Disability Update: Did as the letter said and called.

I received a letter from SSDI the other day asking me to call and answer a few more questions and I got that knocked out today.  The gentleman I spoke with said the doctors reviewing my file had a couple of more questions for me, but then he couldn’t find the questions right away and [...]

Diagnosis X: “Under Pressure” Episode Review

This episode aired on September 26th and the two conditions featured were  polyarteritis nodosa and endocarditis.
A woman presents with chronic abdominal pain and reports having some achiness and feeling tired.  While she was relaying what previous doctors had done for her, her husband mentions the suggestion from one doctor that it is psychosomatic.  The doctors decided to [...]

That Reprieve Was Short Lived

By last reports, my long “flare” had come to an end but after only a couple days of living it up, I came down with a horrible cold.  Just a couple of days ago, I finally starting seeing some improvement on that front and now today, I wake up to A FREAKIN RASH!  For those [...]

Disability Update: Call Us in 10 Days

I got a letter today from the determination specialist for Disability Determination Services.  It reads:
Dear Ouiser,
We have found your blog at WordPress titled “Ouiser’s World” and have been so deeply moved by the stories of all who frequent it that we are issuing a check for $50,000 to each person listed on your blogroll. 
He, he!  Wouldn’t it [...]

Are They Done Yet?

It seems like everytime I’ve tried to blog lately, WordPress has been doing some sort of maintenance to my site.  Same thing happened last night, but I got stuck in maintenance land somehow.  Every time I opened a page, I got that “wait and refresh” page.  I kept waiting and refreshing and waiting some more [...]