Just keep jumping through their hoops and it WILL pay off in the end. I got my best help from doctors who were ADR friendly but I had to play their game by their rules. It is definitely a tough game but a winnable one if you have thick skin, a sense of humor, perseverence and the ability to fend off the faeces they'll fling at you like the monkeys that they are. Don't give up because that's what they are counting on you to do.
What really burns my ass is that my company never fixed the problem and someone else may wind up hurt just like me. I just dont get it. They'll spend 2,000 a month to medicate me, thousands of dollars in operations and procedures, physical therapists and aides, plus months of lost work time and the problem has remained the same for years.
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 12/16/03 Work Accident
Herniation and DDD at L4-L5
4/1/05 Discectomy
Epidurals and facet injections
5/15/06 Discogram confirmed L4-L5 DDD also an asymptomatic L5-S1 tear
10/24/06 L4-L5 Prodisc surgery with Dr. Goldstein
CAT scans & X-Rays show ossification
Trigger Point Injections, Medial Branch Blocks, Acupuncture, Weekly Deep Tissue Massage
10/27/08 Discogram (positive L5-S1) 
11/25/08 L5-S1 fusion with Dr. Goldstein
FAILED BACK SYNDROME
Liberty Mutual WC
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