04-14-2009, 05:56 PM
So, I finally got ahold of my attorney as well as my Dr., and I am scheduled for an IR as well as an FCE Thursday morning (yes this Thursday the 16th) at 9 AM. This means I will have to be up by 5 and out the door by 6 as I am going to hit rush hour traffic in DFW on my way to the testing.
I can understand an IR taking 30 minutes with all the testing and measurements that they have to do. But what in the world is going to take them three hours to do an FCE on just my right arm from shoulder to wrist ?? My treating Dr. isn't including my hand or wrist due to my previous WC injury on that.
I have called my attorney once more (actually 3 times) and once again, she is either out of the office or on the phone doing conference calls. I called my treating Dr. and no one can answer me there either. So I called the number that I was given for the Dr's office that is doing the testing, only it wasn't his number. Some lady that answered the number I dialed knew who I was and said she would call his office and have someone call me back. That was well over an hour ago.
All I know is that I can't stand for more than 20 minutes or sit for more than 20 due to the problems I have with RSD in both legs and feet, as well as the herniated disk at T8-T9. I'm afraid if I refuse to do certain things, that the IR Dr will say that I didn't cooperate fully and I will be back to square one fighting WC IC for claim acceptance and I won't ever get any kind of treatment, or what they owe me in back pay, as well as travel pay. and if by chance, he has me do something that makes other health problems worse, the IC won't allow them as part of the claim as they are pre-existing and once more, I will be screwed and end up worse off than I was to start.
Anyone have any ideas why an FCE would take three hours for a single extremity? I am almost at the point where I am going to cancel it until I get the answers that I need. This is pure hogwash in my eyes. I have been told that the FCE is to see if I am capable of going back to work. Even if I was, there is nothing I could be hired to do. Our economy here is so bad that in the past 6 weeks, there was one job that I might be able to do, advertised in our local paper. And then I doubt if they would have hired me, with all of the restrictions that I have at this time. And I wouldn't qualify for unemployment as I was terminated back in October and it is to late for me to file. Add to that the fact that I can't handle driving more than 3 or 4 miles without having to pop 2500 mgs of motrin every 4 hours to get me to where I need to be and back home again.
Any ideas??
Angel ^j^
I can understand an IR taking 30 minutes with all the testing and measurements that they have to do. But what in the world is going to take them three hours to do an FCE on just my right arm from shoulder to wrist ?? My treating Dr. isn't including my hand or wrist due to my previous WC injury on that.
I have called my attorney once more (actually 3 times) and once again, she is either out of the office or on the phone doing conference calls. I called my treating Dr. and no one can answer me there either. So I called the number that I was given for the Dr's office that is doing the testing, only it wasn't his number. Some lady that answered the number I dialed knew who I was and said she would call his office and have someone call me back. That was well over an hour ago.
All I know is that I can't stand for more than 20 minutes or sit for more than 20 due to the problems I have with RSD in both legs and feet, as well as the herniated disk at T8-T9. I'm afraid if I refuse to do certain things, that the IR Dr will say that I didn't cooperate fully and I will be back to square one fighting WC IC for claim acceptance and I won't ever get any kind of treatment, or what they owe me in back pay, as well as travel pay. and if by chance, he has me do something that makes other health problems worse, the IC won't allow them as part of the claim as they are pre-existing and once more, I will be screwed and end up worse off than I was to start.
Anyone have any ideas why an FCE would take three hours for a single extremity? I am almost at the point where I am going to cancel it until I get the answers that I need. This is pure hogwash in my eyes. I have been told that the FCE is to see if I am capable of going back to work. Even if I was, there is nothing I could be hired to do. Our economy here is so bad that in the past 6 weeks, there was one job that I might be able to do, advertised in our local paper. And then I doubt if they would have hired me, with all of the restrictions that I have at this time. And I wouldn't qualify for unemployment as I was terminated back in October and it is to late for me to file. Add to that the fact that I can't handle driving more than 3 or 4 miles without having to pop 2500 mgs of motrin every 4 hours to get me to where I need to be and back home again.
Any ideas??
Angel ^j^