Sometimes I just want to screem!
I don't feel good at all. I am so tired all the time. I got hurt in April at work...or so I say. I work in a warehouse. I was putting a box up. I felt a pinch in my back but the discomfort immediately went away. 2 days later while at the grocery store my back locked up and I could not move for several minutes. I filed workers comp when I returned to work. I got sent to their doctor who poked at my back and had me return every other week for almost 3 months. He didn't do anything else, at all. My workers comp was denied. I had an attorney who was going to go to the industrial commission meeting with me to fight it but I decided not to fight it. The only way he was getting paid was if I got money from the company. I just wanted them to pay the stinkin bills. Now I wish I had. They waited two months to get a written statement from my witness, which they then rewrote. I started as a temp 8/06 and got hired 3/07. I was given a file folder of paperwork and told to let them know when I was done filling out the papers. I didn't sign any of the paperwork that said they had gone over safety procedures with me because they had not (and i told them so). I got the doctor bills and they were $2500. Insurance says they wont cover them because it is work related. I am still having issues, though somewhat different. In July I found out, I have pinched nerves in both elbows (emg was done). Doctor said that this was probably do to pushing and pulling carts and pallet jacks (8-12 hours a night). I have gone through 12 weeks of OT and no help. I have been having neck pains and headaches. I also have been having numbness and tingling in my arms and fingers (due likely to pinched nerves) so doc did mri on my neck. Apparently I also have psoriatic arthritis and am now going to have to go to PT 3 times a week for 6 weeks and then go back and see doc. I have psoriasis on my elbows which may increase chances for infection if he has to do surgery. Now I get shooting pains in my fingers (he says arthris might be all over body- and that that is what is causing tendonitis problems in feet). I am putting in for FMLA but that doesn't stop it from hurting (which is all I want!). Went to eye doctor Sat and he said I have bubbles and pockets that have formed in the inside of my eyelids due to dust (can't imagine where the dust came from). On top of this I get severe migraines 2-3 times a month. Have high blood pressure, diabetes and PCOS. I am only 31. I should not be this tired all the time. I'm gonna take a nap. Thanks for letting me vent. Any advice on managing pain (other than the meds)would be greatly appreciated. I would like to quit my job but it is so hard to find another one making what I do and the insurance is awsome. Might have to make less, I guess.
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