I hate those "who's your doctor" questions. I have the wonderful benefit at my workplace at having access to banked sick leave days after my own sick leave ran out. Everyone donates two sick leave days a year to the teachers union if they have them at the end of the year and then people with really long term medical conditions can still get paid by being awarded some of the sick leave. As a result of this, and working part time, I haven't had to apply for disability even though it's been 11 months since I was able to work full time.

But anyway. Each semester in order to apply for banked sick leave hours I have been asked to get a form filled out by "my doctor". Which doctor? (for me it's even more complicated because I have my ENT for the oral cancer and a breast surgeon for the breast cancer). Last Spring I had all four doctors fill out a copy of the form (rad oncologist, ENT, MO, breast surgeon) and this fall I just asked my ENT since the real issue with why I couldn't teach full time at the beginning was serious mouth pain which caused problmes talking(lately it has been exhaustion from breast raidation but apparently what he said was enough for the whole semester).

Basically, right now my ENT and the MO are the ones who are staying really involved so theya re who I'd list if someone asked for some other reason.


SCC(T2N0M0) part.glossectomy & neck dissect 2/9/05 & 2/25/05.33 IMRT(66 Gy),2 Cisplatin ended 06/03/05.Stage I breast cancer treated 2/05-11/05.Surgery to remove esophageal stricture 07/06, still having dilatations to keep esophagus open.Dysphagia. "When you're going through hell, keep going"