Give 'em HELL.
Another side could be that "going in" could result in no more walking, just able to SIT yet be in more posts PAIN that will not be abated unless, when/if possible, Sleeping.
You are aware of PAINS that drugs cannot touch as WE're sure you've been experiencing.
LAWSUITS TAKE YEARS especially with insurance companies.
Look at all the past and current trucking companies having been sued
i know about the dangers of any surgery, that's a given for anyone to wake up to and fully realize.
the thing is a gamble. however, say that it is found (by the court doctor) that he agrees with my doctor, that this new operation is needed, and i don't have it done. what happens say 1 to 10 years from now, i have severe pains and even MORE limited range of motions? then i will be most likely told by a new doctor, "too bad you didn't take care of this sooner"...
if it weren't for this job, and getting hurt, i'd highly suspect that i would have made it to 70+ age, like my very first operational surgeon told me, back in the fall of 2000 when i first got hurt, and had the subsequent operation that following spring of 2001.
why should (say) my health benefits in the future, pay for any more operations that the insurance company today, IS RESPONSIBLE FOR NOW..????
that's what my attorney told me, "they own the responsibility they accepted from day #1"....
i only like to "gamble" on the lottery.....not my body. but what do i realistically do..??
continue to live in daily pain and numbness, and sleepless nights. with NO powerful medications other than a simple Tylenol..??
or (if agreed upon, by the court doctor as well as mine), have one more operation in hopes of pain, numbness elimination...???
arthritis will settle in, some has already done so. that will make any future back operation(s), more difficult, than it would be now.
at least, this is my point of view.
i rue the day i got hurt.
that's a fact.
i actually at times, rue the day i decided to give up being a mechanic, and got into driving.
i do not want to be, not working.
but anyway i look at it, it's over for me.
what more do i have to lose..???