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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 325358" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Thank you, ladies.</p><p></p><p>I have filed for disability. I have no illusions of it getting approved first time through. I'm sure I'll have to get an attorney.</p><p></p><p>I've lost some of the weight from previous steroid use. I've lost the hump, but it never got bad to begin with. I had the superclavicle fat. It's better than it was, but still out of proportion to my body. The excess facial/body hair has slowed down, but hasn't stopped completely. What is never going away are the results of the thinning skin: stretchmarks down my thighs to my knees, along my sides and lower back, my breasts, and underarms. Plus scars on my arms and legs from scratching an itch and breaking the skin.</p><p></p><p>I haven't heard of fevers with CFS, but there's a lot of things that aren't in the textbooks. The weather change isn't helping. </p><p></p><p>I'm not coping very well with being so young and so sick, and so dependent on my mom for our financial survival. Pride, ego, whatever. </p><p></p><p>If I get disability, at least I won't be so dependent on others. I'll still be young and sick, but I won't feel like as much of a burden. I feel like a huge burden weighing every one around down.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 325358, member: 7083"] Thank you, ladies. I have filed for disability. I have no illusions of it getting approved first time through. I'm sure I'll have to get an attorney. I've lost some of the weight from previous steroid use. I've lost the hump, but it never got bad to begin with. I had the superclavicle fat. It's better than it was, but still out of proportion to my body. The excess facial/body hair has slowed down, but hasn't stopped completely. What is never going away are the results of the thinning skin: stretchmarks down my thighs to my knees, along my sides and lower back, my breasts, and underarms. Plus scars on my arms and legs from scratching an itch and breaking the skin. I haven't heard of fevers with CFS, but there's a lot of things that aren't in the textbooks. The weather change isn't helping. I'm not coping very well with being so young and so sick, and so dependent on my mom for our financial survival. Pride, ego, whatever. If I get disability, at least I won't be so dependent on others. I'll still be young and sick, but I won't feel like as much of a burden. I feel like a huge burden weighing every one around down. [/QUOTE]
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