Read informative articles about Spine Procedures and Conditions, written by actual Spine Surgeons.
Source: Articles – UnderstandSpineSurgery.com
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Provides some insight regarding pros and cons of minimally invasive back surgery. It seems as if there are more treaters advertising this type of back surgery.
Following these tips will save you a lot of trouble and potential heart ache.
Make sure that you go to a doctor right away after you are injured to be evaluated and treated.
Make sure that you tell your doctor about all your injuries at the first visit.
Make sure that you tell the doctor about your work accident at the first visit.
I have seen too many cases become side tracked for failure to follow these 3 easy steps.
If you delay seeking treatment it gives the work comp insurance company a reason to argue that something else caused your condition.
If you forget to tell your doctor about all your injuries it allows the work comp insurance company to raise the defense that only your back was injured and not your shoulder also.
If you do not tell the doctor that you were injured at work, then the insurance company will blame something else for your injury and you may lose your case.
Questions about ways to help your case and make it stronger and worth more? Call Illinois Workers’ Compensation Attorney Dirk May at 309-827-4371.
Browse a list of common side effects of cancer or cancer treatment.
Source: Side Effects – National Cancer Institute
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Showing the side effects you have from your cancer and treatment is important in proving your disability for Social Security.
Sometimes I will have people ask me if you can get Social Security Disability if you have cancer, or diabetes, or migraines.
The answer is maybe.
Social Security does not just look at your diagnoses.
It certainly helps to have a diagnosis; even Social Security Judges like to fit illnesses and conditions into categories.
However, what really matters in a Social Security Disability case is your limitations and restrictions as a result of your illness, injuries and conditions.
You must go beyond the name of your illness and prove that it limits your daily activities.
This means that it causes you problems with sitting, standing, walking, lifting, reaching, handling and fingering.
Or it causes you problems with concentration, focus, and staying on task, and makes you miss work.
You must show this through medical tests, doctors records, reports, and your testimony and other people’s testimony.
Just explaining your disease is not enough. The Judge must understand how it affects your activities of daily living.
Make sure that you have someone helping you present your best case possible to Social Security.
It does not cost you anything to get the help of an experienced Social Security Disability lawyer unless you win and all fees are capped by the government.
Contact Illinois Social Security Disability Attorney Dirk May for a free consultation at 309-827-4371.
Whether it’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” “Girl Interrupted,” or “Homeland,” Hollywood’s portrayals of electroconvulsive therapy have never been pretty.And the images from those movies and TV shows have only added to a stigma that keeps many desperate patients from opting for a therapy that might turn their lives around, experts say.
Source: Electroshock no longer taboo in treating mental illness – TODAY.com
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If you have had this type of treatment as part of your mental health regimen make sure that you let Social Security know. This is very important.