Re: ime says working will take my mind off the pain! please

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thank you v, i did in fact telephone an attorny. i didn't want
to have to do it though. i shouldn't have to "fight" for
insurance. this is sickening! thank you for your response. i
am soooo frustrated, i needed to vent and cry.
michelle
On 10/22/05, v wrote:
> Michelle: Get to a workmans comp lawyer right away. This is
> the reason they are there.
>
>
> On 10/21/05, michelle wrote:
>> i am a nurse who, while trying to stop someone as she was
>> choking, hurt my shoulder. i have been out of work for
>> several months with day to day pain. i tried to go back
>> and ended up hurting more. the ortho specialist wants me
>> to have an mri with contrast to 'locate exact injury'.
>> i,however, was stuck going to an ime per the request of
>> work comp, who believes that if i return to work,the "pain
>> will go away"!!! here's the kicker, my work, has decided
>> that this is the recommendation on what they should abide
>> by. i should go back, on shorter hours, with no
>> restrictions. because this moron of a so called dr sent
>> them his report. in the meantime work comp has denied the
>> mri test from the specialist. work has informed me that if
>> i 'choose not to come in on the hours they shedule me' i
>> will have been considered as resigning my position! it's
>> not that i don't want to go back, actually i hate being
>> home in pain. but do i put myself or my patients at risk
>> because this ime thinks if i work my mind will be off the
>> pain?! i thought my position was secure. i am damn good at
>> what i do. they are lucky i choose to work there! i amm
>> inbetween a rock and a hard place. i thought the ime was
>> just a second opinion not a diagnosis! please help. i
>> don't know how to play this work comp game. i was under
>> the impression they were there to make sure i am treated
>> by a real physician, get the treatment necessary and make
>> sure i am compensated while i am off to get better. do i
>> need an attorney? do i have to abide by the ime
>> reccomendations? can they actually fire me if i don't?