The roller-coaster has left the tracks.
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gridloreIn early October I got one of the periodic forms from California EDD to recertify my disability. Like a good drone, I took it to the Medical Secretaries office. They take forever to do anything; so I wasn't surprised that it took two weeks for the card saying "your paperwork has been mailed" to show up.
As an aside.. mail? Hand filled in forms? It's 2011!
A week after that I get a notice that my state disability has been terminated. Because it has been determined that I am able to do my "usual duties." Bullshit. I'm still on blood thinners, and my usual duties at every driving job I have ever held means bruising, bleeding, and fall risks. Extremely confused, I email my primary care physician asking WTF was going on. In response I got a two sentence reply that had four mistakes.. including the doctor misspelling his own name.
Even more perturbed (not to mention pissed off and frightened as all hell) I write back, and also contact my pulmonologist. Finally, I get some real answers. The PCP had told the state that I could resume limited work but not my old job. They ignored him. Dr. Butcher said that as long as I was careful I could go back to driving, but nothing like what I did at PODS or Lord&Sons. I figure that since my own doctor said "he can't perform his usual duties" I have pretty good grounds for an appeal. But out of curiosity, I check Craigslist to see who is hiring drivers. The second thing I see is an add for auto parts delivery. They want people with small open bed pick-ups. Which I happen to own, and they advertise a good starting wage. Call them, go through the overly perky automated system, get a call back. . .
I have an interview tomorrow at 1000hrs up in Belmont.
Uh, yeah.
As an aside.. mail? Hand filled in forms? It's 2011!
A week after that I get a notice that my state disability has been terminated. Because it has been determined that I am able to do my "usual duties." Bullshit. I'm still on blood thinners, and my usual duties at every driving job I have ever held means bruising, bleeding, and fall risks. Extremely confused, I email my primary care physician asking WTF was going on. In response I got a two sentence reply that had four mistakes.. including the doctor misspelling his own name.
Even more perturbed (not to mention pissed off and frightened as all hell) I write back, and also contact my pulmonologist. Finally, I get some real answers. The PCP had told the state that I could resume limited work but not my old job. They ignored him. Dr. Butcher said that as long as I was careful I could go back to driving, but nothing like what I did at PODS or Lord&Sons. I figure that since my own doctor said "he can't perform his usual duties" I have pretty good grounds for an appeal. But out of curiosity, I check Craigslist to see who is hiring drivers. The second thing I see is an add for auto parts delivery. They want people with small open bed pick-ups. Which I happen to own, and they advertise a good starting wage. Call them, go through the overly perky automated system, get a call back. . .
I have an interview tomorrow at 1000hrs up in Belmont.
Uh, yeah.
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Date: 3 Nov 2011 19:32 (UTC)