Sarcoidosis

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Author Message   alvin saunders Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Wednesday, December 17, 2003 - 11:46 am:        I was dianosed with sarcoid almost three years ago disabilty denied me three times and said I can still work.but it had to be a job well venilated,not to hot,not to cold,no bending,no lifting,no walking, sitting most of the day. I have a case pending but my bills are due now I cant go to the doctor because there is no money.I cant wait another two years. I am also 39years old.I have worked almost all my life, what can I do. even if I can this dream Job they say I can do I will take it.   Paul McChesney (Admin) Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 - 9:48 pm:        You need to get to an attorney I guess. It is hard to say whether you will win your case based on the information that you give me: There are many people with sarcoid that are working, and many people that cannot. It depends on the severity of the disease. Sometimes you can do a little about speeding the claim up, by getting the medicals in fast, doind a consultative exam for them, and submitting the case for a decision without a hearing, if the judge will make it a favorable one. But more often than not none of that works and you have to wait it out. Take care and good luck.   Jacqueline Wade Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Monday, June 07, 2004 - 6:45 am:        My aunt has just been told after several months of extreme agony that she has sacoidosis. The doctor has put her on steriods but even then she can hardly walk and hardly ever goes out anymore because she cant get about. My aunt is only 43, she has to get 3 buses to get to work, but she won't stop working because she has worked in the same placed since she was 16 and couldn't see herself sitting at home doing nothing. She has really bad days where her feet have swollen up to 3 times their size and she has lost about 2stone so far. My family are getting worried and have asked her to leave work, but she won't because her husband suffers from bad serises (don't know how to spell it), diabetes, liver and kidney problems. She is worried that they will loose the house etc. Is there anyway that the DLA could provide my aunt with mobility.   trudy turner Unregistered guest Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Sunday, July 18, 2004 - 4:28 pm:        I have had sarcoidosis for 7 years When it first hit i was bed bound for six weeks and very weak for six month I lost my manicurist bussniss of nine years as I could not handle chemicles and use my hand and wrist and fingers as before. They are stiff and clumsy. I have changed cureers. Now for the last six years. I have high blood presure I have had at least 2 TIA's that has left me with some problem as to memory. I have cluster head aches wekly and cant take the Imetrex for them do to TIA'. I cant be insured due to my prexisting health problems I live with joint , head ache and fatigue. Memory problems and deprteression 24 7. Doing my job has become vey hard. My sarcoid has never left me. I hurt every night don't sleep feel so tired that after work I do nothing but stare at the ceiling. I have become depressed and life doen't mater much any more. every thing it takes to work goes to my job. Nothing left for my life. I can see this is even affecting my husband. I am 57 . I don't know how long I can go on. What do I do?   Paul McChesney (Admin) Board Administrator Username: Admin Post Number: 971 Registered: 5-2004 Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Saturday, January 01, 2005 - 8:20 am:        Trudy: I am sorry; I missed this post and just found it. Of course your disability problems are only a part of your trouble. For that, be sure you have gotten any long term disability insurance that might be available to you at work. Maybe work as long as you can. Try to get some doctors lined up behind you and file a claim if you start missing work. You can struggle to work and file a claim at the same time, usually, provided that you are not actually working when you file. Be sure to get some psychological or spiritual help about your despair, which I am sure is even a bigger problem for you than your physical one. There is plenty of potential for important good left in your life, however impaired you are physically and psychologically.   Anonymous   Rating: N/A Votes: 0 (Vote!)P2k Commander V3.2.9 Posted on Thursday, April 07, 2005 - 3:28 pm:        Im 49 and i have had sarcoidosis since 1990 it has been the most painful condition i can think of i have been on several medications but nothing seems to help i just live with the pain and i feel for anyone who have this desease. just hold on sisters and brothers. maybe someone will find a solution soon for us god bless

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