Warning to all of us.......

[Guest guest]

Hey guys, I need to vent because I am SO upset right now!!!!

I have been a work comp patient since 1992 (you can read my story

somewhere on this website) I'm 37 years old and just had my revision

surgery July 9th with wonderful results. I have been above board

with all of my work comp. things and have been honest all of these

years. I know that work comp people sort of get a reputation (from

the insurance companies) of " working the system " . I have NEVER done

ANYTHING all of these years except be honest and try and to get

better.

I say all of this to say - the problem I have had lately is the

people that Work comp contracts out to " help " me. I know I can't put

everyone in the same boat and one bad egg doesnt' make all of it

rotten but let me explain what has happened to me in the last 6

months.

#1 a month before my surgery - My massage therapist place (NOT the

massage therapist) wrote notes on me on days that I did NOT go there

and forged my massage therapist's signature to collect the money for

me being there (which I was not). THEN fired my massage therapist

because she knew about it and after she was fired she let me know the

whole story. I of course reported it to my work comp. insurance and

they said

" thank you we will report it to the state, but there is so much fraud

going on this will probably be put on the bottom of the list because

it was a " one time " occurance (that we KNOW of).

#2 My transportation company that has been driving me to and from

Physical therapy picks me up late and then I hear them tell the

company that contacted them out -(while I am still in the car) " I

have already dropped Ms. Warren off " (we were still in my driveway)

Also, they come 30 minutes late to pick me up to take me back home

and tell their boss " I picked her up on time " .

#3 Here is the best one!!! I have a CNA who comes to my house 3

times a week to help me out with laundry and house cleaning etc. She

used to come 5 days a week for 4 hours each time. Now it's 3 times a

week for 4 hours each time. I have known " " now for 5 months.

I am dependent on Oxycontin and have carefully been stepping down

from it since my surgery. I am now on 10 mg. 3 times a day. I have

only been taking it 2 times a day. My prescription was filled on

November 19 and my next pain management Dr. appt is on this Tues. On

Friday I noticed 34 pills missing!!! Soooo....I set a trap for the

only person that could have done it - MY CNA helper! This morning at

9:00am I had 10 pills left (not enough to last me to Tues but I was

going to try and space them out) I left my pills in the bottle and

double counted them to make sure there were 10 in there. I went

downstairs and did my thing and when she left at 1:00 I went back

upstairs and my room was spotless and I counted my pills and I have 6

left - 4 WERE MISSING! I was the only person in the house besides my

3 young boys.

I reported her to the company that sends her to me and the main

lady " Susie " was a little defensive. But I told her the whole story

and how I had set a trap and she fell right into it. My CNA is from

Columbia and can't speak English very well and so, " Susie " is going

to have an interpreter with her tommorrow when she confronts " " .

In the mean time - I called my doctor and told his assistant the

whole story and how I needed the pills and didn't have enough to last

me until Tues. and could they please write my prescription early?

They called back and said If I show them a police report then they

will write me another prescription. I understand that they have to

protect themselves - but I am the one who is suffering over all of

this.

I get HORRIBLE withdrawal symptoms from this Oxycontin E R. I Sweat,

and I freeze, I get diarreah, restless body syndrome, can't sleep and

feel nervous.

After " " is confronted tomorrow, I am going to wait and see if

she will give the pills back and then I am pressing charges

tomorrow. I don't know how they will " get " her because if they do

fingerprints, it will show them on there and she can just say she

moved it to dust or something. I sooooo wish I would have set up a

camera to catch her.

What if I were just out of surgery and our of it? What if I were

elderly and not cognitive enough to watch for something like this?

What if I were more handicapped or mentally challenged? How many of

these people are being taken advantage of? How many more times have

I been taken advantage of and just don't know it???

I am so frustrated! Please let this be a warning to all of us to

WATCH what goes on and be WISE and CAREFUL and don't trust anyone!

Thanks for letting me vent!

I'll let you know what happens next.

Debbie Warren

(Tampa)