I was wanting some advise on if I need a lawyer and when should I get them involved?
I got hurt last January on the job. I was moving a bed and hurt my back called my work and they sent me to the doctor and called wc. They picked up the bills and meds. The doctor took x-rays and said there was nothing wrong just had a lumbar strain I asked to go see a othapedic doctor. When I got to the ortopetic doctor he move my legs around and hit them with his little hammer. He agreed that it was a lumbar strain and all I needed to do is physical theropy. So I did the physical theropy and then when they released me to light duty my work wanted to cut my pay so I quit to find a new job that did not have hard labor and paid more.
So I started a job answering phones at a call center but the pain contiued so I went to a chropractior to get massages because they said it was musle paid so I paid for it out of my own pocket and did not contact the WC. It did not help so my friend asked me to go see his dad who is a genral doctor. I seen him and he moved my legs around and said yes there is defanately something wrong and I needed to get checked out. So I called the WC and asked them if they could have me checked out again they asked why I did not call them for 6 months I advised them that I was able to deal with the pain and the doctors said it would go away well it did not and has got worse. She said ok and set me a appontment for the orthopetic. I went to see him again and he moved my legs and said yep we need a MRI . So I went a got a MRI last week and I have a ruptured disk in my back so when I went to doctor today he said I can have surgery or do theropy. The agent that goes to all my workmans comp was asking questions about the six months I did not talk to them. I advised them that I had been to the chropractior and the genral doctor in that time period to see if there was anything they could do for the soreness.
I got hurt last January on the job. I was moving a bed and hurt my back called my work and they sent me to the doctor and called wc. They picked up the bills and meds. The doctor took x-rays and said there was nothing wrong just had a lumbar strain I asked to go see a othapedic doctor. When I got to the ortopetic doctor he move my legs around and hit them with his little hammer. He agreed that it was a lumbar strain and all I needed to do is physical theropy. So I did the physical theropy and then when they released me to light duty my work wanted to cut my pay so I quit to find a new job that did not have hard labor and paid more.
So I started a job answering phones at a call center but the pain contiued so I went to a chropractior to get massages because they said it was musle paid so I paid for it out of my own pocket and did not contact the WC. It did not help so my friend asked me to go see his dad who is a genral doctor. I seen him and he moved my legs around and said yes there is defanately something wrong and I needed to get checked out. So I called the WC and asked them if they could have me checked out again they asked why I did not call them for 6 months I advised them that I was able to deal with the pain and the doctors said it would go away well it did not and has got worse. She said ok and set me a appontment for the orthopetic. I went to see him again and he moved my legs and said yep we need a MRI . So I went a got a MRI last week and I have a ruptured disk in my back so when I went to doctor today he said I can have surgery or do theropy. The agent that goes to all my workmans comp was asking questions about the six months I did not talk to them. I advised them that I had been to the chropractior and the genral doctor in that time period to see if there was anything they could do for the soreness.
