Sens. Sherrod Brown and John Barrasso want terminally ill patients to get benefits while they can.
Source: If you’re terminally ill, you still must wait for Social Security benefits | cleveland.com
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It is true that you must wait 5 months to get paid disability benefits. You must also wait many months for Social Security to determine whether or not you are disabled.
Sometimes it is important to be a complainer.
In Social Security Disability it is very important to complain to your doctor.
If you do not tell your doctor about your problems, limitations and side effects of medications then you will most likely lose your disability case.
Complaining means explaining how often you have pain, how it restricts you and how severe it is.
For instance, I have low back pain that starts out moderately and reaches severe pain by noon. This happens every day. I have to lay down for 3 to 4 hours of the day. My medications make me very sleepy and I fall asleep most afternoons for two hours.
Do not go to the doctor and tell her that you are fine if your are in pain.
Do not tell the doctor that your medications are helping you if this is not true.
Do not fail to tell the doctor that you have side effects from your medications if this is true.
In other words, if your medical records do reflect your ongoing pain and limitations then you will lose your case.
Do not be the person who says I should have won my case but I forgot to tell my doctor everything.
Questions about how to win your case? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Lawyer Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
Samuel Gardner, 19, suffers from cerebral palsy.
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The terrible truth is that it takes several years to get your Social Security Disability hearing. People are lose their homes and die while they wait. It is a bad way to run a program yet it is the only thing we have going.
What does a talk with your doctor regarding your Social Security Disability look like?
What follows is a fictional account of a meeting with a person who has filed for disability and their doctor.
This represents a one time visit but should be carried out at each doctor appointment with each specialist or medical provider that you treat with.
Doctor: How are you doing today, Ann?
Ann: Not so good doctor.
Doctor: What seems to be the problem?
Ann: My arthritis has really been flaring up. It kicks in as soon as I start using my hands for holding things or moving my fingers. At night it
wakes me from my sleep.
Doctor: Have you been taking your medicine as prescribed?
Ann: Yes, I follow what it says on the bottle and do what the pharmacist says.
Doctor: Do you want to try a different dosage or more therapy?
Ann: Sure, I am willing to try anything to get the pain under control. Do you think it will get worse?
Doctor: It will usually progress over time, however we hope we can slow the arthritis down.
Ann: Is it possible to get another xray of my hands to see how they look now?
Doctor: I can order the xray. The last one was 2 years ago.
Ann: Thank you very much, doctor.
The doctor will record in her medical records the reason you come in, your problems, symptoms and the treatment plan. It is important that the doctor understand that you are having problems and it limits your daily activities. Objective findings such as Xrays, MRIs and other tests support problems such as pain.
Questions about your disability claim? Feel free to contact Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
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Make sure that you have your doctor explain the severity of your headaches in her medical records. It will help your disability case if you keep a journal of dates, symptoms, and length of your headaches and make sure that you let your doctor know.