Next step trying to get disability-pos vibes please!

Darla,

Doctors must conform and submit whatever paperwork is requested from them by Social Security in regards to a patient. Are you applying for SS on your own or using a disability company or attorney to assist you? Reason I ask is a disability company will do deal with gathering all the paperwork for you, deal directly with your doctors offices in getting all your records and they also deal directly with Social Security, taking that burden off of you.

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Hugs;
Melissa
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Lupus SLE 1996, Sjogrens, Raynauds. My worst nightmare was imagined when my son was diagnosed with RA and Lupus NPSLE at 19.

As I recall (it's been quite a while), there really wasn't a huge amount of "work" for my Drs to do.

Just ask if they think you are capable of continuing to work, immediately after telling them how your current symptoms impede your work. When they agree that you can't work, that tells you all you need to know, ie. that they support you in not working. The rest of it is in the form of record requests directly to the Dr from SSD, which they cannot refuse to co-operate with. There really is NOT a huge burden put on them that would influence their opinion in a way that would keep them from supporting your disability.

I didn't use a company and I didn't find it particularly burdensome to fill out the required paperwork for SSD. (To be fair, I owned my own company and had for many years, so anything about my work experience and earnings I filled out from the standpoint of both employer and employee.)

I feel like you are making it a lot more difficult than it really is, it really isn't that bad, I promise!

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Lynnwood, Dx: 2000, Found HW 2005, HW Lupus/Sjogren's Moderator May 2006-May 2018
DIAGNOSING LUPUS & HW's LUPUS 101
"Life is far too important to be taken seriously." - Oscar Wilde

Darla,

Does your company offer long term disability? I went out on FMLA and then filed long term disability once my doctor told me it was in my best interest to stop working because of the toll it was taking on my body and disease. That was 10 years ago this month. After that I filed for SS. I continue to collect long term disability (until I’m 65) and now SS, so I’ve been blessed to have never been without a paycheck.

Before quitting out right you might checking to see if your company offers LTD, even if you have to pay for the premium. Once you file your premium is paid in full. Just a thought.

One last thing, I would agree with Lynnwood, you are over thinking the process really. I literally had no stress in the process. I think we hear so many bad stories they over shadow the good ones.