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Old 03-05-2011, 02:43 AM #1
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I was injured on the job, originally in 2002 after falling. I went through their physical therapy, pm, on my lower back. I tried telling them that I was having pain in my neck, but the company doctors kept telling me that the muscles in my neck were working hard because of the injury to my lower back. They released me to go back to work on modified duty. That was a joke. Anyhow, in 2004, my family doctor took me out of work as I was blacking out. Come to find out, it was because of disc's in my neck. I filed a workers comp case. Their orthopedic surgeon decided that by doing a fusion in between the damaged disc's, that it would stabilize the others. This was in 2005, it didn't work. I've had to have both of my shoulders done, and even though I've had two neurosurgeons advise me and right up reports stating that I need a triple fusion, the insurance company wouldn't authorize it because their doctor that saw me for all of 15 minutes, said that I didn't need it, that I was faking it. Anyhow, now that I'm on social security disability, I have to pay for my workers comp injury, and I'm in an extreme amount of pain. I need to find somewhere that I can get my surgeries on my neck, and my lower back down for as reasonably inexpensively as I can without risking my health. I live in Southern California. If anyone has any advice or suggestions, I'd sure like to hear them. Thanks
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