Re: I truly cannot take this anymore! Work comp may now be sending me to yet ANOTHER dr. (m)

In Reply to: I truly cannot take this anymore! Work comp may now be sending me to yet ANOTHER dr. (m) posted by Lisa on February 24, 2004 at 21:03:23:

: for my elbow...This would be the 7th one! They are telling me that since no two doctors have agreed that they need to get yet another opinion before they do surgery. The thing is the 2nd dr. I saw said that I had an ulnar nerve problem, but tried to fix it with PT (which didn't work). And the one I saw last week said that same thing, but recommended surgery. Two other doctors say that I have thoracic outlet syndrome (which I tested positive for). This is killing me! In the meantime, I am supposed to sit here in pain while they make their decision!

: I am just so tired of all this...

: Thanks for listening. I just needed to let off a little steam...

: ~Lisa

I sympathize with you. There's a couple guys in rehab who are dealing with the same thing, conflicting opinions by the docs. One guy's so fed up that when he manages to get private ins again, he's gonna get it fixed on his ins versus the comp system which has done nothing for him.