Thank you. And I agree, that makes no sense at all. Disability should at least provide enough to support a normal standard of living, regardless of how much you've worked in the past. Otherwise, what's the point?

The Pdocs in that first hospital were definitely some of the least considerate people I've ever met. I would even go so far as to call them cold-hearted. I never noticed even a minimum of empathy from them, and they appear to think of their patients more as objects than people. It's as though they think that you have to dehumanize patients to be "professional" and "objective" or something. It really blindsided me because until I met them I thought that all Pdocs had at least a minimal level of caring. I was naive, but I guess that goes to show that I've been lucky with the other Pdocs I've seen.