and Chrissy

[Guest guest]

Hi!

Oops....sorry about the mix-up. I guess I was too focused on the

discussion itself and missed the voice! But I appreciate all of

your input!

I agree about the PD not being a work related injury. I ended up

getting ill at work due to some bad decisions by the dean of the

school - which caused my initial surgery that led to my first case

of pancreatitis which led to the eventual discovery of the PD. I

guess if you really wanted to stretch the association a person

could have argued that I may not have needed that first surgery if

the dean wouldn't have made the decision he did, which may

have meant that the second surgery and the AP wouldn''t have

occured which means my PD may have remained silent my

whole life. But that is a lot of pretty nebulous " what-ifs " and

involves knowledge of events and interpretation of actions taken

that I cannot imagine an inurance person would be able to have

or do. But, I guess all is fair when it comes to creating reasons

for denying payment. I am thinking, but just a small spark of an

idea, to get a lawyer involved. I had decided to not pursue legal

options in my case (there was obvious gross malpractice

involved with the first surgery) but now I am considering

contacting a lawyer to, at the least, see if I have a case -

especially after all this time. The tricky part is that I would be

suing my employer...which is a very uncomfortable position to be

in as far as job security (which was made clear to me when all

this first occured)........but if I have " lost " my insurance coverage

by this worker's comp issue, then I really have no reason to keep

my job. It was mainly the insurance that kept me working.

Laurie