got screwed by company firing me while on workers comp

I work(ed) for a magnificent company that fired me while I have a workers comp claim. I got hurt 11/2/12 and they took my trk away 11/14/12 went on workers comp with severe knee injury. worker's comp and my doc went into conflict when my doc say surgery. they immediately said no way. rhey paid me up until they cut my comp off in june I was told by lawyer that I was fired because I didn't report for duty in june even though i cant hardly walk. i am having to pay for my own surgery caz i been out trk for almost a year. and trucking companies will take all day to not hire if been out of trk for 2 years the ones i talked to. i fired my lawyer got a new lawyer. i paid my doc 2500 to go ahead and do surgery. i had to beg borrow and plead to scrape that up. the hospital is treating me like a charity case. i just cant get over the magnificent company fired me even though i am in litigation with them over my worker's comp case i thought that they cant fire you when there is a worker comp claim can i make them pay for my other knee is starting to hurt pretty good becaz i been limping for almost a year not sure what to do about that or what to expect has any body went thru any of this or can shine any light on this

 

I got hurt while picking up load in western point Maryland. the company I work for is out of Illinois. my claim is filed in illinois i thought that they couldn't fire me. but i was told they did because i didn't show for duty i will have to have my mpl reconstructed, i have loose pieces of bone/tissue floating around in my knee among more stuff. my surgery is set for 10/10/13. it has been a year almost and workers comp refuse to pay for surgery. i have had 2 MRI, i have been to 2 IME doctor visits. i live 50 miles from Memphis in AR WC sent me all the way to st Louis, mo for IME 320mi one way. my new lawyer say he is gonna stick it to workers comp (in not so many lawyer words). i don't get it when i was told they fired me i filed for unemployment and i received unemployment because the i told the adjudicator that i was looking for job within my disability. my case is totally confusing to me and im living thru it. all i can say that my first lawyer sat on his thumbs and did nothing to fight for my case. now my new lawyer is having to sue my employer. u no how u can talk to a person and tell that they are slobbering. new lawyer say i have a very solid case whatever that me in lawyer terms. and i can feel him slobbering thru phone!!

 

CONGRATS ON GOING BACK TO WORK i can say im jealous!! i don't remember what it mean to earn check doc say i got 6-8 month recovery im looking at may/ june