Re: Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

[Guest guest]

Hello Angie,

Have you tried Dr. Lapp in Charlotte, NC? He has helped a lot of people

from our support group in Winston Salem. He writes a wonderful report that

keeps the insurance companies off my back.

The Sasser law Firm, Max Sasser Attorney at Law in Charlotte, NC is excellent.

Wishing you the best,

Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares they

can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been more

supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might have

been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead, according

to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

agreed with them!

Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went down

and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a doctor

better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing fatigue.

I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find someone

who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY want

to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill, the

ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication because I

only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give me a

week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with Rocky

Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis - hence

my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance companies

and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in supporting

malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It would be

wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required. Number 1

priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

Thanks!

Angie

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I'm considering him and have his phone number handy. I have to

admit, I was kinda hoping to find someone similar but out of state.

The reason is that if I try to go after the original doctors who

left me untreated while so desparately ill, it's hard to do using

North Carolina doctors. The NC Medical Board goes after doctors in

NC who testify against other doctors in NC. I find it incredible

that they can weild that much power over these doctors to inhibit

them from assisting those who have been so wronged physically and

financially. I guess, in the end, it benefits the members they have

practicing on the board as well as their MD buddies. They can make

more errors with less worry of penalty. Total conflict of interest,

in my opinion.

However, I will keep that name in mind if I can't find anyone good

out of state. Anyone else have suggestions for a doc as quailified

as Dr. Lapp - or is he it???

Thanks,

Angie

> Hello Angie,

> Have you tried Dr. Lapp in Charlotte, NC? He has helped a

lot of people from our support group in Winston Salem. He writes a

wonderful report that keeps the insurance companies off my back.

>

> The Sasser law Firm, Max Sasser Attorney at Law in Charlotte, NC

is excellent.

>

> Wishing you the best,

> Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Another option is to contact the NCF, National CFIDS Foundation.

I believe the husband of one of the principals/founders is a

disability attorney who specializes in CFS/FMS. I thought Jill

on this list might know a lot more than I do re the NCF.

Mike C

> Hello Angie,

> Have you tried Dr. Lapp in Charlotte, NC? He has helped a

lot of people from our support group in Winston Salem. He writes a

wonderful report that keeps the insurance companies off my back.

>

> The Sasser law Firm, Max Sasser Attorney at Law in Charlotte, NC

is excellent.

>

> Wishing you the best,

> Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

[Guest guest]

Mike,

I think I'm good for the disability attorney. I meant to add in my

last email that Sasser's firm had handled my SS and I was happy with

them. They have an LTD area with Sasser and I'm supposed to try to

set up an apt with him next week.

Now, if I attempt to go forward with a malpractice...that's a

different type of attorney. I still have to find one. I had one

that seemed to have an excellent reputation but he didn't disclose a

few things to me - which negatively affected his ability to practice

law - and we parted ways. So, I need a new malpractice attorney

that has a bit of integrity...

Wait, can I say " attorney " and " integrity " in the same

sentence?!!!

Angie

> > Hello Angie,

> > Have you tried Dr. Lapp in Charlotte, NC? He has helped

a

> lot of people from our support group in Winston Salem. He writes

a

> wonderful report that keeps the insurance companies off my back.

> >

> > The Sasser law Firm, Max Sasser Attorney at Law in Charlotte, NC

> is excellent.

> >

> > Wishing you the best,

> > Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

> >

> >

> > I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> > cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I

now

> > have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what

nightmares

> they

> > can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

> more

> > supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

> have

> > been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

> according

> > to the letter, he called them on the very last day and

basically

> > agreed with them!

> >

> > Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

> down

> > and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that

reason.

> > However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

> doctor

> > better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

> fatigue.

> > I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point,

I

> > think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

> someone

> > who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

> want

> > to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became

ill,

> the

> > ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

> because I

> > only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did

give

> me a

> > week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

> Rocky

> > Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore

antibiotics

> > after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

> hence

> > my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

> >

> > Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

> companies

> > and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

> supporting

> > malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

> would be

> > wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

> Number 1

> > priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> > Angie

[Guest guest]

It sounds to me like you need an Erisa attorney. The disninissues

newsgroup is a good place to start for disability questions.

Some people have spoken highly of Dr. Goldberg in MA., who may help

you with a supporting letter. But, my understanding is that only an

attorney can help beyond just supporting that you are disabled. I

believe it would be hard to find a doctor who would testify against

another doctor!

good luck

best,

lea

[Guest guest]

-----Hello Angie,

I would want Dr. Lapp on my team when walking into a NC court room. Sorry,

you were untreated for so long. But, we have over 400 people on our support

group list and not a doctor in the medical rich area of Winston Salem understand

CFS or Lyme disease. They we give you a diagnosis of fibromyalgia. I could

write a book from all the war stories. Are there any suggestions from this

group on how we can stop the ignorance? Thanks,

Hi ,

I'm considering him and have his phone number handy. I have to

admit, I was kinda hoping to find someone similar but out of state.

