[sandi_k]

Hi all:

I checked on the site, and didn't find anything recent or useful.

I just had the discussion with my WC doctor, and they have DENIED my request to have the QME neurologist review my MRIs - that HE requested.

In reviewing the report, there is moderate and "greater than moderate" degenerative discopathy in C4-C7. Also evidence of osteoarthritis, with anterior and posterior osteophyte formation. Impingement but not compression of the spinal cord.

ALL OF THIS MIGHT HAVE BEEN DIAGNOSED *6* YEARS AGO, IF THEY HAD AGREED TO DO A D*MN BIT OF DIAGNOSTIC WORK, INSTEAD OF TELLING ME IT WAS BILATERIAL TENDINITIS, AND JUST TAKE 9 ADVIL AND NOT CALL THEM IN THE MORNING.

Ahem. I am so d*mned mad right now. I had to ask for the X-ray in November. I had to cajole for an MRI last month. And now it shows I've lost 6+ years when I could have had some treatment, knowledge, and medical care.

OK. So they've refused my request to have the QME review the results. And they've right quick made me an appt. with a spinal bone specialist that they've "worked with frequently in the past."

I'm not dumb. It sounds like they're gearing up to say that since I have a degenerative condition, it's not work-related. Well, it may have been EXACERBATED by the work. Which wasn't accommodated because I haven't gotten a TIMELY diagnosis due to their insistence that I was a whiny hypochondriacal woman who was attention-seeking.

So, I think it's time for a legal consult.

THE QUESTION: Anyone have anyone they can recommend for the Northern CA Bay Area as someone experienced in these issues? Thanks in advance.

Sandi