thechosenone16

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I thought this same thing until I read through the consent form I signed before the study. While they do agree to pay medical costs from study related injuries, they claim no liability for "pain and suffering" from such injuries.

You're definitely right. More that anything I'm just upset that my body reacted the way that it did. To me it wouldn't even be worth the time and effort necessary to sue or do anything similar. I've kind of just accepted that I'm here in the hospital and it is what it is. Obviously I would have rather been out celebrating graduation this weekend, but nothing I can do about it now. Thanks for being more logical than I originally was.

The study is paying for medical expenses. According to them, they cover everything that my insurance won't cover. Since I've got like a $6000 deductible, looks like they'll be paying almost all of it and I'll end up with free healthcare for the rest of the year by hitting my deductible in April.

They actually thought it was from some sort of blunt trauma like a car accident since it was so localized in one arm. Although the majority of cases that I've read about have been from crossfit.

I got made fun of a fair amount because the nurses all ask what I was studying in school and when I tell them Exercise Science, they laugh about how ironic that is.