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To: steve86

And that is why they do not call you to test these people.

They will call a doctor who does not specialize in the field. My wife is trying to get disability for fibro, neropathy, severe learning disability, type 1 diabetes and a few other issues.

They sent her to a EMT for evaluation.


61 posted on 10/13/2012 7:57:23 PM PDT by cableguymn (The founding fathers would be shooting by now..)
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To: cableguymn
They will call a doctor who does not specialize in the field. My wife is trying to get disability for fibro, neropathy, severe learning disability, type 1 diabetes and a few other issues.

ENT could make sense if the learning disability was related to that. I am on disability ofically for General Anxiety Disorder. I do not have textbook anxiety disorderas such. But in 1994 the Vestibular Disorders and Sensory Disorders were not yet being connected to causing General Anxiety Disorder Symptoms in some patients except by a few researchers. In other words I have Inner Ear damage and more damage related between the Inner Ear and the sensory processing portion of the brain. That means also learning disabilities. This in turn creates a secondary issue of anxiety.

It would either take a good ENT Doc or an audiologist to catch it. BTW many who have this also have FIBRO as well. It's not one specific disorder but several which compound each other. The weakness associated with FIBRO can just as easilly be triggered by Vestibular issues. I don't have FIBRO but some days my energy level is zero as is my concentration. It also seems to make the patiet more prone to being affected by barometric changes as well.

72 posted on 10/13/2012 8:29:06 PM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgment? Which one say ye?)
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To: cableguymn
Best wishes to your wife! I hope things work out as well as possible under the circumstances, FRiend. Diagnosis of physical disorders is generally a little more clearcut but the question of disability is still fairly subjective. And disorders like fibro and neuropathy still can be subject to unwarranted skepticism.
105 posted on 10/14/2012 9:51:31 AM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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