longterm disability

ANY advice on filling out long-term disability claims? I have been on short-term disability (which I am extremely thankful the company I work [worked?] for has), but my SLE is still flaring and I still can not go back to work.

The forms ask about my symptoms, when they began, etc, which I can answer easily enough (vomiting, nausea, migraines, muscle pain, muscle weakness, joint pain, fatigue, etc). But, things like - when I expect to go back to work.. I don't know. I hope soon, but how to know this? And what is best way to answer this? How might my answers affect the outcome of my claim? Also, the question - why am I unable to work? I'm too ill, how else can I answer that one?

ANY advice would be greatly appreciated. The HR person at the company I work at made it sound like long-term disability may be difficult to get...

Peilin, I would suggest talking to your doctor. Tell him you are concerned that you won't be able to go back to work. That was one thing with me you could never know how you would wake up feeling. If you can't work you can't work. It's not easy but if you need to get disability than you need to do whatever it takes.
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carol

I am on long term disability Igave my paper work to my doc. he help me with them. I new I was to sick to even think about going back to work. I've been on long term from Jan. 2006 and still on it untill Jan. 2009 I'm waiting to here from S.S.