Another work failure

I will not be rude and ask your age. Only bring this up to point out that the older you are the better chance you can get disability . I think from what you have listed in the other set back category that you have a good chance . You need your doctors on your side too. May be worth a try..

It never hurts to explore your options. If you're in the USA, the disability rules for IBD tend to be weight centric. (i.e. if you're not grossly underweight, you're almost immediately considered not disabled by IBD...Secondary signs and symptoms are a different matter)

You'll 99% liike be rejected on your first application. This apparently is standard operating procedure for disability claims. The CCFA has a number of tips on how to pursue disability claims. Be warned if you "can fulfill any job in the economy" you won't qualify for disabilty. So have plenty of documentation as to your status and its impact on your ability to hold work. Also getting some sort of representation on appeal helps alot (from the stats I saw you're far more likely to win an appeal with legal represeantation than without...)

The reality of disability benefits -- it appears -- is it's a pain to get. But once you get it, you get the help you need.

Best of luck to you!

Thanks for the info Jason, it was very helpful.

Fitzy, my degree is in Psychology, but I had been working as an IT business analyst. basically I managed the financial aspects of IT projects at a hospital. I've been trying to find just some administrative work to do from home (data entry, payroll, ap, ar, things like that) since i have experience there also. yes, mornings are definetly harder from the nausea and if i get up before i'm ready i'll spend the next three hours throwing up. but one of my other issues is this rv fistula i have. I'm leaking all the time. and i have to wear big pads. but they don't always cut it. for example, i'm sitting down at my computer at work, i get up to get a chart and whoosh! it can be like a geyser. I'd have to bring a change of clothes with me to work. and another issue is that i'm allergic to the remicade that i'm on. but it's a weird reaction. to make a long story short, about a week after my infusion i get dizzy like bad vertigo, nauseated, and migrainish headaches where noise and light bothers me. this lasts between 2 days and a week. makes it hard to go into a job. but if i was working part time at home, i think i could work through it. there's just not a lot of legit and non-sales telecommuting jobs out there!

Hey Lavender! IT is a great way to get into working from home. Whenever we have computer issues we call our IT guys who either remotely connect to our system and fix it or they talk us through the steps. On occassion they have to come here but most of the time they do it remotely. Our software guy runs his business from his house.

As far as Psych goes... how about being a research assistant for a professor or anyone else that is trying to be published? Most of the research is done electronically and you could do a lot of it from your own computer at home.

I also have the issue where I get really naseaus if I get up before my body is ready. You have it worse than I do because it rarely actually leads to me vomitting. But here is one way I reduce the naseau. When my alarm goes off I start by just rolling onto my back and laying there with my eyes closed "snoozing." Then I take the covers off and adjust to the room temperature. Then I just sit up in bed and lay there upright for another 3 minutes or so. Then I sit on the edge of the bed, feet on the floor for a few minutes. Then I slowly stand up and start to go about my day. I also take an acid blocker at bed time and in the morning. I find if I get up too quickly the naseua is worse and lasts all morning. If I do get up to quick and feel ill sometimes I will lay back down for twenty minutes or so and then try again. Often this works. But I have to set my alarm about a half hour earlier to do all this (when I do it).

In IT there should be a lot of jobs that run second shift. That way you are not on people's machines when they need to be working on them. Working afternoons is easier on me than mornings.

I have no advice about your fistula except to let your doctor know that the treatment isn't working. Yikes, I just looked up to see what meds you were on. 2007 was a rough year for you!