Ok so I have had 2 hospital stays for emergency IV antibiotics, 4 forearm debridement surgeries, nerve decompression surgery in elbow, and shoulder surgery which I think I’m going to hold off on right now. As I need to get to work. Employer failed to file claim for 36 days. In Texas they have to report in 8 days. I’m still in PT now and was just ordered 6 more sessions.
WC is legalized robbery of the injured employees they “represent”. I was injured May of last year. Have had 4 surgeries. And now need 2 more. This has been due to one delay after another from insurance and employer. They took 36 days to file claim, then it was denied 2 days later. So I gathered all necessary documents as adjuster told me word for word “you are on WC so you essentially work for us now”. So I got all necessary documentation and got it approved 20 days later. By this time I had already had 2 surgeries. With 2 more performed in September. On October 10th insurance company doctor ordered PT. It took till Dec 11 to get into PT. This whole time my arm was in a sling isolated. Developed frozen shoulder got a cortisone shot and 3 PT sessions later my rotator cuff tore. PT said it was the way I was holding myself and guarding. Ok I’ll take that. Finally get MRI. Full tear of cuff with no retraction and F1 fatty saturation. Which means a very recent tear. Not degenerative for my age. So fighting that. Then had nerve conduction study and I have pinched nerve in my elbow causing numbness down arm into pinky and ring finger. The insurance company doctor wrong a complete letter of causation saying that this whole injury is anatomically related and should be covered as did my surgeon and PT. They still denied it so now we have a Review in July. Week by week I slowly fall further and further behind. If I have the shoulder surgery it will bankrupt me. But the nerve decompression I have to get or it will start effecting the function of arm and hand. I’m so over this. Am I the only one who gets super depressed and get stuck in dark places.