I just had surgery for cubital tunnel syndrome in my left arm. It took a doctor and referral a surgeon a month or so when the surgeon told me it was work related. Ironically when I reported it the next day, I got "laid off" due to attendance issues from going to the doctor with notes. What is the average settlement for this type of injury with a lawyer?

I have been dealing with unbearable pain for just about 2yrs. It started a few months after the epidural I recieved with my youngest child. I finally went to the doctors about a yr and a half ago complaining of the pain. They put me on tramadol and sent me to get an x ray it came back normal, so I asked about getting an MRI. I also went to an rhumatologist (RA) who diagnosed me with fibromyalgia and when I told her of the back pain she argued with me saying its just your fibromyalgia. They told me do to my insurance that I had to go through a process which was x ray, physical therapy, mri. I was all for it ,well they never did anything, so a month ago I went to my regular doctor again and told her I wanted an mri or a referral to someone who could help me ( I was at my wits end with pain and all the other suffering to much to type) so she sent me to an orthopedic doctor. They got me in the beg. of dec for an MRI and I got the results today saying I do in fact have a bulging disc. My question is do I have a chance at a law suit ?

It wasn’t just misdiagnoses they didnt attempt to do anything for a long time even though they knew I had to complete certain things to get the mri. Plus all the times they never refilled meds to ease the pain all the times my daughter saw her mother crying in pain that was so bad it made me sick, pale etc. All any one did was say o well you need an mri but here are more meds and we cant or wont do the mri.

My daughter shattered her arm in an auto accident last weekend (Friday) and had surgery a week later (Friday) to fix it. She was the passenger in the car. She does not have any health insurance. The police report states that due to conflicting stories, they cannot place who was at fault. But I was able to obtain a CD from a service station that had the accident on tape. The other party turned in front of my daughter while they both had a green light. After asking around to friends and family, nobody knows of a good attorney for me to contact! I’m looking for all of her medical bills to be paid, as well as lost wages. Has anybody had success with a certain lawyer or know of a good one I can call? I would really like a referral instead of just picking one out of the phone book. Thanks!

I told them I was seeing my personal physician for follow up and now they are harassing me about refusing their referral.? Sounds like a major scam.

FRUSTRATED! 4yrs ago or so i visited an ortho that ran an mri and then handed me a referral told me he couldnt do anything for me… this was the largest ortho outfit in the city that handles the pro football players etc…. theyre all about marketing… why they wouldnt handle my disc injuries is beyond me.. im glad though because i couldnt understand the dudes broken english lol… anyway, i thought why is he sending me too pain mgt ie. pain pill mill…. they arent in any innovative in surgical techniques.. in fact, i had too obtain a printout from a pharmacist describing new meds like 15mg, 30mg oxycodone tabs that contain zero tylenol… the pain doc argued that i was wrong and that he was giving me 10mg tylenol loaded percocets 10x a day.. no way! he said they didnt make 15,30mg stuff.. anyway, im on 10 of the 15mg oxycodones a day and im tired of pills.. im tired of lyrika ( anti seizure med used for nerve pain) im tired anti inflammatories…. part of this is due too the fact that ive exhausted physical therapy, epidural injects, chiro care, and all im doing is graduating each year on pain meds to a stronger dose… ive been offered fentanyl,oxycontin, methadone, none of which i wish too endure… never! i dont know anymore if a pain pill clinic is for me? the top doc is an ortho surgeon and if you ask me, a man with a hammer will hit anything that looks like a nail… just like this dude,hes an awesome caring doc but hey, is surgery the answer? everyone ive met thats had back surgery, from laminectomies to minimally invasive laser disc jobs all are still eating pain meds and in pain….. how does a patient know what is best for treatment options? if i go too an ortho, he wants the knife… if i go too a pain clinic, they hand you oxycontin, if i go too a laser procedure joint, they will say laser me! is there really a way too heal and live a normal life after disc injuries? eating pain meds and visiting the doc for more rx’s is where im at… ive seen athletes come back and play pro football after disc injuries and i doubt they are living on oxycontin ea day… is their a solution of fix for disc injuries? surgery worries me, i know its just a 50/50 shot and they hope it works.. ive yet too see anyone say theyve had a successful procedure and quit pain meds… so do i accept that im on pain meds for the rest of my life and live with it?

i would like too get in a gym and exercise, aerobics, light weights? is this out of the question? working out/exercising and bodybuilding was daily thing for me.. i competed and now here i sit… woohooo! percocets! o boy! any atheletes out there?

She has three slightly buling discs in her lumbar region. They caused some pain last year, but nothing too long term or horrible. At that time, there was no need for surgery.

A few weeks ago, er back acted up and has gotten progressively worse, with severe pain no matter what. Our insurance turned down a referral to an accupuncturist, and she can’t get to see a spine specialist until Aug. 10. What can i do to help her be more comfortable? This is killing me because I can’t think of anything to do for her!

Please don’t tell me to start with my general practitioner for a referral. I need to cut to the chase. Thanks!