I'm groaning just thinking about the pain I was in the day of my ALJ hearing......getting up on little sleep, showering, getting dressed in 'decent' clothes, the ride to the train station,the jostling of the train, being approached bt pan handlers as I stood, in the dark of early morning (in a not so great section of Boston near what was called the Combat Zone) )waiting for the courthouse to open, sitting on the hard bench trying not to fall asleep, wondering if I would be too spacey during the proceedings if I took extra meds, the hearing itself wasn't too bad, but then had to walk back to the train station, more jostling on the train, waiting til my husband could pick me up when he was through with work.......it was a HORRENOUS day. I was bedbound for the next several days......

A video conference sounds much easier.

Best of luck to you