The reason is that if I try to go after the original doctors who

left me untreated while so desparately ill, it's hard to do using

North Carolina doctors. The NC Medical Board goes after doctors in

NC who testify against other doctors in NC. I find it incredible

that they can weild that much power over these doctors to inhibit

them from assisting those who have been so wronged physically and

financially. I guess, in the end, it benefits the members they have

practicing on the board as well as their MD buddies. They can make

more errors with less worry of penalty. Total conflict of interest,

in my opinion.

However, I will keep that name in mind if I can't find anyone good

out of state. Anyone else have suggestions for a doc as quailified

as Dr. Lapp - or is he it???

Thanks,

Angie

> Hello Angie,

> Have you tried Dr. Lapp in Charlotte, NC? He has helped a

lot of people from our support group in Winston Salem. He writes a

wonderful report that keeps the insurance companies off my back.

>

> The Sasser law Firm, Max Sasser Attorney at Law in Charlotte, NC

is excellent.

>

> Wishing you the best,

> Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I have found 2 doctors willing to write scrips for b12 shots. Both of them

worked in clinics for very poor people. There are some " real " docs in those

places- not after money, ya know. Very bright- and maybe eccentric.

And then too, I am very " real " with them; very aggresively articulate. Sometimes

I talk real fast.

And when I tell them I have " chronic fatigue syndrome, " they never have bothered

to try to find out which doc initially made the diagnosis, lol. Of course they

are not used to having such a medically knowledgeable pt, and they take notice.

My current doc allows me to inform him. He referred another pt to me to learn

abt b12.

It is possible to educate some docs. But you have to be able to give them

references-other docs. I think they'ld rather talk than read.

Adrienne

Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hello Adrienne,

I have found in the Winston Salem, NC area that people going to the free clinic

are getting an excellent level of care in compared to the big hospitals. Most

of the doctors at the free clinic are surgeons that are finding themselves in a

primary care position and b/c of limited funding are listening to the patients.

Does you local library have a copy of Dr. Jay Goldstein's book Tuning the Brain

, I loan it to doctors and if they tell me they understood and enjoyed the

book, I get my running shoes on. Dr. Goldstein has a lot of documentation on

what drugs will work for us and how. We had a lady in our group going to a

doctor that announced he was testing drugs along with another doctor friend to

see what would work on CFS/FM! She explained that all he had to do was read!

The research has been done. But, for some reason they all want to reinvent the

wheel. Anyway, thanks for helping educate.

I have found 2 doctors willing to write scrips for b12 shots. Both of them

worked in clinics for very poor people. There are some " real " docs in those

places- not after money, ya know. Very bright- and maybe eccentric.

And then too, I am very " real " with them; very aggresively articulate.

Sometimes I talk real fast.

And when I tell them I have " chronic fatigue syndrome, " they never have

bothered to try to find out which doc initially made the diagnosis, lol. Of

course they are not used to having such a medically knowledgeable pt, and they

take notice. My current doc allows me to inform him. He referred another pt to

me to learn abt b12.

It is possible to educate some docs. But you have to be able to give them

references-other docs. I think they'ld rather talk than read.

Adrienne

Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Theresa,

Thanks. My naturopath has just started talking to me about my brain chemicals. I

think he has an amino acids test in mind. Is that in the ballpark of what you

are referring to? I am not real big anymore on taking pharmaceuticals. At least

I have never been trashed bigtime by a supplement.

I can have the library get it for me on interlibrary loan, id need be. I found a

used copy for 28. but don't care to buy it sight unseen, I guess.

Your remarks about the clinic are interesting. YA' never can tell.

Adrienne

Best doctor for LTD? and/or legal?

>

>

> I'm having problems with my LTD company - and maybe my

> cardiologist. The LTD company has just closed my case and I now

> have to hire an attorney to fight them. I know what nightmares

they

> can be but I can't help but wonder if my cardiologist had been

more

> supportive in his last return phone call to them, if it might

have

> been harder for them to come back with a denial. Instead,

according

> to the letter, he called them on the very last day and basically

> agreed with them!

>

> Ok, I know I need to talk to him and find out what really went

down

> and I have an apt set up to see him today for just that reason.

> However, I'm more than a bit concerned I may need to find a

doctor

> better versed in issues surrounding problems with ongoing

fatigue.

> I'm in NC and willing to travel - and frankly, at this point, I

> think I would really prefer to go out of state if I can find

someone

> who may be supportive in a malpractice case as well. I REALLY

want

> to go after the first group of doctors I saw when I became ill,

the

> ones who left me with " just meningitis " with no medication

because I

> only needed " a week off from work to rest. " Now, they did give

me a

> week of Doxy in the beginning, when they misdiagnosed me with

Rocky

> Mt Spotted Fever but they refused to give me anymore antibiotics

> after that. I had Lyme Disease and I developed encephalitis -

hence

> my many travels onto message boards looking for answers.

>

> Anyway, who is on top of the game at fighting insurance

companies

> and supporting ongoing disabilities? Who is the best in

supporting

> malpractice cases as an expert witness for the injured? It

would be

> wonderful if they were one and the same but, not required.

Number 1

> priority is finding the doctor for my LTD case right now.

>

> Thanks!

>

> Angie

>

>

>

>

>