I was at the doctor's yesterday and asked about how you know when to go on disability when you don't have organ involvement. I know we've had several threads on it and thought you'all might be interested in her reply.
Basically, she said that when you spend all your time either working or resting from work or being sick and taking care of yourself than its time to go on disability.
I told her I wondered if she would think me lazy if I went the disability route and she was VEHEMENT that no one at the clinic would think that. It all helped a lot although I still haven't made a final decision. I do know that I do virtually nothing except my work. My house looks terrible and I have problems keeping the cats in cat litter because its a special trip. I used to take care of a garden with over 50 roses, was active in the local rose society and would twice a year load the car up with 15 bags of mulch to sread over the entire garden, paint my rooms in the house and even laid some linoleum in it. Now I'm in a townhome with no yard responsibilities and just got rid of the 11 full sized roses I had in the back. I never go anywhere and I limit my weekly fun to having friends over twice a week. (The understand about the Lupus and if I'm feeling bad, leave early.)
Sorry, I wandered off the main idea which was to let you'all know about her standards for disability for those of us with no organ involvement. Thought some people might be interested.
Basically, she said that when you spend all your time either working or resting from work or being sick and taking care of yourself than its time to go on disability.
I told her I wondered if she would think me lazy if I went the disability route and she was VEHEMENT that no one at the clinic would think that. It all helped a lot although I still haven't made a final decision. I do know that I do virtually nothing except my work. My house looks terrible and I have problems keeping the cats in cat litter because its a special trip. I used to take care of a garden with over 50 roses, was active in the local rose society and would twice a year load the car up with 15 bags of mulch to sread over the entire garden, paint my rooms in the house and even laid some linoleum in it. Now I'm in a townhome with no yard responsibilities and just got rid of the 11 full sized roses I had in the back. I never go anywhere and I limit my weekly fun to having friends over twice a week. (The understand about the Lupus and if I'm feeling bad, leave early.)
Sorry, I wandered off the main idea which was to let you'all know about her standards for disability for those of us with no organ involvement. Thought some people might be interested.