I live in Illinois. Here is my story....
I went to a seminar given by a Chiropractor about Fibromyalgia which I was concerned that I was suffering from. She took XRays and said that I had a lot of different places in my neck and back out of place and convinced me that besides those problems I did have Fibromyalgia and that if I sign on with her and committed a year of visits with her that she could definitely help me. She said that with Fibromyalgia it could take 12-18 months to get better. I had to pay over 3,000 in advance for this year of treatments, so I had to put it on a credit card. She has given me adjustments and suggested a LIST of different vitamins which I have been taking regularly. This is not helping me and now 4 months later at todays visit she tells me that she thinks that my problems are probably psycho-somatic and wants to schedule times with her without charge (or making it included in that first large payment), to basically be a therapist and get into my head and find out what is causing this psycho-somatic pain. So now I am stuck... I do not want to do this and this has kind of compromised my sense of comfort to continue just treatments with her because now she is going back on the idea that it may take 12-18 months to get better and I don't really trust her judgement but I have already paid a lump sum for treatments once a week until October. I need to know what my rights are.. I have a credit card bill now and have had no real benefits from this doctor. I know I made a big mistake paying for the treatments in advance.
What I need to know is what are my rights now that I am in this predicament.
Thanks
C.P.
I went to a seminar given by a Chiropractor about Fibromyalgia which I was concerned that I was suffering from. She took XRays and said that I had a lot of different places in my neck and back out of place and convinced me that besides those problems I did have Fibromyalgia and that if I sign on with her and committed a year of visits with her that she could definitely help me. She said that with Fibromyalgia it could take 12-18 months to get better. I had to pay over 3,000 in advance for this year of treatments, so I had to put it on a credit card. She has given me adjustments and suggested a LIST of different vitamins which I have been taking regularly. This is not helping me and now 4 months later at todays visit she tells me that she thinks that my problems are probably psycho-somatic and wants to schedule times with her without charge (or making it included in that first large payment), to basically be a therapist and get into my head and find out what is causing this psycho-somatic pain. So now I am stuck... I do not want to do this and this has kind of compromised my sense of comfort to continue just treatments with her because now she is going back on the idea that it may take 12-18 months to get better and I don't really trust her judgement but I have already paid a lump sum for treatments once a week until October. I need to know what my rights are.. I have a credit card bill now and have had no real benefits from this doctor. I know I made a big mistake paying for the treatments in advance.
What I need to know is what are my rights now that I am in this predicament.
Thanks
C.P.