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lostforgottensoul
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You also seem to be spending time actively preparing for serious mobility assistance - which seems to indicate you won't be able to work much longer.
Unless I'm misreading.
Not misreading at all. What I fear about it though is most of my pain is due to fibrosis pressing on nerves. Fibrosis is scar tissue from the surgies. So its not like a slipped disc or some other diagnosis like that. Whether that matters when it comes to disabilty I don't know but I am imagining that it would. It always seemed to. Pain alone never seems to matter. Talking to an advocate is best though as I can talk myself fully out of it. I see my pain Dr this week so thats good cause I can talk to him about it too. He deals with disabilty a lot I am sure. My step mom's brother said that he was unable to get disabilty for pain only didn't get approved until a psychritrist got in the mix. So my therapist and psychritrist will need to be on board or at least some what on board.
Even if I decide NOT to do those things - as in, I'm unwilling - it's good to shift them from 'can't' to 'won't'. Sometimes, it makes things clearer.
You mean, say I try for disabilty, that would go from I can't work to I won't work? Seems opposite. Maybe I have that wrong?
I'm sure your therapist is very pro-certifications and/or schooling. So am I, FWIW - your options would expand.
I do as well. Time and money which is why I am 36 and don't have a degree or certifications yet. Could never pay for it. My dad is still willing to pay for them, so thats good. If I go that direction, though, I feel I need to stay in the workforce so was wanting to look for a job before getting online and starting to self teach again. I don't think I will go the college route. Seems even more impossible.
What I am worried about is physical abilty in networking administration. So I am trying to figure out if thats the area of IT I want to go. I have a love of many areas of IT. Just don't want to try going that route with certifications just for it to be all for not. Thats an expensive decision.