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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Thanks Hopeless and finz for ur quick response :)
I've been seeing my PCP for almost 6 years. She and I have a great relationship but she WILL NOT fill out the ss forms for me. She keeps saying ss will send me to their dr's and that it's obvious I can't work. (Oh how I wish ss would send me to one of their dr's !)I did get her to put in my visit notes that I am disabled in her opinion. I also saw my onocologist and he put in his notes that due to the neuropathy I was unable to drive, grocery shop or basically leave the house. That's about as far as I got with them. They did both not that my neuropathy was caused by my diabetes and chemo treatments.
finz: My foot dr did the skin punch biopsy and the results were positive for SFN. He said my results were 0 out of a possible 15 and that it shows my feet are devoid of fibers A and C. He also went on to state that my only option at this point is to see a pain mgmt. specialist who might be able to improve my quality of daily life enough to at least let me drive and grocery shop. He put NONE of the above in his report. Said he went over the results with me and was referring me to a pain specialist. I was stunned when I got the records and called his office advising I really needed him to put in the records what we had discussed. She said the results of the test were enough for ss.
Guess that gives you an idea of what I am dealing with. My symptoms are getting worse. I now have swelling on the bottom of my feet, the numbness is worse and so is my balance. I've also noticed the hair on my legs is not growing like it was...I'm only 51 you know ?
I do not have an attorney....I did talk to an advocate locally and he put some wording for me to use on the reconsideration. Basically said it was a crap shoot. Depended on who looks at my reconsideration, how they feel that day, if they feel like I'm on the fence as far as approving they may approve if they have already denied a lot.....just on and on.
My whole life has been completely turned upside down in 1 year.....1 YEAR is all it took....crazy......lost job of 26 years, 2 months later I was having chemo that didn't end until March of this year and then BAM....a month later I couldn't walk. I say I still have chemo brain but I'm wondering whether it's the SFN working it's magic.
Thanks for coming back to me and if you read this response and have more to add please do. Neurotalk is the best thing that has happened to me this year !
Debi
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