Do we deserve disability checks?

[Voltage]

Curious to know everyone's 2 cents. We're all victims here and we all need ridiculous devices (and importing drugs) to continue our daily lives. So do we deserve government aid? I recently lost my job and I'm sorry if it offends anyone here if I look weak for asking, but the question burns in my mind.

[Jonbinspain]

The psychological effects of this damn disease are grossly underestimated by the vast majority of the medical profession, unfortunately.  

[Voltage]

I've been met with plenty of disappointment from specialists I've visited too. I don't really have faith in them whatsoever. I read that we would have to come up with an argument as to why we aren't capable of every day tasks at work. My only real claim would be something to the effect of not being allowed to life objects over 50 lbs while wearing traction. But I digress. I guess there's no point.

[james1947]

You are right Jonbinspain, those in the "medical profession" will understand when THEY will have Peyronies

James

[QuackAttack]

Voltage,

The answer to everything isn't a CHECK for the government nipple. Obama isn't going to fix it and neither are any of the clowns on the other side of the aisle. It took me a year to get a job after a buy out from my last employer and I have multiple graduate degrees and significant management experience, plus I am making what I made 11 years ago. I didn't ask for anything from the government, I never collected unemployment. I sucked it up and dealt with it.

I know it is easy to feel sorry for yourself and pissed about the condition and I have my moments too. Last week I was talking with one of my coworkers and he just found out that his 3 year old son who is on the autism spectrum has cystic fibrosis, so if he is fortunate he will be burring his child when he is in his 30s and not 20s. Kind of put things in perspective for me there. While Peyronies Disease isn't anything I would wish on anybody, it is certainly a much smaller cross to bear than cystic fibrosis.

[Voltage]

I would have to agree with you QuackAttack. I have known people who lie about back pain all the time live off the checks. A woman I've known personally for over 7 years claims she can't tilt her neck and whenever anyone has spotted her freely move her head, she freezes up, stiffens her back and straightens her neck and slowly walks away. It's really that pathetic. So people with real problems like us deserve something. But yeah, there is much worse.

[peyronny]

I know this is an old thread. But at this point this condition has effected my ability to perform work. I can't bend down without crushing my plaques. I can walk but I have to do at a pace that any employer would not approve of. I can't sit for long periods of time. I make small amounts of money with Amazon Mechanical Turk but it's not enough. I just use to cover my supplements.

Is there any shot at getting it? This isn't my only medical issue and also have anxiety and OCD issues.  

[NeoV]

I think we deserve financial support, but only after very good testing. If they can't test us properly that is the problem. I know it's a difficult topic and one can fake pain, but that's no excuse to leave out those who are honest. I don't have the answer to this, because I disagree with nearly every part of our society. The discussion, by nature, turns into a political and societal one which none of us are likely to discuss here. Still, Peyronie's or any sexual disability which causes pain and deformation is crippling, and I guarantee there are more people with less problems getting some kind of support.

[popopo]

I don't knoe how the system works here in the Netherlands. I think I might get financial support if I'm really too depressed to work,at least I hope so.. I would like to go back to school too, but it just feels like no matter what I achieve I'll be unhappy and might kill myself anyway so I back away from it. I'll be in a clinic in portugal in about two weeks or so, so hopefully this programm can give me a boost and at least help me stop smoking weed. But yes, I do think we could atleast get some support if the mental stress is as severe as it is for me now. I'm lucky to have my parents and grandma to rely on but it really isn't a reasomable option to live with them all my life.

[Dared]

Yes we definitely deserve a paycheck from the government. This is a debilitating condition that affects your ability to work. Of course the u.s doesn't give out disability to anyone. You literally have to prove you can't walk or at parylized or something to get it.

[postrocker]

I don't knoe how the system works here in the Netherlands. I think I might get financial support if I'm really too depressed to work,at least I hope so.. I would like to go back to school too, but it just feels like no matter what I achieve I'll be unhappy and might kill myself anyway so I back away from it. I'll be in a clinic in portugal in about two weeks or so, so hopefully this programm can give me a boost and at least help me stop smoking weed. But yes, I do think we could atleast get some support if the mental stress is as severe as it is for me now. I'm lucky to have my parents and grandma to rely on but it really isn't a reasomable option to live with them all my life.

Hello. How was the experience with the doctor in Portugal? Could you please recommend me his name? Thanks!