Re: I need a shoulder to cry on.
From: Rita Steele (steelerita@yahoo.com)
Thu May 9 20:17:32 2002
Brenda & Millie.
Boy, can I relate! I have been going to therapy for my
"depression", I had to go on the advice of my
insurance Dr. in order to stay on medical leave. Well,
I've been on elavil. Now, I'm on effexor &
klonopin.The ins. Dr. recommended 3-6 mos. of therapy
on 12/18/01. Last Thurs.5/02/02 the therapist said he
couldn't do anything else for me so he was releasing
me to go back to work in 4 weeks. In the meantime I've
been unsuccessfully trying to find a general surgeon
who uses interceed gel to operate on me (I believe I
have gallbladder adhesions). I called about the study
for Confluent Spray Gel but they only want patients
with pelvic adhesions. This afternoon I received a
letter stating that the psychiatrist has released me
to return back to work effective 5/13/02. I couldn't
believe it so I called him & he said the ins.
pressured him to release me early & there was nothing
else he could do to help me! What a jerk! I called my
claims adjuster at my insurance office & left her a
message to call me ASAP but of course she did not.
According to the letter I received from the ins. Dr.
if therapy didn't work I should strongly consider
exploratory surgery to search for the source of my
pain syndrome, though he doubted this would be
necessary. But the claims adjusters letter said "Dr.
Adickman's recommendations have been followed and
completed"! WRONG, I have not had the exploratory
surgery!! I'm really upset right now. I can not do my
job it's very stressful & physically demanding. All I
want to do is cry, I can't afford to lose my job or my
health insurance. Thanks for letting me vent my
frustration.
Pain Free Hugs,
Rita in AZ
--- Millie <milliem@citlink.net> wrote:
> Brenda,
> I am sorry you were denied disability. This adds
> more fuel to the fire when
> you are not well. My lawyer told me to ask my Dr. to
> fill out same forms for
> me. But when I went last Thursday, and bawled my
> eyes out, and told him how
> I feel because of the hyst,and I told him how much
> pain I'm having, and tht
> I wanted to see my old gastro, he just said, "You're
> depressed. Take these,
> and come back in 2 weeks." I am also very depressed
> and very angry.
> Drs. LOVE to degrade us, but they sure DON'T have a
> problem accepting the
> almighty dollar.
> Can you tell what I think?
> Millie.
>> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brenda" <sweetlovin2u2002@hotmail.com>
> To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
> <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 08, 2002 1:35 PM
> Subject: I need a shoulder to cry on.
>
> > Hello everybody well today is May 8th /2002 and I
> just received my
> > papers saying I was denied disability because
> there is no substantial
> > physical or mental impairment on your ability to
> attend to your personal
> > care and fuction in the community and fuction in
> the work place does not
> > result in a substantial resetriction in one or
> more of these activities
> > of daily living. I am so upset they don't live
> with the pain I am in.
> > They don't know how I fuction from day to day I
> just find it degrading,
> > that they did this. I guess chalk it up to the
> way I was feeling before
> > this started that hey I am having pain and no one
> really inderstands how
> > this is effeccting my life. I am so sorry I just
> feel like giving up I
> > have had it dealing with pain and everyday lifes
> little occurances. I
> > just give up and I am tired of no one
> understanding how I feel. I am
> > sorry for this letter and I know all of you
> understand and I thank you
> > all for this. Well I am signing of I can't do
> this anymore I give up.
> >
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