I Vicc,
Your lawyer sounds really nice and I am sure she will help you.
I hope that everything goes how you want it to.
Sending you prayers and pain free hugs
Allison

Hi Vic..

I just wanted to say good luck on Wednesday bud and send you a warm soft cyber hug.. you deserve this my friend, the chance to live life with less pain is huge and then mabie you can start putting on a pound or two and get a handle on the liver problem too. Ohh I so want you to get some relief so you can look forward to tomorow bud, it is hard to hear of friends in such a bad way medicaly and otherwise.. but don't you dare stop posting when things are bad Vic, we all need to vent and even scream at times and we are here for each other. I consider you a very good friend.. who is going to have a successful trial and pain relief is due your way SOON.

hugz bud healing comforting ones.
Sandra

I have an enlarged liver too......
 

Hey Vicc,
I too have an enlarged liver. And my liver isn't considered to be a 'sick' liver either. It is called a fatty liver & I can't seem to loose weight *LOL* Want to trade body weight?? I wish I only weighed 134. I hardly eat anything & I still can't loose any weight. I am so darn sick & tired of being over weight. I have liver enzyme blood tests done 2 to 3 times a year. No one has brought up taking me off of my pain meds yet. I take morphine & oxycodone for BTP. I just thought I would let you know this info. The only thing the doctor has said not to do is to not drink alcohol & don't take Tylenol. I never was much of a drinker so that was no great loss giving up alcohol & Tylenot hasn't done much for me as far as pain goes in years so giving it up was no great loss either. I take Aleve for fever or headache.

And you will have blood tests done, a chest xray done and numerous other tests done before you can have the surgery to have the pump implanted anyway. A doctor has to clear you for surgery, which of course means give you a clean bill of health. No one will do any type of surgery without this being done first. So you might as well go along with what tests your GP wants to do & be done with it. Cause even when WC gives the go ahead for a pump, no one will do one with out you receiving a 'clean bill of health' anyway.

Goodluck on the trial next Wed. I am looking into the pump after the end of this year. Brought it up to the doctor in Oct & he said I was an excellent candidate for one, then Ron, our grandson we raised the last 12 yrs, was hit & killed by a DUI & well I just don't have th energy to look into it right now. Its all we can do to get thru each day.

DebbyV

Hi Vic,
 

I know you don't know me, but you were really supportive and gave me loads of wonderful and helpful information when I first came to this forum. My CRPS and TOS keep me from coming here as much as I'd like, as well as my frustrations with other forums (enough said). But I am here today, asking for advice, and I noticed and read your post, as I know yours are always informative.

I am sorry that the W.C. system puts us through so much crud, it's ridiculous. All we did was try to do our jobs, and got hurt. What a great way to be rewarded for being a loyal and hard worker! I have had to go to court to fight for ridiculous things, and then go back and fight again because the Insurance company didn't follow through. It's maddening!

Anyway, I am glad you have a great attorney, and the trial date is set.

I am also glad you are comfortable coming here to vent. It's obvious you have friends here who love and support you. That's awesome, I know it has helped me considerably in the past.

I will keep you in my prayers, and will also pray the trial goes well!

Pain Free Hugs and Good Wishes,

Cala

hey vicc i have very strong opinions about w/c in 1998 i had a work related injury and broke my leg in 3 places. i came off the ski mountain on the back of a snomobile. i told my direct superviror who was driving my do what had happened. i told him i would call the office after i figured out on mon.
something random happened when i called to give them the bad news that i had broken my leg in 3 places. the company had in the interm decided i was faking my injuries and demanded my presence at a meeting. i went to the meeting and let them jabbber on about how i had failed to notify anyone at the company (which i had). the company investigator told me flat out the didnt believe my claim and werent going to cover my care....so i got on my cellphone and called a friend in justice and had a polygraph scheduled within 1 hour. the company freaked realizing that i was undoubtedly telling the truth and they really didnt need the bad publiscity. before i left to take the poly they had sceduled my surgery to fix my 3 fractured bones.

w/c definetly sucks but if you go in and wont accept what they have to say you will find that the majority of them throw together their arguments in a matter of seconds.
unfortunately some of us really do need their pathetic system

I haven't posted since I announced being rescheduled for the trial; I went into another cycle of more severe pain, more oxycodone and not eating well (pain and drugs do that), and of course, got weaker. So weak that even typing became an ordeal.

I arrived at the hospital at 7:00 AM Thursday, and they were really great. I can't even sit long in a wheelchair so they planned to take me to a room, get me into bed and do the admissions paparwork there. We stopped at a scale (doc insisted on finding how much I weigh), and I couldn't stand on it without support. They were debating whether to take me to one that could weigh me sitting down when someone stuck a thermometer in my ear.

It beeped, the nurse said "He has a fever", and ten minutes later I was on my way home with instructions to monitor my temp and call when it returned to normal.

I would have posted this Thursday, but I've complained before about how painful the 300 mile round-trip drive is, was still feverish, extremely weak, and depressed over another setback.

The added pain has diminished, the fever gone and I'm eating more, so I'll be ready to try it again as soon as they can schedule another trial. Life, I guess, goes on...Vic

Vicc,
 

It's Alison here,
I am so sorry about what you are going through ((hugs))
Please let us know how you are
I am so sorry that you had to go on a 300 mile round trip - that must have been really painful
Take care
Best wishes
Alison

Jimmy would say......

Pour me something tall and strong. Make it a hurricane before I go insane :p




I hope you are able to get the pump soon. I hate that frustrations dealing with WC adds more pain and suffering to an already tough road. I hope that you are able to find some relief quickly.

aww..
 

big painless ((hugs)) Vic, what did they say the fever was from do you know?
Just RSD's particularitys I supose..
RSD is one condition that premotes the thought "if it's not one thing it's another" I hope this is a short setback for you bud, drink lots of liquids and get lots of rest..

And I think it would do you good to try "Rooibos tea".. it is higher in antioxadents than green or white tea Vic.. I drink it all day instead of water hot or cold it's all good, bigger grocery stores have it in the tea section in tea bag form.

Listen to me.. so bossy aye..:o

See my swelling is down in my legs and the thick feeling (through my arms) I was getting when I put my arms against my body has toned down, I have only been drinking this tea since the beginning of september but I think its great and making a substancial diffrence for me :)

Hopin for a short wait time for your apointment an excelent results bud.
hugz,
Sandra