What do I do...

Originally Posted by Fishbulb

Ok, another update for anyone who gives a poop. & thanks for the reference Hedley, lol. Thats HEDLEY!! Went to the ortho specialist yesterday who's also the guy who did the surgery. He tells me it may be scar tissue pressing up against the nerve or possibly a bone spur. Im ruling out the bone spur because I had an MRI done a couple months after the surgery & I figured it would have shown at least some sign of that on there. LM wants to send me to a neuro surgeon specialist guy to be reveiwed. Oh & the ortho specialist is sending me for another test, i cant remember the name, sounds something like milo....something something. Basically they're going to inject a dye into me & see if it travels all the way down my leg, if it stops at a certain point then they'll know that thats the area which is causing me trouble. The whole time in there with the doc yesterday my LM scheduling coordinator was with me, she cleared it with my attorney first. I had no problems with that, any1 can see that i can barely walk will know im in serious pain. However she tells me she wants to schedule a meeting at my house & see my living conditions. Now I have nothing to hide but I think that would be a little intrusive on LM's part. I called my attorney & he was shocked to hear that they wanted to do this & is double checking with the state to see if they're overstepping their bounds. as I said, I have nothing to hide but I dont trust LM as far as I can throw them at this point so I dont want to her to say something ridiculous like "Oh well I see you live on the 2nd floor which could be attributed to your back injury...etc...". Obviously I'm exaggerating but who knows how they could twist things around to their favor. Has anyone ever had this done? or even heard of anyone getting an in-home visit from a LM rep?

Lib Mut nurse is allowed to come to dr office on your visits, but you don't have to allow her to go in to see the doctor with you. If she wants to come in your house, tell her to get a warrant.

[Fishbulb]

Update: just came from the orthosurgeon after having another test done. Was called a CT-Myleogram & it was pretty damn painful. Basically they inject your spine with a dye to see how far down it travels to find out where the blockage is. So they guy is telling me how he uses all very small needles & i'll just feel a bit of pressure & it only takes about 30min. K, no biggie i'm thinking. I'm on the table & they got the monitor right in front of me, im on my stomach by the way, & I can see this friggin 10 inch needle going into my spine. He literally drove it into my spine, i'm guessing through the cartilidge or soft tissue area, was like someone knifing me in the spine. Got results, doc says same thing as last time I got my post-op MRI's done. Shows some residual herniation which is exactly what the examiner who did the CT-Myleogram wrote in his report. So now this guy is scheduling me for a 2nd discectomy, the exact same disc! I wanted to punch his friggin teeth out. Thankfully Liberty stepped up & is sending me to a neurosurgeon for a 2nd opinion. But seriously, this F'ing guy who cut me open the 1st time....I'm just fuming.