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Old 12-21-2007, 07:01 PM
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So they absolutely think you have Sjogren's, and your EMG's are abnormal, just not wildly abnormal, so they documented the neuropathy, right?

So one way or another, it's a diagnosis? They do not think it's diabetes and they do not think your biopsy was a "false positive". This is good in case you ever have to deal with disability. I've discovered that having been to Mayo and having them make a clear diagnosis makes a good case that insurance companies are not eager to pursue in court, so they may be a bit more flexible or lenient in their decisions.

I mean, I really think it was when I sent my disability company my Mayo records that they became willing to pay me more to buy me out, and realized I was going to cost them a lot, but they'd have a hard time in court.
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--- LYME neuropathy diagnosed in 2009; considered "idiopathic" neuropathy 1996 - 2009
---s/p laminectomy and fusion L3/4/5 Feb 2006 for a synovial spinal cyst
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