Sever shoulder pain.?
Ok, I asked a question about the shoulder pain and everyone says its a torn rotator cuff. I looked it up online and ya sounds like it. Here is the problem: my family doctor won’t talk to me about it at all because its workmans comp. I am going to a nerosurgeon that wont see me until all of my workmans comp stuff goes through. So he sent me to a chropractor until until it does. The chropractor has been doing "treatment" to my arms neck and shoulder, including cracking my neck and shoulder. I told him it’s getting worse, and how it hurts so bad its making me sick to my stomach. He doesnt want me to go to emergency for the pain, because he said the neurosurgeon will want to look at it ,and anything they do there wont be covered by workmans comp. He keeps telling me it’ll be two weeks until I can make an appointment to see him. In the mean time I am in terrible pain, I got some vicodin from my mom, which I am almost out of, I have to take 1 1/2 every 6 to 8 hours to make it stop hurting.
So now I am almost out of vicodan, there is no way I can go without it, before I take any I wait as long as I possibly can, until I’m in tears. So what should I do? I called the nurosurgeon and told them, they wont prescribe anything until they see it, and like I said the family doctor wont even see me for that. Any advice? I was thinking of going to urgent care center and explaining it to them, do you think they prescribe something? I mean they dont know me, but I can’t live like this. Any advice?
I dont know how the chropractor has the workmans comp info. and he doesnt share. Last time I fillled they gave me a medical card, this time nothing.
I cannot take nsaids, because i have tendonitis in my elbow for almost 4 years. with the orthopedic doctor i have seen for it has given me cortizone shots and nsaids. now i have gastritis from the nsaids.
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An emergency room visit should be covered by the worker’s comp…so should your regular doctor.
Well i am on workers comp now for my shoulder injury, ive had 2 operations on it, my employers sent me to my own GP and he then said it was a workers comp case,but your dr has to agree if its a workers comp or not, the decision comes from the dr know one else, he is covered by insurance for this type of thing, so i think i would change my GP if i was you, and if it is a workers comp case see your employers ask them what are they going to do about it, they are resposible for you while your at work, but in the mean time take some nurofen they are very good for pain and can get them over the counter…good luck