If your doctor finally asked you after four years
"What do you think about going ahead and filing for disability?"

What would you do? I’ve been off since Oct 17 th with a broken wrist. I worked the week of Oct 10th, but had missed the two prior weeks due to severe bronchitis.

I’ve had trips to the doc almost every month ths year. And I’m on my fourth year of constant tracking back and forth to the doctors.

Would you go ahead and retire now…while you have already missed so much time? I hear you have to be out like two months before you can start paperwork.

This is my family doc who made the suggestion. I didn’t ask or hint at this. HE came up with it ALL BY HIMSELF!!!
My rhumetologist told me this spring that since I was only 42, I’d probably too young to get disability on the basis of FM. He did say he’d help me on the basis of bulging disks in my back.

Would you take the family doctor’s suggestion as a turning point? And will this help me get a check?
My doctor said he hates to think I’ll be stuck only making $800 a month when I’m used to $1600. But if I wait until I retire at 70 years old…I’ll only make $600 a month. And he hasn’t even considered that!