Should I get an attorney?

I was in a mva on 5/12/24. I was on the main road and the other party(let’s call her betty) was on a side street. I was approaching a red light so I began slowing down while having my eye on Betty’s car which was at a complete stop. I was in the fast lane because there was a bunch of cars piled up in the slow lane at a stop, due to the red light. The cars in the slow lane left a gap for Betty to get through because there were no oncoming cars in the opposite direction of traffic.
I seen Betty inching forward and I started slowing down harder because I didnt know if she was gonna throw herself out-which she did and at this point I’m already less than 2 feet from her car so slamming my breaks did nothing.
The impact was hard, my car hiccuped to the left a bit and the steering wheel airbag deployed, hitting my right wrist, forcefully jamming my arm backwards, and also hitting my lower stomach, leaving me with a bruise.
She never even came to check on me either😒
I was in so much shock, the cop had to verbally tell me to get out of the car (6 minutes after the accident) so I didn’t get rear ended while sitting duck.

My bp was 142/79 and I was dazed and confused. I got sent to the er by ambu where they performed a CT of the chest, abdomen, and pelvis which came back clear. They diagnosed me with a strained upper arm. That night I couldn’t sleep right because I was in so much pain and the next day my whole body was in an even worse amount of pain. My left shoulder and my chest were hurting(seatbelt), I had horrible back pain, and a headache, plus the strained upper arm. When I tried to use my arm it felt like the muscle was failing and deflating like a balloon.

Fast forward 1 week later I’m still dazed and confused with aweful headaches, at this point I was diagnosed with a concussion.

Fast forward 2 weeks after that I was at work and started feeling dizzy so I went to the ER and they did a ct scan which came back clear and told me “you’ve been here 4 times. We see it’s serious but there’s not much we can do. You’ll have to wait for ur neuro apt in 2 weeks.”

Over those 2 weeks I was so dizzy and confused with pounding headaches usually always between a pain scale of 8-10/10. Still am dizzy and confused.

Fast forward to today 6/17/24, Dr confirmed I have a brain injury due to the dizziness I’ve been experiencing. I was even feeling dizzy and confused at the drs office during the appointment today. When he was assessing my neck and back I was also having pain upon palpation. He wants me to see a chiropractor and gave me a steroid to see if it’ll help with the pain.

The dr’s nurse and the Dr are recommending I should get an attorney but I don’t wanna spend more than I’m getting back. As a full time student who Is working part time- not much money to go around and I don’t wanna waste my time.

Do you guys think it’s worth my time to proceed with an attorney, even the ones who don’t get paid unless I win?