Hurt OTJ

Hello everyone, i'm needing a little advice because i'm in a situation that i've never been in before. I got hurt at work on 1-30, after a very painful 4 hour drive back to the terminal the company sent me to their doctor who sent me to the hospital for x-rays. Went back to the see the company doctor on 2-1 and he told me the x-rays looked suspicious, sent me back to the hospital for a mri. Followed up on 2-5 with the company doctor, he confirmed that i have a ruptured disk in my neck and 2 others that are bulging, arthritis in my spine and degenerative disc disease. The company doctor wants to refer me to a neurosurgeon but apparantly the neurosurgeon isn't on the list of doctors for the insurance company. I called the company doctor on 2-8 to get my pain medication refilled because i'm in extreme pain and he acted a little upset that they haven't gotten me to the neurosurgeon yet. I'm just at a loss here because it's workers comp. and they're calling the shots. I just want to get whatever is wrong fixed and get back to work. Thanks in advance for any help, God bless.

 

ok, thanks cybergal i've actually sent an email to the contact for workers comp. i'll just have to see what they say, they just seem to be dragging their feet.

 

ok, thanks guys those are the types of things i was wanting to know about. as i said in my previous post i've never had any dealings with workman's comp. i really hate to have to get a lawyer cause i really don't like them either, plus that will cost money which i really don't have right now. i got hurt on the 30th and haven't worked since then nor have i received a check from workers comp. it's all very aggravating to me, but thanks for the words of encouragement.

 

If any of you know anyone that is voting pro-socialized healthcare,pose this question to them. If socialized health care is so great than why are people from canada,france and the uk coming here to have certain procedures done. France is actually in the process of scrapping their system. i know the system here isn't great but it's a darn sight better than what they have over there. i actually spoke with a canadian truck driver some time ago that told me his wife had a brain tumor but they couldn't get anything done about it until she got the mri done. they had been waiting 6 months and still hadn't gotten in to get the mri done. people are dying there just waiting for basic services like these, here's another question for them. so you want the govt. to take control of your healthcare? the same govt. that has BANKRUPTED social security, medicare and medicaid. THESE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU WANT CONTROLLING YOUR HEALTHCARE...PUHLEASE!!!