Talked to my rheumy earlier today. Told him about getting my loan forgiveness denied. He started ranting. I explained to him what they wanted him to do and he said, "Let me guess: They want a Functional Capacity Evaluation. I don't do those, only physical therapists do. Here's the problem: no insurance covers it ever and it costs around $1000. And ( Read more... )

A few years ago, I applied to get my Student Loans forgiven, on the basis of "total and permanent disability". I had kind of mixed feelings about applying, because I can occasionally do a small amount of paying work (my record is, I think, 6 hours in one week, but most of the time, I can't do more than an hour a week); so I was worried that ( Read more... )

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