I know your post is well meaning but it is this that makes me angry - side effects are hiccups - I do not call having a bent spine, crumbling discs and in constant pain through loss of bone density a hiccup! Yes I do not have cancer and yes I feel so terrible for those who do have it and have LOST people I love to the disease - many do recover I wish there was no such illness HOWEVER this does not make MY problems or illness less real or less PAINFUL to me.  If the doctors had more knowledge then I would not be in the situation I am in. Thanks Aimee your posts are always comforting.  Don’t people think I would love to be able to have a normal life?  I DO smile - I do act cheerful, although I am constant pain - have you felt my pain? The endo has said to me ’that some people can have a very rough ride’ and that I am one of those, he admires my fortitude - I would never tell anyone who is ill to smile and get on with life until I have walked in that persons shoes. Going back to the original subject - if you need a disability allowance because your CAH, for no matter what reason, you should get it.