[MG?me]

I am 55 and have been working the last 10 years at the same job. 20 years previous I owned my own business in the same field. For 25 plus yrs of high white blood cells On and off muscle weakness, neck weakness fatigue, numbness in face, legs and hands little use of left arm after repetitive motion. Many Doctors/tests but would always get better. Some surgery cervical fusion. Until next time 2-3 yrs ago fatigue was so bad had to cut down on working to 3-4 days and work from home occasionally when it got to bad to go in. Reduced pay but my employer is a long time friend and was willing to accommodate me due to my illness. January 2011 husband gets hit by drunk driver. Long story...Lots of stress due to his medical for 18 months. (He is doing good now) Late Aug 2013 I woke and could not breath well or get around due to weakness of muscles. Many doctors later and not functioning well enough to go to work unless driven. Tested positive in Dec 2013 for MG. On mestinon 60mg 4x day and time release at night. Ivig treatment for 5 days 2 wks ago.(swallowing problems) Still weak and fatigued.
Problem .... Employer needs someone to work since I have not been able to for over a month. Now I will be unemployed but not well enough to work away from home. I need to rest every 2-3 hrs to keep functioning. So my question is since they are letting me go I'm not sure if this is an unemployment claim or disability.

[Jomar]

For unemployment you have to be able to do a job, so I think disability might be the best way to go.

We have an unemployment forum(1) as well as a disability forum (2)for more info.
1-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum30.html

2-
http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/forum28.html

[St George 2013]

Originally Posted by MG?me

I am 55 and have been working the last 10 years at the same job. 20 years previous I owned my own business in the same field. For 25 plus yrs of high white blood cells On and off muscle weakness, neck weakness fatigue, numbness in face, legs and hands little use of left arm after repetitive motion. Many Doctors/tests but would always get better. Some surgery cervical fusion. Until next time 2-3 yrs ago fatigue was so bad had to cut down on working to 3-4 days and work from home occasionally when it got to bad to go in. Reduced pay but my employer is a long time friend and was willing to accommodate me due to my illness. January 2011 husband gets hit by drunk driver. Long story...Lots of stress due to his medical for 18 months. (He is doing good now) Late Aug 2013 I woke and could not breath well or get around due to weakness of muscles. Many doctors later and not functioning well enough to go to work unless driven. Tested positive in Dec 2013 for MG. On mestinon 60mg 4x day and time release at night. Ivig treatment for 5 days 2 wks ago.(swallowing problems) Still weak and fatigued.
Problem .... Employer needs someone to work since I have not been able to for over a month. Now I will be unemployed but not well enough to work away from home. I need to rest every 2-3 hrs to keep functioning. So my question is since they are letting me go I'm not sure if this is an unemployment claim or disability.

All I can do is tell you what I did in GA......I was laid off after 26 years....got severance til May 2013.....went ahead and filed for unemployment in April after calling dept of labor and discussing with them. Within a month of filing for unemployment I had to file for disability. In GA you can actually draw unemployment while filing your disability claim. It's different in every state. If your disability is approved the state will deduct any unemployment paid from the time disability starts paying you....can't collect both at the same time. Hope that makes sense.

I have to be honest.....I knew I could not work and my dept of labor case worker knew I could not work.....I had to enter 3 job searches a week but looked for companies that had no positions open or not that I was qualified for. My previous employer had paid in unemployment insurance on me for years and had no problem with me collecting it.

Not sure this will help you but wanted to put it out there for you.

Please keep us posted.

Debi from Georgia