Good grief........

So, the woman working on my SSDI case finally called me back this afternoon. I told her I had a question about needing to bring someone with me to this appointment. It said in the letter, "Bring someone with you. This is very important."

I was about to launch into an explanation of how this wouldn't be easily doable for me, and she said, "Oh, you don't have to bring anyone. We just put that in there because some people get uncomfortable talking about themselves."

Well, GEEEEEEEZE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If it's not required, why do they make it sound like it is?!!?!?!?!

THEN, she tells me the reason I am having a mental health exam is because Aurora, the biggest hospital system in the state and where I go for my mental health care, won't release my records. BOTH my pdoc and I have signed consent to release forms. And yet SS can't get them out of Aurora. So they are having me see one of their own guys.

So now the question becomes, how much can I "elaborate" to make it sound worse than it is?! LOL It shouldn't take much -- my mental health history is pretty crappy!

I am *SO* *SICK* of dealing with social service agencies!!!!!!!!!



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