I HATE WORKCOVER.. The fight begins

[Guest guest]

Yes on Monday afternoon I got a letter from my Workers Compensation

Insurer who have for the last (nearly) 9 years been responsible for

my shoulder injury (instability and RSD) and have covered my medical

and like expenses as well as paying me a weekly wage. They do NOT

know I have EDS as I have not ever received a true diagnosis (they

did say at one stage that I didn't have a genetic problem).

Well they decidedto cut off my weekly pay as of 3rd July due to the

last docotr they sent me to to have a medical review said I was fine

to go back to work doing office/clerical work (even though I can't

sit for more than about 15 min's at a time) and can barely use my

right arm. This came about becasue the FIRST thing this doctor said

to me was that RSD doesn't exist so we don't need to worry about

that, he did say that I was still not stable and that my last 2

surgery's were failures and that I have major muscle and cuff

problems but hey obviously this wont effect me, apart fromt he fact

that my shoulder started dislocating again about 3 weeks after this

interview (and I told W/C this) and have a RSD flare up (not bad

considering RSD doesn't exist ).

So now I have about 30 days to organise an internal review and to

track down and supply all medical information relating to my shoulder

as well as getting new updates. then if that doesn't work to organise

for concilliation and then go to court if I haven't ha any luck.

I was SO upset when I go this, especially as I dislocated my shoulder

on Saturday twisting in my chair and talked myself out of going to

the ER (Jo, I wish now after our online talk that I have ha gone

) and then on Tuesday in the shower out it comes again, and this

time it was again nasty so I got dressed (I was NOT going to the ER

in a towel (now that would have been scary and NOT just for

me )) and called an ambulance and off I went (the ambo

confirmed an anterior dislocation but by the time they got me to X-

ray (and that is a WHOLE nother story) about 1 1/2 hr's later it had

relocated itself so they just sent me home even thought I told them

it was NOT right or feel enlocated correctly they said X-rays shows

it is fine and that is that, I asked for the CT scan that my OS

wanted and they agreed to do it the next morning (this was at about

12:30am)at 9 am (so about 81/2 hr later) but when I got there they

decided that a CT wouldn't show anythign and again sent me home (with

a letter for my GP to have a MRI and/or CT air arthrogram done (both

of which they coldn't do at the hospital).

So now I have to ring and run around and write letters and pay out

all of this money to proved that my shoulder is STILL stuffed and to

prove that RSD does exist and is a recognised medical condition and a

debilitating one at that. I am also thinking about applying for

disability pension in the mean time in case they do deny me (I can't

see how they could but just in case) so that I have all of my bases

loaded.

Any help or oideas of information I can include would be greatly

appreciated I am going to print out some online medical articles

about RSD and basically plan on drowning them in papers in reports

and results and articles and all of my paperwork from the last 9 yrs

on my shoulder.

So if I am not around much in the next month then this is why.

Sharon