Re: Lunch next week (fwd)

[Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>]

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Date: Sun, 02 Mar 2008 15:26:56 -0500
From: http://www.aol.com/~nkoppel836
To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
Subject: Re: Lunch next week

  You were really smart to go through your Primary Care and not claim 
Workers Comp.  You will get better care without the associated stress 
that comes with Workers Comp.  This way you can choose your own doctor 
instead of having your care and treatment dictated by someone in 
Employee Health.

My retired nurse girlfriend, Bunny, who is helping with my mother, has 
terrible arthritis problems inherited from her father.  Bunny was a 
Med/Surg LVN for many years.  She has had more "orthopedic" type 
operations related to that than all my other friends put together.  She 
has had neck surgery along with the other areas.  She also had 
difficulty determining if her work as a nurse was a cause or just 
aggravated a pre-existing condition.  Bunny made the mistake of 
claiming Workers Comp for her first orthopedic problem (her back) and 
regretted it.

-----Original Message-----
From: Noelle <http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg>
To: http://www.aol.com/~nkoppel836
Cc: http://profiles.yahoo.com/lambda_crane
Sent: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:58:35 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Re: Lunch next week

On Sat, 1 Mar 2008 http://www.aol.com/~nkoppel836 wrote:

> Date: Sat, 01 Mar 2008 23:42:09 -0500
> From: http://www.aol.com/~nkoppel836
> To: http://dummy.us.eu.org/noelleg
> Cc: http://profiles.yahoo.com/lambda_crane
> Subject: Re: Lunch next week
>
>  Hi - Seems strange that PT isn't tried before surgery is considered.
> Is this Workers Comp?  Does this doctor think it is work related?

no, it's not workers comp. the neurosurgeon didn't seem to think PT would
help, but I think once I see my PMD maybe she would order PT.  I think
it's work-related.But if I had this tendency genetically, it's not just
work aggravated.the osteophytes are related to arthritis, I think.

> Could there be another cause such as prior injury or arthritis?  Are
> you satisfied with this doctor?  Was he or she recommended by anyone?

the neurosurgeon was recommended by several people and I did have a good
rapport with him. I need to bring my dad in with me to talk about it some
more.

> Yes, that's my cell phone and you can call either me or Linda or write
> back.  Just let us know when you would like to come.

I'll call you monday