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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Georgia
Posts: 905
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Maybe I can.....
Thanks everybody.......From previous info in this thread, I'm thinking maybe I can fill out the RFC or Medical Source Statement (that is shorter) and ask Amy (my PCP) to sign it for me.
As for my insurance/financial status:
I am 51, married to Bubba and am on unemployment at this time. Hopefully I won't get any interviews cause there is NO way I could go. Hell I don't even drive unless absolutely necessary. My unemployment runs out sometime around the first week or so of 2014. It is less than a 1/3 of what I was bringing home while working but it does pay for groceries and gas. My husband works for a city as a manager and is salaried. I made a little more than him but we are basically cutting our income in 1/2. His insurance is not great but it's insurance and honestly I will go to whatever lengths and doctors to find some way to function and get approved for disability. Our house is paid off and my credit card was $0 until I had to start charging medical bill balances left after insurance. We're still ok financially.
About Amy (my PCP)....I can call her nurse at anytime for pain meds or an antibiotic if needed. She is extremely caring but I think Emory has got her and all the other dr's at the clinic running scared. Emory only took over about 2 years ago and it's been crazy since then. I probably do need a new PCP but dang it's so hard to build that relationship and trust that I have with her. She's sees my mom and daughter also and most of the people I worked with and referred to her.
Get this.....I had to see my dermatologist yesterday (been seeing him for 15 years) and asked if he knew any good pain dr's......had his nurse look up his friend and gave me his name and #.....guess what ? I call that office and they told me the dr does not see anyone from my area.....wth ? We're like 30 minutes away. He doesn't like folks in my county or what ? My dermatologist said if I had any problems getting an appointment to call him. I am going to do that just to see what the heck is going on.
Amy and my foot dr (who I've only seen 3 times) are the only dr's that I have seen that seem to give a damn about me.
I am unable to work because I cannot sit, stand or walk very far. My feet cannot touch any surface without my feet hurting to the point I cannot walk. I'm at home 99% of the time. A year ago I was on the go all the time. I tried to go grocery shopping with my daughter in law a week ago and here is how it always goes.....I went to our smallest grocery store (we live in a small town in GA) and by the time I got to the check out, I had to leave my buggy with Shana, take my sandals off (can't wear shoes), sat down on the bench and put my feet on the bench and cried like a baby I was hurting so bad. Then I paid for it the next 2 days. If I pace myself, make bed and hit the recliner, clean the toilet and sink and hit the recliner, walk the dog in our yard and hit the recliner (u get the idea) then I can make it through the day. I was only taking 1/2 a vicodin as needed but my symptoms have gotten worse and I'm taking 1/2 every 4 hours. It keeps it to about a 4 on the pain scale but it's better than 10 +. My hands don't work right anymore and I continually drop and knock things over. My balance is bad and if the neighbors did not know me they would think I was drunk while walking the dog. I bounce off the furniture in my house 
Sorry all my stuff is so long but this has been pent up in me for a year. I try not to burden the family...they have been wonderful to me.
Bring on some more thoughts, comments and suggestions please.
Debi
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