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Steve is 2 1/2 months post chemo but still does not feel well.
First off, Steve has not worked this entire year. We applied for Social Security Disability as soon as he was diagnosed. We finally recieved a letter in the mail this week saying he was denied. Steve has been so stressed about having to go back to work knowing it's phyiscally not possible right now. I told him not to worry about that, it will all work out like it has been. But he still was happy. So we decided to make an appeal. I meet with an Attorney today and will start the process next week.
It really bothers me that there are people out there who are on disabilty and don't really need it. Steve wants to go back to work, but physically can't, and yet hes denied. They only look at the medical reports and see that cancer wise, he is getting better. But they don't seem to care about his current physical abilities.
Can anyone please tell me what side effects can come from BEP? I have done some research, but someitmes I can't understand all the medical wording.
Steve thinks maybe he had major nerve damage or something along the lines of that. He still feels horrible. He trys to explain what he feels to me. He tells me all of his joints hurt, as though he aged 50 yrs. He gets major pain behind his knees. His feet hurt so bad as though he just walked across the state. Sometimes when he gets out of bed he almost falls because they hurt so bad. He tells me that his body feels as though its about to give out. He aways twitches, especially when he sleeps. He hasn't had one night where he has slept the whole night through since before he was diagnosed. He has lost some hearing but not much.
He still has no strength. He gets so tired easily. He tries to do normal daily activities, but gets warn out very quickly.
We try to explan to our Dr. that Steve still feels week and his body hurts. Our dr. always just says,"well it's because your body isn't used to the activities. You have to rebuild your muscles slowly." But Steve's activities have not changed. He has been doing the same things for months. Nothing has changed.
I am just getting fustrated with everything
First off, Steve has not worked this entire year. We applied for Social Security Disability as soon as he was diagnosed. We finally recieved a letter in the mail this week saying he was denied. Steve has been so stressed about having to go back to work knowing it's phyiscally not possible right now. I told him not to worry about that, it will all work out like it has been. But he still was happy. So we decided to make an appeal. I meet with an Attorney today and will start the process next week.
It really bothers me that there are people out there who are on disabilty and don't really need it. Steve wants to go back to work, but physically can't, and yet hes denied. They only look at the medical reports and see that cancer wise, he is getting better. But they don't seem to care about his current physical abilities.
Can anyone please tell me what side effects can come from BEP? I have done some research, but someitmes I can't understand all the medical wording.
Steve thinks maybe he had major nerve damage or something along the lines of that. He still feels horrible. He trys to explain what he feels to me. He tells me all of his joints hurt, as though he aged 50 yrs. He gets major pain behind his knees. His feet hurt so bad as though he just walked across the state. Sometimes when he gets out of bed he almost falls because they hurt so bad. He tells me that his body feels as though its about to give out. He aways twitches, especially when he sleeps. He hasn't had one night where he has slept the whole night through since before he was diagnosed. He has lost some hearing but not much.
He still has no strength. He gets so tired easily. He tries to do normal daily activities, but gets warn out very quickly.
We try to explan to our Dr. that Steve still feels week and his body hurts. Our dr. always just says,"well it's because your body isn't used to the activities. You have to rebuild your muscles slowly." But Steve's activities have not changed. He has been doing the same things for months. Nothing has changed.
I am just getting fustrated with everything
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