have joint

changes. She wont let me use my crutch when i need to or even a

cane. She is just an idiot. I actually had a resident doctor come

in and give the department an inservice on RA. She didn't give me

any trouble after that!! Why do people have to be SOOOO ignorant to

what they don't know or understand? <sigh>....Marina

[Guest guest]

One thing you have going for you now is the ADA. When I had my trouble with

the company in 1990, the ADA instructions said, " if you have contracts with

the federal government and have more than 25 employees, you MUST accomodate

that employee and spend up to $2500, if you want to. " ! Today, that's a moot

point because of the history and past record of RA patients. Back then the

'handicap' tag was questionable for RA sufferers, but not now. It would be

nice to roll time back and carry the new laws with us. " )

They really messed up when I finally put in a claim for disability payments

on my little truck. I had been making payments after being laid off before I

remembered that insurance. The insurance company sent me the forms to

complete and I took them to Human Relations (an oxymoron) to have them

filled out. The lady I talked to was going to pull my file but I was in a

hurry and told her the info. She signed the forms and I sent them in. The

next time, 3 months later, the man that I had delt with said I had no

disability at all. The insurance company rep fixed his wagon, so I was told,

and I never heard from any of them after that.

Dennis

[ ] Re: stress on RA & Fibro--Dennis

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> Dennis, I can understand what you went through!! My boss thinks

> that because there are no outward deformaties and " arthritis is

> arthritis " that there is nothing wrong with me and I should just get

> over it!! And she's a nurse!! I told her that I count myself

> fortunate to not have any deformaties, though I do have joint

> changes. She wont let me use my crutch when i need to or even a

> cane. She is just an idiot. I actually had a resident doctor come

> in and give the department an inservice on RA. She didn't give me

> any trouble after that!! Why do people have to be SOOOO ignorant to

> what they don't know or understand? <sigh>....Marina

>

[Guest guest]

One thing you have going for you now is the ADA. When I had my trouble with

the company in 1990, the ADA instructions said, " if you have contracts with

the federal government and have more than 25 employees, you MUST accomodate

that employee and spend up to $2500, if you want to. " ! Today, that's a moot

point because of the history and past record of RA patients. Back then the

'handicap' tag was questionable for RA sufferers, but not now. It would be

nice to roll time back and carry the new laws with us. " )

They really messed up when I finally put in a claim for disability payments

on my little truck. I had been making payments after being laid off before I

remembered that insurance. The insurance company sent me the forms to

complete and I took them to Human Relations (an oxymoron) to have them

filled out. The lady I talked to was going to pull my file but I was in a

hurry and told her the info. She signed the forms and I sent them in. The

next time, 3 months later, the man that I had delt with said I had no

disability at all. The insurance company rep fixed his wagon, so I was told,

and I never heard from any of them after that.

Dennis

[ ] Re: stress on RA & Fibro--Dennis

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>

> Dennis, I can understand what you went through!! My boss thinks

> that because there are no outward deformaties and " arthritis is

> arthritis " that there is nothing wrong with me and I should just get

> over it!! And she's a nurse!! I told her that I count myself

> fortunate to not have any deformaties, though I do have joint

> changes. She wont let me use my crutch when i need to or even a

> cane. She is just an idiot. I actually had a resident doctor come

> in and give the department an inservice on RA. She didn't give me

> any trouble after that!! Why do people have to be SOOOO ignorant to

> what they don't know or understand? <sigh>....Marina

>