On Fri, 03 December 1999, Gina wrote:
>
> I have to wonder, are they making you work another year so they can
> prove you DON'T have a problem (at least in their opinion based on the
> fact you were able to work another year with the disability!)??? It
> sounds like a set-up to me :(
> Gina
>
> PS: I too do many things despite pain, which makes people think I am Ok
> and not hurting. I have to explain sometimes that I am in agony but
> choose to LIVE and DO things despite the pain. Just some days are worse
> than others.
>
> >>From: "Sue Ann Murray" <murraysa@penn.com>
> >>Reply-To: adhesions@obgyn.net
> >>To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@talk.obgyn.net>
> >>Subject: Re: Adhesions/Gall Bladder...I Need Some Advice
> >>Date: Fri, 3 Dec 1999 07:37:53 -0600
> >>
> >> > ... I will let you all know how I am doing with my pain, and the new
> >>pain
> >> >killers (Vioxx-25mg.), after a few more days of taking it. They seem to
> >> >take the edge off, and yet allow me to be somewhat intelligent on my job.
> >>I
> >> >do find that I get very sleepy during the afternoon, but I guess most
> >>people
> >> >do, and I may not be abnormal....
> >>
> >>Kim, I don't have much advice to offer, except I can confirm that most
> >>people do get sleepier in the afternoon. I think it's when your body
> >>temperature is at its highest or something like that. I gave up studying
> >>when I was in school for late afternoons because I would always fall
> >>asleep.
> >>Something active I could do, but not read or anything like that. So you
> >>are
> >>not abnormal. And knowing a couple of people who work for Social Security,
> >>the only thing I can add is that they tell me that the more documentation
> >>they have, the better and easier it will be.
> >>
> >>Good luck!
> >>
> >>Sue Ann
> >>
>