u/_shiftah_

Hey friends.

For context I’m in Ontario Canada, work full time in a career that I love (and I don’t want that to change!).

My question isn’t so much about getting time off work with AI - my workplace has been great. It’s for tax purposes… because other health issues due to AI are now costing money (and not covered by OHIP).

Because I’m steroid dependent, it’s caused other issues… like type 2 diabetes, cataracts, dental issues with infections that almost took me out

Has anyone been successful with their doc in getting them to say AI is a disability?

edit - I should say that I’m specifically looking at the Canada Disability Tax Credit, for a little financial relief because this disease is now costing money that OHIP isn’t covering.

So, I’ve (knowingly) had secondary AI due to pituitary issues since 2010 and been on hydrocortisone ever since….

Well, I’m tolerating the medication all right, I’m of course several years older now and the potential for being steroid dependent has caused me to run into some other issues - type 2 diabetes, cataracts etc. my endo has hinted that she wants to investigate the possibility of me coming off meds to see if my body will be able to tolerate it, or even just lower dosages if possible.

She says it likely will require me to have day or two in hospital to run tests after slowly lowering my dosages. Anyone else go through this? Gotta admit fairly nervous about dropping such a critical hormone. I’ve been really really good about staying on top of my dosages all this time