I Don't Understand This

[Bummer Knees]

Okay Still I have been reading your post about epidural shots and the statement has been made that they are not good on tumors.

I am scheduled for a third epidural shot this week, don't know if I will have it and I do have a benign tumor on the spine.

[tweety00]

Still I totally understand you about the "what employers will do " Had to deal with that for almost a yr .. Dr always left me on light duty ..
I only asked my manager and ast If the bonus Was enough to walking away from me each time that I said I was hurting .. Funny they still dont "chat" with me about anything ..
But Both have been through w/c before for shoulder and couple of broken fingers ... flew right though on the fingers .. had more appointments ... got time off .. and I thinking ok Im doing back and neck and u get time off for 2 fingers ..
I only wish that all injuries are small ones If they have to happen .

Bummer thanks thats right they arent good for tumors , cysts , or syrinxes . Bummer so long as your tumor isnt communicating (filling and unfilling )with the spinal fuild you should be ok .. thats from my research ok
But I would be asking questions about it ..

[ksgirl]

When w/c sent me to the ortho surgeon the first thing he said was, you have a very large herniation. Let's set you up for some epidurals. I asked him if that would fix my problem. He said no, surgery is all that will fix the herniation, it's too large to recede on its' own. I asked him why I would want to go through a procedure that wouldn't make me better and would only prolong what I was enduring. The dr agreed with me that it's ridiculous to do that. He was ready to set up my surgery date for two weeks later. Of course we had to wait two months for w/c to approve it. Anyway, the point of my long drawn out story is simple, if it won't make you better, why go through the pain, time, and expense of any procedure? Just because w/c wants you to and they can take longer to approve surgery, possibly causing more harm? If you have private insurance, they usually do what the dr wants.

Sorry, I'm tired and rambling. Have a good night everyone!

[bothknees]

Hey just to throw in my two cents. In California the term is called Permanent and stationary, which I believe means the same as MMI. I was put in that status over a year ago and completlely retired. Synvisc is the injections that they tried on me for pain management, and they do that for exactly that reason to try and help you. But, if you don't like the injections, and they are not helping you, then just tell the Doc you don't want them any more. They worked on me for 15 minutes after the first injection then went back to pain, so I said no more and that was that. You don't have to go through anything you don't want to, and it won't affect your WC process one bit. Once your claim is in process because your MMI, They are still obligated to treat you however you need, and your doctor knows that, that's why he gave you another injection then. It's a good thing.

[1171]

P.S. to Knees:
Not all states provide lifetime medical care under comp. Each state has varying degrees of even the standard benefits like medical.
That's why it's difficult to give much detailed information to so many different posters-- 50 different comp systems plus 5 or 6 other programs if you're with the feds.
You are correct though - the choice of getting any specific treatment is up to the worker - they can't make you go thru with any procedure but they can stop or change your benefits.