Catherine, can I ask were you out of work a long time before you applied? How long did it take before they made a decision? I've got serious medical problems too to the point it does almost look ridiculous once I listed them al. But its all interrelated as in autoimmune illness causes arthritis, difficulty walking, breathing problems. Then there's the head injury which causes cognitive probs, but I was apparently born with learning/developmental disabilities on top of that. So it looks like malingering or somatoform except I've had testing recently that the neuropsych ruled out both and that I'm truly sick. Plus I have x-rays that show arthritis and blood test that prove the autoimmunity. The particular autoimmunity I have is suppose to be on something called fast track that is suppose to get automatically approved so why haven't they then. What also surprised me was how they haven't scheduled a medical CE but instead a mental one though I have had more consistent mental health care. The medical is sporatic because there is no treatment for the autoimmune other than pain management ie: just make the patient comfortable till the disease kills them. My case is so complicated I fear they might think I was making it up. Except my drs do indicate I have serious medical problems. I just feel like I am under the gun cause I don't want to end up on the streets. My family thousands of miles away seem to not think anything is wrong with me though I can barely even walk up the stairs last time I saw them and they had to carry my luggage and roll me in wheelchair or else I used a cane. But my dad just treats me like dirt that I should just pull myself up by the bootstraps because he's so old and still working so he thinks I should. He's not acting even the least bit concerned now that they think I might have thyroid cancer and am going in for a RAI-U test this week. Sorry I'm rambling. Just got a lot on my mind.