>----- Original Message -----
From: "Rita Steele" <steelerita@yahoo.com>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS"
<adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 09, 2002 9:19 PM
Subject: Re: I need a shoulder to cry on.
> 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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