I hope that Mayo can help you. I guess my biggest worry is not being able to work. We have gone from having tenure to having yearly contracts and now to being employed without contracts. Basically, I could be fired instantly (as could anybody where I work). Sure, I could sue them, but what a mess. I haven't told them about my problems. I have had people comment that I am limping on occasion. I actually have lied several times telling people that they were observing and old horseback injury. If my boss cornered me up and demanded explanations like yours did, I would break down crying.

I guess that you have to figure out whether you are better off fighting the battle to stay at work or try to go on disability. I hope that you can make good decisions based on what you find out at Mayo.