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hi all At 14:44 1999/08/12 -0400, hilary wrote: >People of the List: >next week , on the 20th of Aug., I have an appointment with a >State -appointed doctor, to determine whether or not I am >eligible for social security disability benefits. Does anybody >have any advice =- especially those of you who have travelled >this road. I can find nobody who has heard of this doctor, don't >even know if she is a neurologist, let alone a movement disorder specialist. Any suggestions how i could obtain that information? >ANy suggestions for any specific preparatiions I should make. >ANy ideas about anything to help me over this hurdle? >THanks >HIlary Blue the advice that jumped out at me from all directions on this listserv when i was in the throes of applying for a disability pension was go to them in your unmedicated state regardless of what it takes to get you there a walker or a wheelchair or an air-ambulance it's what they need to see it's what they have to see in order to make their determination it is reality it reveals the 'progress' of the cell loss of this neurodegenerative disorder of ours this is not the time to 'make nice' or 'look good' janet janet paterson 52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset snail-mail: PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada website: a new voice <http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/> e-mail: <[log in to unmask]>