IME docs are the worst. I try to keep a positive attitude that they are just "doing their job" but at times it is hard to believe that they are actual doctors and I wonder how they can actually live with themselves. I have been forced to have many IME's during the course of my disease (over 8 years). One was an OB-GYN who was doing an exam for RSD, one doc offered me a positive report for certain 'favors' and a psychologist who saw me fro depression that I had to see for a second time several years later, after he wrote a report that I did not have depression, the last time told me he saw no change in my depression since he wrote the last report! Many reports, C-9s and other paperwork have been lost over the years, along with partial treatment requests (how can you have a partial surgery). This system is a joke, and when you combine it with a self-insuring employer it becomes a nightmare. I have been waiting 6 months for a decision on a SCS, and my lawyer has had to file numerous objections and other things. Well, thanks for letting me vent, I guess I must just be in a mood tonight, Thanks all Lisa