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Originally Posted by bobmar2
I am new to this forum, though I have had Idiopathic PN for about 6 years. I read the earlier post regarding employment, but my question differs slightly and I did not want to confound the earlier thread.  I have been working for many years in a specialized field, in which my college education focused on. In the past year my symptoms got markedly worse and my neuro strongly advised perm disability. But I continued on for 10 months. After 3 hospitalizations, my employer is pushing me out the door (and some of their reasoning is valid).
I find myself at a crossroad, as I cannot decide whether I should start at a whole new profession, or accept my increasingly disabling symptoms and go on disability.
I would be very open to hearing from others who were once in my situation, and learn how you decided what to do. Thank you
bob |
I just got laid off a couple of weeks ago. I am going to have to suck it up big time to be able to make a commute and hold a job down. And I have a girlfriend that has a six-figure job and is complaining about the length of time it takes to buy a new house.
I have looked into disability, and from what I understand, and I may be wrong, it takes at least a year, even two before a determination is made and benefits paid. I'm not sure how much you can get off of a disability claim. I am afraid I will have to eat dog food if this PN gets bad enough. And I don't think I'm being dramatic.
Bruce