Really confused about IME's

[snowbear]

Cycler..glad you have some important info that you're sharing with Aqualina!! This is a subject (like many other subjects) that I have no knowledge of so I'm glad that you came along. Also, welcome to the forum!!!

[Lilly]

Do you know that by taking aricept, you won't be able to get any insurance later in life because that's what they give to Altzhiemer's patients. My mom was on it for altz. symptoms......and dad could not get nursing home insurance on her, because of this med type (flagging her for high risk for nursing down the road). I'm not trying to make you feel bad...and hope you don't take it that way, I just feel it'll make a good reason to make them "up" your settlement amount in the end.
this is Just to let you know...and tell lawyer in case their settlement offer is too low , he can also take this into account when he denies IC's offer amount and counter offers.
Good luck to you, we're all rooting for ya! Lilly

[Cycler]

re: aricept

While that certainly may be true Lily, and why not use every means to increase settlements, Aricept is also being used in acute brain injury cognitive disorders and so the paper trail will justify it's use in this assumed non-alzheimers case.

[aqualina56]

Cycler, I have had those test done three times. Each time I had a severe to moderately severe cognitive problems. My math and memory are the two that suffered most form the brain injury. I also have a hard time understanding what I read. I have to read, and reread, and re-read until I finally "get it". I have problems with organization skills too. I tested almost the same in all 3 test. There were a couple that I would get right the second time and then miss them the third. It was weird but the doctors said it was normal. The one time they tested me I didn't get to sleep the day before too much due to a migraine caused due to the brain injury and I was exhausted and did poorly on the parts of the test I should have done OK on. I just wasn't paying attention. I just wanted to lay my head down and go to sleep. But I have one of the best doctors on the East Coast and he had made sure I have had any test that I need to prove my case.
Cycler, the test I had done took about 8 hours and they broke it down to 2 days. I was wore out by the time the test were done.

[Cycler]

Hi Aqualina,
Yes , then you have had three full neuropysch, evaluations. The administering psychologist will then have written three similar reports on the extent of your cognitive loss and stated his or her opinion as to the cause of that loss in terms of directly related to the head injury, unrelated to the head injury or a worsening of some pre-existing, emerging problem to a reasonable degree of professional certainty. Some are able to offer an additional opinion of whole person impairment in mush the same way a clinical psychologist can opine a percentage of impairment due to depression from a work injury.

These factors will weigh heavily on settlement offers so it seems your attorney has all he needs to make himself a big payday and of course some money for you along the way.

[jayne]

Cycler Wrote:These factors will weigh heavily on settlement offers so it seems your attorney has all he needs to make himself a big payday and of course some money for you along the way.

you know sense my injury I find things that would normally tick me off dont bother me and things that I would have ignored 3 years ago I hit like a chicken on a june bug....But my lawyer was worth every penny I paid him....he got me almost 100 times the amount WC first offered.....so say what you will if you have a good lawyer he is gonna make YOU BOTH some money.....mine did

[Cycler]

I don't have a problem with that at all Jayne. When settlement time comes around it's all just a matter of motivation and if a potential big payday makes your attorney motivated then all the better for the client.