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Welding fume injuries

MY HUSBAND HAS BEEN A WELDER FOR 23 YEARS. AFTER A SUMMER SPENT WALKING LIKE A DRUNK(HE DOESN'T DRINK)WE WENT TO THE DOCTOR. HE HAS HAD BLOOD WORK ,CAT SCANS AND 2 MRI'S WHICH DID SHOW SOMETHING IN HIS BRAIN---- BUT OF COURSE NOTHING IS WRONG WITH HIM SO I ASK COULD IT BE FROM WELDING? HE WAS TO QUICK TO TELL ME NO. NOW MY HUSBAND HAS WORKED IN PLACES THAT WOULLD HAVE BEEN SHUT DOWN IN A HEART BEAT IF I KNEW HOW TO GO ABOUT IT. SO WE GET HOME I GO ON LINE AND FIND NUMEROUS SITE ON POISONING FROM WELDING AND MY HUS,HAS ALL THE SYMPTOMS OF WELDING FUME POISONING. NOW WHAT TYPE OF TEST DO I ASK THE DOC FOR AND WERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? ANY HELP WOULD BE WONDERFUL.

WENDY
- New York
2002

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Wendy, as much as most of us find the tactics of personal-injury lawyers distasteful, they are always the people to go to first in a case like this. I don't want to be ungentle at a tough time, but for your own good I do want to tell you forcefully that every second you proceed without an attorney, you are wrecking any case you might have had! For example, you've admitted that you knew perfectly well that your husband was voluntarily working under conditions so dangerous that they should have been shut down. We purged your last name and city to minimize the harm to your potential case but your lawyer would almost surely be exasperated by your public and unqualified admission of full knowledge and voluntary acceptance of the danger.

If your family doctor didn't help, the next step is an attorney, with the hopes that s/he'll find proper doctoring for your husband and maybe the money to pay for it.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
2002