First off i Would like to say this is the first time I am posting on this forum site, so i hope that i get this right.
To get started I was injured at my job on Mon. feb 22, 2010. I was lifting a 70 lb. peice of metal and as I was picking it up I sneezed.(I know sneezed but it happened) It hurt like all hell laid on the ground for about half an our let my boss know, who by the way did NOT file an injury report, and woke up the next morning not able to roll out of bed. Then when I was finally able to reach for my phone,3 hours later, called the shop supervise, who is above my boss, and told him what happened asked if i should make a doctors appointment for go to a chiropractor that day so I could get a note. He told me to go the the chiropractor, so I did and it cost me because they did not take insurance…. First mistake I guess… So, she told me that I tweaked my back and to take the rest of the week off. In the mean time I was talking with my parents and they told me to make an appointment with my doctor so I did for the following Tues. and used up all of my holiday pay for those couple of days. Then my doctor tells me that I have severe back spasms and a possible ruptured disc he per scribed me a tone of pills, 4 every 6 hours, but he also told me that I need to talk to the owner and tell him since I was injured at work I have 45 days to file a claim. I talked to the owner the next day on wed. and he told me to go to their doctor on thurs. That doctor told me the exact same thing that my doctor said and they told me to take a bunch more pills, another 4 every 6 hours. So, at one point I was taking upwards of 16 pills a day. So they told me to come back next thurs and I did, they gave me an ex ray and said you still have the severe back spasms and my need an MRI later. Then, my Workman’s comp insurance handler calls me takes my information and tells me that I can not go to their doctor anymore I have to go to another doctor that’s an hour away, verses 10 minutes and by the way they were both the exact same company centegra… ugh… I received a check from the insurance company from the 2/23/10-3/8/10. I continued to see their doctors and they keep telling me that I need physical therapy. Neither my nor the doctors have been able to get a hold of my case manager who never meet her commitment that she said on her voice mail, which was to contact me back by 3:30 the same day i left the messages. In the mean time I moved my motorcycle five feet so i could get my garbage cans out the door and it killed my back. I told my doctor this and she wrote it down and told me not to do it again. So we Finlay hear from Workmans comp that I could start physical therapy on, get this 4/10/2010. Over a month later. So, I have been doing that from now until last week when my Therapist told me that Workman’s comp denied my claim. I called them up and the case manager said that she dined it because if I was well enough to move my bike I was well enough to go back to work. both the therapists and THEIR doctor said that was bs. oh did i mention that I haven’t gotten any money since that first check!!!! I have just recently contacted a lawyer and he is working to get me what they owe me and so i can go back to therapy.
So, in all im broke behind on my rent, car, car insurance, bike insurance, phone bill, utility bills, credit cards, and over drawn on my savings account. I have no idea what my next step is and can I hit these guys so hard that they wont think about discontinuing someones claim before contacting anyone!!!!!!!
Forgot to mention a couple of things I had to drop my dental, short term disability and life insurance because I can not afford the every 2 weeks and can not get them through my work again until next Jan.
