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Has anyone had success? At what point in the progression of PD? >From: Hilary Blue <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: Parkinson's Information Exchange <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: semi PD - eligiblity for disablilty >Date: Sun, 22 Aug 1999 08:56:28 -0400 > >Hi folks , >dennis's interesting and informative description of problems pwps had in >getting parking permits because of the on/off nature of our symptoms >reminds >me of an interesting encounter I had yesterday. We become so involved (or >at >least I do,) with our own problems sometimes, that we do not realize that >others may experience similar difficulties. >Yesterday I ran into an acquaintance I had not seen for a few weeks. It >turns >out tha she also ahd an interview with an SSA doctor on Friday, also to >qualify for disability pension. But, she says, the problem is, 'the doctor >never sees me at my worst'. >HEr problem - she is severely allergic to certain chemicals, which can >cause >her to become totally dysfunctional. THese include common household >chemicals >like air-fresheners, and hairspray. But when she keeps clear of them, she >is >fine. Catch a whiff of hairspray etc, and she is helpless. > >SHe said it wasn't until she was going to another floor in a building >accompanied by her doctor. and they entered an elevator where someone had >used >one of the guilty chemicals - and the doctor saw for himself her immediate >extreme reaction - that he even considered her complaint as serious. BUt >then, when he tried to help her fill in the forms for SSI, tere was no >appropriate category under which to file her complaint. Ergo , it doinst >exist, ie there is nothing wrong with her? > >so, I guess, we are not alone in our struggle for recognition of our >special >p roblems. Maybe if we joined hands with those others who share some of our >problems, we could solve them together, just a little more quickly? > >Hilary Blue _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com