Why can't it ever be simple?
Jul. 20th, 2006 15:09![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
torquillI'm finding that not having had a doctor between 2002 and this summer is a serious disadvantage. Not that I had a lot of choice -- the best doctor I had heard of in the area had essentially abandoned me because she couldn't figure out what the hell to do, and I couldn't find anyone else that I thought would do a better job. I had pressed her for documentation, but she apparently never did any... I'm projecting here, and probably being extremely uncharitable, but the thought comes to mind that she might have postponed a formal, even tentative, diagnosis because a) she was such a hotshot that of course she'd be able to figure it all out real soon now and b) once she did, there wouldn't be any need for a diagnosis to support disability claims because she'd be able to fix me. When my test results all came back normal... well, again with the projection, but the irritation I picked up on supported my theory that she just wanted to sweep the inconvenient case under the rug and forget about it.
I must have done a pretty good job on my own, considering my health now, but my situation does not lend itself to documentation. Clean test results, no formal diagnosis, and no mention even of what my previous doctor was attempting to treat. (Why did I spend all that money on her again?) I feel sorry for poor Dr. Kaplan, who has seen me exactly once and is struggling to put together something that will be acceptable to the University of California.
It doesn't help that the guy we need to talk to at Davis is gone during the entire month of July.
On another front, the Financial Aid office seems to be so overwhelmed that they haven't even acknowledged receipt of the electronic form I filled out two weeks ago. They may or may not have actually processed the paper forms I sent before that, though they are listed as "Received/Pending". I can't accept even the grants they've offered until everything is in the clear. Sigh.
And the summer rolls on.
I must have done a pretty good job on my own, considering my health now, but my situation does not lend itself to documentation. Clean test results, no formal diagnosis, and no mention even of what my previous doctor was attempting to treat. (Why did I spend all that money on her again?) I feel sorry for poor Dr. Kaplan, who has seen me exactly once and is struggling to put together something that will be acceptable to the University of California.
It doesn't help that the guy we need to talk to at Davis is gone during the entire month of July.
On another front, the Financial Aid office seems to be so overwhelmed that they haven't even acknowledged receipt of the electronic form I filled out two weeks ago. They may or may not have actually processed the paper forms I sent before that, though they are listed as "Received/Pending". I can't accept even the grants they've offered until everything is in the clear. Sigh.
And the summer rolls on.
Financial Aid
Date: 2006-07-21 23:12 (UTC)~M
PS. I think Agengrgal will be at childe_dirk's and my party next week.
Re: Financial Aid
Date: 2006-07-22 00:25 (UTC)It's more that I don't see a clear path to take with the Student Disability Center... I hate that. I don't even know whether I'll be able to qualify at all, which makes me nervous. By the time all that's sorted out, the financial aid should have fallen into place.