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In Remembrance
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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In Remembrance
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,002
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Don't you dare quit.
Have a good long cry, and then a nap, and then when you wake up, read my post about work comp cases taking too long (it' here) and get FIRED UP that those you know whats are not going to take YOU - YOU who were once a very vibrant worman and a survivor - YOU out.
Next, go the the pharmacy and get Vitaman b12 in their back refrigerator section. In fact, ask them for the lacto bacillus or anti yeast pills also. Those are really good for fighting your health. But my doc said there was no way the trouble I had was from B12, and that probably it's gearing up my nerves in some way. Major increased use in nerves as well as pain relief without any woosiness.
I have to tell you - this B12 for this first week has done me wonders as far as the pain in my legs, shoulder blades and TOS in general. START taking it. I seldom tell someone to start someting, but I think you need it and need it now.
On an aside, I also wonder if you need to have your throids and hormones FULLY checkecked out. Work comp WILL do it cuz if it com es up some disease it gets them off of the hook they think...so it's usually 1500 total, but you really need to know if you need some hormones plugged in now. You've had a lot of stress.
Your attorney SHARES TOO MUCH of his own thinking out loud with you - I can see it. He doesn't need to say things to you that he doesn't know will happen or will happen, etc., which I hear him say, but then he doesn't prep you for other stuff... just a personality difference, and you're already ACTIVE and in the middle, so best do this: Answer the questions as HONESTLY as you can. Honestly in work comp goes a long way. Let the various insurance carriers, employers, etc., let them throw much at eachother all they want - that DOE NOT STOP YOU. It is the judge's job to get you on your way, and THEN deal with the insurance co.s and the lawyers. (Lucky judge, huh?) But that was one of the big changes with work comp vs. workers just suing each and every employer - it would take forever, bog down the system, etc. Work comp is supposed to work fast here (its forgotten that point) but as long as you get your HONEST words forth, let the judge do the work and be happy never to see thoes people again.
But don't give up.
The ins. co. hopes that the applicant won't like the hallway behavior of boasting, making fun of peple, lying and saying so & so go "nothing" when in fact they did, etc. That is their game. So don't you fall for it. Either listen to nothing, or, listen to everything and just keep it silent for use later, in your own mind. Don't blurt out something to the judge - you can make a wave to your attorney, ask if you can see him, and then quietly run the idea for him. If he says, "no, no, you got it wrong" then believe him, you did for now. But just maybe you remembered something important for him, and he'll say thanks, let's use it!
So have you call your attorney or sent him a fax or a certififed mail (you can do these over the phone with a credit card and one of the private box mails co.s) but anyways,
Have you asked your attorney if there is a rule that the other side cannot collect your medical bills as a result of a work comp injury again the worker? Is your attorney under an obligation (for free) under his services and under the law to write to the collection agency or the collector noted and to tell that person to stop it and remove any derogatory statement?
I brought that to your attention on another thread.
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