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Thursday, November 22, 2007
Hands suck...
Once more with the old blog. Promise something new next time.
For those of you interested (and to those of you who aren't, sorry) I've had a bit of a break through on my hands. We've finally diagnosed it as tendinitis (Isn't this what I was saying all a long) and, after a month of fighting, they have finally approved worker's comp. Yay! However they did not approve my being reimbursed for time taken off so I'm still broke. At first this really ticked me off. They said that "pain alone is not a reason to miss work." Hello?!?!? I wouldn't have missed work if I hadn't been in pain. It's incredibly backwards, this whole system. But now as long as I can get my regular pay checks I think I'll be okay. I know I should fight for this because it's a work related issue so it stands to reason that if I can't use my hands fully and my job requires it then I can't work, right? But they don't see it that way. Again, I know I should fight but I'm so exhausted from fighting for the last 7 months. I'm mentally, emotionally, and at times, physically drained from fighting. I haven't been the nicest of people lately and I know to be around me has been a drag and I'm sorry for this. We're starting on the road to recovery so the depression should be lifting soon... I hope. The doctor says that I'm only allowed to keyboard and mouse for a maximum of 4 hours a day so they're trying to find something to do with me for the other four hours. I go to physical therapy twice a week which may increase to 3 depending on how I respond. I'm back to wearing my braces but only at work so I don't look like a freak 24 hours a day, just the four. And I have to have another nerve test done because we think I may have some carpal tunnel in my right wrist and some nerve damage in my elbows. All this is a little overwhelming but at least there's a light at the end of the tunnel beckoning me home to a tendinitis free world. So wish me good physical therapy!
