Posted On: December 29, 2005, 11:23 am CST

Posted By: compnurse

Good one, John. You are obviously a work comp claimant. If injured workers really cared about their health and well-being, they would try to find the root and cause of their illness/problem/pain. Not listen to doctors/surgeons who make millions by just diagnosing "carpal tunnel syndrome" and performing unnecessary surgeries that don't help people anyway. Anyone can find someone to diagnose them with pretty much anything they want to and unfortunately, you can find a butcher who will perform pretty much any surgery. Your life is at stake anytime you have surgery. If there are other alternatives, it is much better than surgery. I do work in the work comp field and am very proud to say that I feel I help claimants everyday. Most people who have claims don't seem to be "professional claimants". It is those people who see results and ask for the help they are entitled to rather than make rude comments about every insurance carrier. It is so wrong to just assume that the doctor is good and the insurance carrier is bad. It is simply not true. We want to pay for what we owe, but we also feel we do not need to just give the doctor "free reign" to cut on individuals who may not be as educated on us and have too much trust in their physician. There are a lot of reputable doctors/surgeons and maybe even chiropractors; however, there are many who don't care about the claimant, they only care about the all mighty dollar. All I can say is, it is your body and at the end of the day, the only one who is going to care about you is you, unless you are lucky enough to find a nurse or someone who will look out for you. If you ever worked in the field, you would be amazed at all of the crooked healthcare providers we see. I really feel that you do not know what you are talking about, John. You must either have a non-reputable insurance carrier, doctor or you are just in the "disabled mindset". A lot of healthcare workers want to keep people thinking they are disabled, because that keeps money in their pockets. It doesn't put money in their patient's pockets. Think about it. Why is it that everyone thinks cts is caused by computer use at work, but not at home- hmmmmmmm?