Gonna, we are going to be in Tulsa on December 8th. Several of us are meeting down there and spending a night. I don't want to intrude, but what's your story? I can't remember seeing a post of your injury and what all has happened with you. Introduce yourself if you want.
KS girl Red doesnt know....yet....
I want to see her face when she finds out. That's something we should do. Put everyone's size in a drawing, draw sizes and buy a pair of jammies for that size. When we get to Tulsa, we can exchange jammies!
Jayne you are too funny. This board would not be the same without your blessed soul
OK here's the story...DOI 6/18/07 got tossed out of the jump seat of a Fedex truck going down the highway 60 mph in the middle of nowhere. The driver got EMS there fast and they took me to the trauma center in Wichita by helicopter. I gashed my head open to the skull and had road rash head to toe...lots of blood. Had to have skin grafts on the face and head and lots of stitches. Fractured a couple of fingers and cut 2 tendons in my dominant hand. Still in PT for the hand.
Has been a long summer of healing. Don't think I have to tell any of you about the aches and pains that go along with traumatic injuries. Have some nerve damage in my head and in my leg. It took a couple of months but the NCM finally got me into a neuro doctor and the drugs he has been giving me have helped some of that. I have a couple of medical issues that haven't been addressed yet: right shoulder hurts like H%*L and sometimes the right side of my back gets numb. Ortho tells me I just need to be patient and let it heal. He may be right, I don't know. My right knee was locking up and giving me screaming pains for the first 2 months (the kind of pain that wakes you up in the middle of the night screaming) and that has healed and gone away so perhaps the shoulder will too. It seems to slowly be getting better on it's own. Doc says I will hurt for another year so I'm trying to be patient, it's not always easy. Doctors told me the fall should have killed me so I think I came out pretty good. I'm guessing God must have other plans for my sorry soul.
Insurance company has not been friendly but has not denied anything yet. In the beginning they were calling my old bosses and investigating me. Couldn't find anything they could use against me. They have been slow to pay my medical bills and my TTD checks have been coming later and later lately.
I've been thru the deposition but so far have managed to stay out of court. Now my boss's lawyer has decided to take them to court and try to get them to pay up the medical. Got my notice today of a hearing next month. Hopefully they will pay up and I won't have to go. This is the second time for that. The first time my attorney scheduled a hearing. They got the bills caught up before we had to go to that one.
You think they would figure out that people heal a lot faster without all the additional stress that they lay on them...but that is just my opinion. Didn't mean to get so long winded here. It is the first time I've told my story to anyone. If you have made it this far you probably are wishing you hadn't asked...hehehe. I found this board a few months ago and it has been a blessing. I just hate being in limbo with other people who don't even care about me being in control of my life...haven't quite learned to get over that part yet
Gonna Leave A Mark
Oh Gonna, you have had a very painful summer. I hope this winter will be a little better. You are lucky to be alive. I'm guessing that you have a very hard head
Sorry, I couldn't resist. I am glad that you've found this site and decided to join. There are some truly wonderful, knowledgable, and compassionate people on here. Oh, and funny people too. Make sure to visit the off topic area. That's where they get really goofy.
I don't know why wc wants to take so long on everything. I think they just hope we'll give up and go away. I hate to say it, but I think to most of the insurance people we are just a number. It also drives me crazy when the dr tells me it can take up to a year to heal. I'm not that patient, I want it over now!
I sure do wish you the best and hope you give us the chance to get to know you better. Thanks for telling us your story!
come on to Tulsa and party with us ol Grannies
Jayne, read my post #23 and see what you think.
Hey, I'm not an ol granny! I'm only 33 and I hope I have to wait at least ten years to be a granny. My oldest is fourteen. Too soon for babies. That's ok though. I can party like a granny! Love ya Jayne!
Now that sounds like fun KS......my oldest is older than you and my baby is 5...so we know I know how to party...lol
Now I'm laughin'. I'm a 48 year old granny and have a very hard head, except for where that dent is now
Jayne you have kids between 5 and 33+ ????? From this day foreward I'm swearing off sexy lacy things!!!
my oldest is 36 my baby is 5.......I adopted 5 of em...now ya coming to Tulsa?