My neuro was also glad it wasn't MS. When I asked what difference it made (I was really new to TM then), he answered that MS is usually progressive and TM is usually a one time attack. He has ordered three brain MRI's in the past two years to rule out MS. He would have started me on the MS drugs if needed. Patti - Michigan
---- ROGER C PRATT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > She somehow thinks that MS is worse. Got me??????? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Sharon Marsden > To: ROGER C PRATT ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: tmic > Sent: Sunday, April 16, 2006 4:01 PM > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Chiro > > > Great information. Thanks to Roger and to Terese! > > Roger, why did you say "Mine is just relieved that this isn't MS"? > > Sharon > TM 1997 to MS 1998 > > ROGER C PRATT <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My wife works for Social Security and she says: > > Hi Sally, As a disability claims representative, I can tell you that > there is absolutely no SSA law saying that you must wait a whole year to > reapply for benefits, after you found you were unable to go back to work. I > don't know where you got that idea from, but we SSA employees find that there > is a lot of misinformation circulating by word of mouth. Keep in mind that > SSDI refers to benefits for people that have worked 5 out of the last 10 > years prior to becoming ill, and SSI refers to social security's welfare > program for people who don't have enough work history to qualify for SSDI. > There are different rules regarding going back to work for the two different > programs. Please, please, please don't use "grapevine" information! Make an > appointment to talk to a disability claims representative in your local > office who can answer your questions accurately! > Terese > > Doctor's think they have the proper information, but many times don't. > As for you having a mild case and that the fatigue will just go away, many > don't find that. It seems the doctors think that if you can walk, your case > is "mild" and symtoms will just disapear. You have to remember that "this > ain't Kansas anymore, Toto" and that many doctors done't fully understand > what we are going though. Mine is just relieved that this isn't MS. > Roger in Kennewick, WA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [email protected] > Sent: Friday, April 14, 2006 8:02 PM > Subject: Re: [TMIC] Chiro > > > Thanks for replying! That is my concern, too - going back to work. > Some days I can do very little, even though I don't have to go to work now. > I wonder how I could possibly handle the basic self-care plus working, too! > And it was particularly at the point that I mentioned fatigue that she said > that with a light case, I shouldn't have a problem with that! Plus, if I > went back to work before I was ready to handle it, I'd have to wait a whole > year to re-apply for SSDI, if I was out that long, again. It seems like I'm > better off to not even try until I've had time to really heal, and then be > able to STAY at work until I'm ready to retire. > > Sally > > > > > Sharon (in the Arizona Desert) > TM 1997 to MS 1998 > It's not easy taking my problems one at a time when they refuse to get in > line. ~Ashleigh Brilliant > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > New Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Call regular phones from your PC and save > big.
