[agonynhelpless]

Hello all I'm new here, today is my first day and my first post! I hope you can forgive me for my potentially ignorant questions!

Ok so a little bit of background information on me, i was injured this past may at work, I was typing on a computer when my ring finger on my right hand froze and locked into place. This was excruciatingly painful as the pain was in my finger hand and wrist. I was sent to see the nurse my job employs where she proceeded to try and unlock the finger and bend it back down with no avail. I was then sent to our local urgent care facility where they attempted the same procedure and again with no success.they then advised i had tendonitis and placed me in a hard plaster cast prescribed NO medications and advised to be out of work for the next two weeks.over the following two weeks the pain intensified but the finger did end up going down.my next appointment they took x rays and cut of the cast at this point moving my wrist and fingers caused severe burning pain numbness and tingling.they still stuck with the tendonitis diagnosis but ordered me to wear thumb spica splint ordered an mri provided no pain meds and said out of work for another two weeks.on my next appointment they review the mri advised of a ganglio cyst proud of severe tendonitis and some issue with the thumb i believe called decuervin Dunston they referred me y to a hand specialist and still prescribed no pain medicine and still had to wear splint and out of work till further notice.it took almost a month to see the hand specialist where in the mean time the pain had spread all the way to my shoulder and sometimes spent my day s crying in pain.the specialist diagnosed me with rsd and referred me to a pain specialist who finally got me on pain meds and who i am
still working with due to medications not alleviating my pain.the workers comp adjuster also keeps denying a lot of meds and has made me go see another specialist to rule out multiple sclerosis which i had to pay for out of pocket including brain and spine scan and a really painful test called an emg.good news though they were all negative for anything other than to be in line with the diagnoses of tendonitis and rsd.this brings me up to now in pain everyday and thinking i would be better off removing my limb

Sorry for such a long background, I'm sure i have missed something in there. But my question is,i have a lawyer already for my case because doc says there isn't a cure gore what i have and may need to start thinking about other lines of work I'll be able to do in the future....he says which isn't much. And the lawyer says were going to do everything we can but usually workers comp doesn't pay much....any way my question is is there Amy way to sure my company for pain and suffering for what I've gone through? Our is there fault maybe with my work equipment and i can sue them?w don't have or own desks at my job and we switch every two weeks to a month and I'm thinking because all workstations are set up differently (desk height, broken chairs, poor quality mice and keyboards) oh yeah!!!!i forgot i found out only after i got hurt that apparently we have an ergonomic specialist at my job could make sure everything is proper for working.....nice to know now huh! LOL.... Lot of good it would do anyway seeing as we switch desks all the time.....any thought suggestions....HEEELLLPPP!!! Oh yeah and the lawyer says he only deals with workers comp so that's why I'm asking you guys for help.....I'm sorry for being a bother in advance. Hope you all are doing well!!

[LIT LOVE]

WC does not cover pain and suffering. Very doubtful you can get additional money from the company due to old and/or broken equipment. Research your own state's WC laws.

You actually could still go into remission with aggressive treatment...

With SSDI, you can collect up to 80% of your gross wages. Research the application process as well.

There are forums for both here on NT, but for WC, I'd suggest looking for a site that had a forum specific to your state.

NOLO guides on SSDI and WC are invaluable as well. Check with your local library or purchase copies.

Good luck.

[Imahotep]

Amputation is not a solution. In 90% of cases it results in a more aggressive RSD. The same thing applies to any surgical procedure to cut sensation or motor control in the affected area.

Your odds of recovery are still fairly good at this point. Once you've had it a couple years the odds drop dramatically. Even if you can't beat it you can learn to live with it as there are countless coping techniques you'll learn.