Re: [TMIC] Working With a Disability in California - Barbara, Everyone

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Hi Barbara, All, I also had LTD Disability until my highly paid neurologist made a mistake on a medical review form. He was about to move to a big new job and clearly wasn't paying attention. Among other things, he wrote that I could bend, get on all fours, and sit for 8 hours. All

Re: [TMIC] Working With a Disability in California - Barbara, Everyone

2007-05-27 Thread Candis Kalley
Not only make sure you see every form your doctors fill out before they go anywhere, also get copies ASAP for your files. You never know when you will need them. Candis Kalley [EMAIL PROTECTED] EarthLink Revolves Around You. - Original Message - From: Kevin Wolfthal To:

Re: [TMIC] OT, OT...Friendship

2007-05-27 Thread LadyNotes
Jude, Thank you so very much for that heart warming poem. It is very fitting for this group. Naomi C-4 quad since July 2, 2005 ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

[TMIC] LTD

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just have to ask: What is this LTD you're all talking about? In Hawaii, the only choices are Workers' Comp and Temporary Disability Insurance (TDI). My TM wasn't work related, so of course I don't qualify for Workers' Comp. And they said that since I had more than 2 weeks of sick leave

Re: [TMIC] LTD

2007-05-27 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Aha! Okay - that makes sense! I thought of it as the 'long term' version of TDI and wondered why we didn't have it here! Sounds like those who have it are having trouble with it - which is even worse since they had to pay for it themselves! Thanks for your response. Sally

OT: Re: [TMIC] LTD

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Sally, Look up 'LTD' in the dictionary and find the definition 'TROUBLE'! My experience was, they just want to collect the premiums, period. I will give you one well documented example of what my insurance company did to someone. They sold a lot of policies to doctors. One of the doctors,

RE: [TMIC] Getting Humble...

2007-05-27 Thread Trudy
I would strongly encourage anyone on this list to share with us whatever is going on in their life. I and many others have vented to this group. Whether it be about pain, husbands, wives, the children, the way others treat us in the stores and restaurants and just life in general. Bernard Pelow

Re: [TMIC] Working With a Disability in California - Barbara, Everyone

2007-05-27 Thread Kevin Wolfthal
Larry, Talked to several lawyers. Both about suing the doctor and suing the insurance company. Re: suing the doctor, lawyers said it wasn't really malpractice, (it is to me), so they wouldn't take it. The EXPERIENCED lawyers wanted a lot of money up front. I did in fact get one lawyer

Re: [TMIC] double vision and dancing eyes...

2007-05-27 Thread Natalie Boyles
How can he tell its not the muscles or nerves? Did he do tests? You have something wrong, as bouncy, double vision ain't right. I have read that you can have lesions, but they may not be visible on even today's high tech mri machines. It wasn't until I had mri's on the newest of machines with

Re: [TMIC] double vision and dancing eyes...

2007-05-27 Thread JHarper33
I am wondering if what you are experiencing is nystagmus. There is more info. on it here: _http://www.answers.com/topic/nystagmus_ (http://www.answers.com/topic/nystagmus) I have had kind of a bouncing vision occasionally, more so towards the beginning of TM onset, not so much recently.