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tylerbrown
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Hi Everyone, I'm kinda new to the message board and I have posted a few things recently but I'm gonna lay it all out there now! I am at the end of my rope.. I hurt my back at work in 08 and ended up having a fusion from L4-S1 with a disc impant at L5/S1. Workers comp had me return to "light duty" for a period of time and then told me if I didn't return to full duty I would loose my job. My job was very physical and I wasn't at all ready to take that on. I wrote a letter to human resources asking for reasonable accomodations and they transferred me to a different position, however it didn't help. I went through ESI's, discograms, RACZ, and it turns out I needed another fusion above the existing one. I had another surgery in 09 - so I'm fused from L3-S1 and I'm still in pain. In the meantime, I lost my job because I exhausted all of my fmla time and I could no longer perform the duties required of me anyway. To top it off my husbanRAB employer relocated us to another state. Now I have an open wc case and my neurosurgeon has been saying since April that I need another surgery. I have a failed fusion, a compressed nerve at S1, and a bad disc at L3/L4. Workers comp has been trying to discontinue my benefits because I moved out of state. I had an IME and that was a complete joke. The IME dr wanted me to have a myelogram, which I did - and he still hasn't given his report from 3 months ago!!!! I don't understand how they can treat injured people this way! Obviously I need help!! I'm just not getting it... ANY ADVICE PLEASE HELP!!!! I also applied for SSD over a year ago and of course was initially denied - waiting for hearing date.