02-17-2016, 02:42 PM
Hello everyone in this forum, this is my first forum post ever, so please forforgive me if this is posted wrong.
II was injured at work back in 2015, when I informed my employer I was going to the hospital, my employer demanded I come to the office, fill out an injury report, then they sent me to their own doc. There the doctor gave me a vague diagnosis, lower lumbar strain, and started me on pt 3 times a week, and was given ibuprofen. Within the next 3 weeks I was worsening and complaining of more pain at every pt app. After a few weeks, I
Went from walking g with slight pain, to walking with a cane, and in the final days of the first round of pt, I ended up in a wheelchair and unable to walk. I was finally given a mri. I then went to the workers doc to be referred out to a spine specialist.The mri showed a severely herniated disc that had pinched and stretched my psiatic nerve. The spine surgeon that had seen me, insisted that I have surgery immediatly. 3 days after the mri reading I was sent in to have a l4 l5 microdisectomy. After the surgery my body rejected the sutures and for the next month I had to return to the doctor to have it cleaned and they tried removing any sutures and scar tissue. The surgeon told me the surgery was sucessful and referred me out to a pain management dr, who I now see on a regular basis.I met wit a work comp attorney who was local and had alot of yrs experience in this sorta issues. I still am very limited at what I can and cannot do. I recently received a letter from the insurance company stating if I didn't get a return to work date I would expect an ime and they were gonna attempt a settlement. My lawyer had found the weekly checks they were sending were short of what was owed.after 6 weeks of pt, Now my doctor has sent me to have another mri, stopping pt, which reveals a degenegate disc. Apparently I'm not surgical for a fusion but he states his only last option is epidural shots, rather than a fusion since I'm stI'll young. The doctor says I have plateau ed and the lawyer says I'm only looking at around 20k to 100k. He also wants me to reject the shot and have the ins company add that money into the settlement since I've already had surgery he says it won't help much. The ncm is extremely rude since I denied her the right to go in my exam room with me at the same time as me, and the ins company refuses to speak with me since I retained a lawyer, who rarely calls if ever at all.I still cannot sit stand or walk longer than 15 mins at a time, can't lift, or tie my shoes, bend over, or even make love with my wife. I have only ever done labor intensive jobs, have ged, and not sure where this is headed next, it has been a total nightmare so far, any help, advise or comments are appreciated.I cannot believe the low figure my lawyer was comfortable explaining would be decent. Please help me understand my situation and what is to be expected.
II was injured at work back in 2015, when I informed my employer I was going to the hospital, my employer demanded I come to the office, fill out an injury report, then they sent me to their own doc. There the doctor gave me a vague diagnosis, lower lumbar strain, and started me on pt 3 times a week, and was given ibuprofen. Within the next 3 weeks I was worsening and complaining of more pain at every pt app. After a few weeks, I
Went from walking g with slight pain, to walking with a cane, and in the final days of the first round of pt, I ended up in a wheelchair and unable to walk. I was finally given a mri. I then went to the workers doc to be referred out to a spine specialist.The mri showed a severely herniated disc that had pinched and stretched my psiatic nerve. The spine surgeon that had seen me, insisted that I have surgery immediatly. 3 days after the mri reading I was sent in to have a l4 l5 microdisectomy. After the surgery my body rejected the sutures and for the next month I had to return to the doctor to have it cleaned and they tried removing any sutures and scar tissue. The surgeon told me the surgery was sucessful and referred me out to a pain management dr, who I now see on a regular basis.I met wit a work comp attorney who was local and had alot of yrs experience in this sorta issues. I still am very limited at what I can and cannot do. I recently received a letter from the insurance company stating if I didn't get a return to work date I would expect an ime and they were gonna attempt a settlement. My lawyer had found the weekly checks they were sending were short of what was owed.after 6 weeks of pt, Now my doctor has sent me to have another mri, stopping pt, which reveals a degenegate disc. Apparently I'm not surgical for a fusion but he states his only last option is epidural shots, rather than a fusion since I'm stI'll young. The doctor says I have plateau ed and the lawyer says I'm only looking at around 20k to 100k. He also wants me to reject the shot and have the ins company add that money into the settlement since I've already had surgery he says it won't help much. The ncm is extremely rude since I denied her the right to go in my exam room with me at the same time as me, and the ins company refuses to speak with me since I retained a lawyer, who rarely calls if ever at all.I still cannot sit stand or walk longer than 15 mins at a time, can't lift, or tie my shoes, bend over, or even make love with my wife. I have only ever done labor intensive jobs, have ged, and not sure where this is headed next, it has been a total nightmare so far, any help, advise or comments are appreciated.I cannot believe the low figure my lawyer was comfortable explaining would be decent. Please help me understand my situation and what is to be expected.