[dshobbies]

Hi Sarah and welcome,

I'm sorry you were injured and required emergency surgery. I've had 2 disco/lami's and then... 3 ADRs. Statistically speaking, first discectomies are more successful than subsequent similar surgeries. However, my own experience was complete relief of of all pre-surgical symptoms after 1 week. Surgical pain/disabilities took longer. Your pain disappeared from one leg but the other one caught it! Ask your doctor to see if there is some reason this might have happened.

As for losing your job because of a work related injury. No, I don't believe that is legal but I am not any kind of attorney. The worker's comp system is very broken but this is one time to become a squeaky wheel and a loud one at that. Since you were fired, an attorney speciallizing in both worker's comp and employment law would probably be in your best interest.

A friend lost her job because she got seriously ill. Long story -short, she sued and won. You have a better case, I think.

I wish you luck and pain free days, Dale

Hey, do we have anymore lawyers on this forum or are they all better and have 'moved on'?