Hi LLT,

A "problem" that I see Social Security having with your case/application is that you are not on any meds. If your biggest complaint is fatigue and then pain, it would be odd for your medical team to find those issues severe enough to cause permanent disability and yet not be severe enough to warrant treatment with medications that could help those symptoms.

That could be consistent with your thoughts about waiting until you were sure about what your doctors were thinking before starting this process. Perhaps they will have more to offer to you for those symptoms when you are done nursing your child. With all of the stressors going on within your body, the added stresses of nursing and caring for a young child may be causing a worsening of symptoms that could show some improvement as your child grows and isn't as physically demanding of you. It may be too soon to tell how you will be able to function in the future, especially after recent TOS surgery.

Those who pushed for you to apply for benefits sooner rather than later may have been concerned for you that the more time that passes since you were able to work FT, the less your eventual benefits would be.

Have you been checking out the TOS and fibro forums here too ? I'm a "lucky" member of both of those "clubs" too, but just don't have the time/energy to keep up with all the forums here that "fit"