I don't think I've ever had to fight for anything so hard in my entire life.
I thought memorizing anatomy going through massage school was hard, I thought learning all the zip-codes and their correct sorting destination at UPS was hard..... but holy freaking cow, trying to find a Dr who will listen to you, pull their head out of their asses for five minutes, and actually DO their job and TRY to help you..? I have a better chance of winning the lottery AND the Publisher's Clearing House 3 times in a row, than finding a Dr that will help!
Increasing the difficulty, not only do I have to fight for Dr's to listen to me, but I'm also having to simultaneously fight to keep my short term disability active. They want continuous proof that I'm not physically capable of performing my job duties, which isn't easy when Dr's notes say things like "unremarkable" or "normal" in regards to diagnostic testing, and my personal favorites "fixated" and "obsessed" (over the cyst) which make you sound both healthy and crazy at the same time.
Keep in mind, the money I'm fighting for on disability is less than $100/week. That's not even enough to cover my rent. While I'm exceedingly grateful to have it, they act like I'm asking for $100/day instead. I understand that they don't want to pay on any fraudulent cases,but having to prove that what I'm going through actually exists without support from Dr's, makes getting paid EXTREMELY difficult. Then, attempting to get food stamps to help compensate is just as frustrating. Being a single adult without children, you can't get approved for much assistance in the state of Arizona. While I don't need state insurance, I wouldn't qualify for it anyway. I can't get cash assistance because I don't have children. I can't get rent assistance because I don't have children. And making less than $400/month, I STILL don't qualify for the full amount of food stamps....
Nothing like having to fight for every single aspect of your life day in and day out... physical, mental, emotional, financial... without a break, for the last 10 months.
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