Grrrrr!!!!! Okay...Now I am ticked off!!

OMG. When you are clamed down in a day or two call your dr and speak with his nurse and let them know what the hell is going on now. Lets see if the dr can get this pulled together w/o all the other crap. Susie

Scarred,

I don't know which state you are in but the WC systems in most states do have an appeal process. As ticked off as you are, and I understand completely having dealt with the idiots in MN, you have to play their game. I think some of their agents work on an incentive plan to see how many denials of benefit they can rack up each month. Seriously. My attorney tipped me off to that little game. They get negative points if they are too easy. So just buck up and get your doc and/or an attorney to represent your case because they won't believe you in most cases. There is help available. It's unfortunate they make you jump through such hoops to get it.

When I was waiting for back surgery in 1999 I HAD to use WC even though I had wonderful group coverage that would have paid for it in a heartbeat. But because of the way the laws in MN were set up, I was forced through the WC mess. They put one roadblock after another in front of me while I was writhing in agony for weeks and weeks with a broken fusion. After several weeks of paper exchange they wanted me to see their doc for second opinion. My wife had to drive me 30 miles to a small town to see this doc when there were loads of neurosurgeons in Minneapolis only 5 miles away. This clown had me waiting for an hour while he had a McDonalds lunch in his office and talked with a drug rep. I overheard the whole thing because his door was open. He finally saw me and after the briefest of exams and looking at test results he said there was no question that I needed the surgery. I guess the really good docs don't want anything to do with the WC buracracy because it is too time consuming and doesn't pay enough. That's the bottom line.

Sorry to go on about WC but every time I reflect on the pain they put me through I get angry all over again! I fully understand your situation and feel sorry you have to go through it. But I'm serious about retaining an attorney to take the burden off your shoulders and speed the process along. There are lawyers out there who specialize in WC and are very good at navigating the system for you. It may be worth the price for you. Your call but check it out.

I do wish you the best in your adventure with WC. It WILL work out for you but they don't make it easy. I guess there are so many out there trying to scam the system that those of us who really need it or are forced into it have to suffer. Now I'm ranting and I'm supposed to listen!

We are all here to help and support so please feel free to ask for help, advice or just to vent.

Best,
Modelmaker

Scarred,
I just got home a little while ago and saw your post. GRRRRR is right!!

I hope Susie (straydog) maybe has some ideas. Does your husband have mental health insurance through his work plan? If W.C. won't pay maybe you could just get some counseling via regular insurance - and heaven knows you can blame a lot of your increased depression and anxiety on them and get THAT documented!

I STILL do not see why getting the SCS is incompatible with your current psychological profile - including some things in the past. The SCS should help you decrease meds, not add more drugs. I've said before I think this is purely W.C. "baloney" (being polite, but you get the point). Have you heard from your state rep? Remember Worker's Comp is a state program, so you want to find out who your STATE representatives and Senators are and get on each ot them. And you can find out if there's someone working on W.C. abuse and/or reform legislation if you keep asking and asking government officials.

Come here and vent it out of your system as much as you need to!

(((((((((((Scarred))))))))))))

PaLady

Well, dang it I had a whole entire post almost ready to go and it disappeared on me so let's try this again.

I want to thank each of you for your kind and great responses.  You all have given me so much over the last year that I have been on this site that I can't begin to tell each of you enough.  You are all my inspiration and my rocks in the tides of a torrent sea.  That comes from the heart!

Okay, so I have spoken with my husband about this and he is concerned that the SCS will not work, especially with my track record as of the last few years.  This has given me more reason to fight for a "REAL" solution to each of our CP.  I think that with all of the technology that is out there, after all they have cures for many diseases that were horrible and final in their end, there has to be something more that those smart and brillant scientist can do right?

I believe that there has to be something that each of us with CP can do to make these people believe that we are worth saving.  I'm taking the first steps by emailing my Senators in Wyoming about WC.  Then after that I will be speaking with my doctor to see what my next steps are in the goal of improving my health.

Anyway, I want to thank each of you.  I hope that your pain is lessoned today and that you are able to do what you desire to do.

Hugs and kisses,

Vick/aka Scarred