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To: fleagle
Don’t forget about chronic dry eye.

Oh, you're right. Now there's a real good one for disability purposes. How can you look at a computer screen all day long with CDE?

13 posted on 11/19/2007 4:25:54 AM PST by uncitizen
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To: uncitizen; fleagle
Actually, looking at a screen all day for years can be a cause of dry eye. So can normal aging and wearing hard contacts for decades. It can also be a side-effect of refractive surgery.

This is real and it can be devastatingly, miserably, uncomfortable, but many people can still work if they get anti-glare screens, anti-glare glasses, remember to blink and use eye drops every couple of hours.It can make driving fairly unsafe at times, though.

Restless leg is also very real. I have mild instances of both. They come and go. I have never sought a diagnosis and have just managed them on my own without meds, mainly because I just hate to take any medication. I work for myself and neither has ever kept me from working, but they are real conditions that can range from mild to severe.

While there are slackers who milk the system, it is difficult for me to believe someone would even try to survive on $2k-$8k year just out of laziness. Perhaps I am naive.

22 posted on 11/19/2007 4:45:14 AM PST by reformedliberal
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