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Financial & Emotional Toll

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This has been a real struggle. I am spent. I don’t have the emotional and mental capacity to keep fighting worker’s compensation and my employer. I am publishing these posts because I need your support. I am so thankful and filled with gratitude for the support I have been given but I am in need of more support. I do have some support and while I appreciate the support I do have, the few who have given can only give so much. Right now I am campaigning to find 50 people willing to support me with $40. If I can find 50 people willing to support me with $40 I will reach $2,000 which will help greatly. As I write this I have donations coming in. I have set aside that money towards the Psychiatric Assessment and Evaluation. The rest of the money saved will go towards what I mention below.

The following is a list of what I am raising money for:

Psychiatric Assessment and Evaluation

There is a strong probability I am struggling with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. My symptoms have since worsened since the day of the accident. I am not sure how much this assessment will cost.

Lawyer Fees

Last quote I received was $500 retainer fee and then $150/hour for work they complete on my behave. I am currently looking at the possibility of a life long disability. If Worker’s Compensation had their way I would not qualify for the disability pension.

Wage Loss Benefits Suspended, Stalled

I am not even sure when I will be receiving my wage loss benefits again but I am doing everything I can. It is just not good enough for them while I struggle with Post Traumatic Stress symptoms or other injuries that are not yet accepted on my list of claim injuries.

Healing is exhausting. Healing hurts. Healing can be ugly, complicated, and filled with a lot of unknowns. Having to keep detailing my injuries and writing in this blog really is re-traumatizing. In my last post, “Injuries & Symptoms” I shared a little bit of my injuries. It has been 6 months since my accident and I am still in a lot of pain from this accident. Worker’s compensation want to say that most of my injuries are resolved. As far as I’m concerned, the chronic pain I have as a direct result of this accident only tells me these injuries are not resolved, but here we are. I am doing everything I can.

This is perhaps the hardest thing I have ever had to endure. I have to believe that it gets better. Sometimes, I have to admit, I don’t see it. It feels like this ongoing mental distress will be what eventually ends me. And I am just reaching out for help and support.

I am asking for your compassion and empathy.

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Journey Through Life Changing Trauma

On February 4, 2024 I was involved in a work related accident that was near fatal and life changing. This has presented in challenges that have made it especially difficult during my recovery. I experience Post Traumatic Stress Symptoms, Anxiety, and Depression. All of this has worsened and brought to light a heart condition I have which is LongQT Syndrome. LongQT Syndrome with Anxiety is considered a disability. I will experience significant challenges when it comes to returning to work. Work Safe has not only affirmed my case stating that I was not willfully negligent and that my injuries that are currently compensable or not in question so my employer who appealed Work Safe’s initial ruling was no successful. After a failed attempt at a return to work program my file was transferred to Vocational Rehabilitation and long term benefits. I have been assessed for a Pension but at this point I am not sure how much I will be awarded in that Pension. This assessment will take time.

Injuries from my accident

  • Fractured Larynx
  • 2 Right Rib Fractures (9th & 11th)
  • Pneumothorax (punctured lungs associated with fractured ribs)
  • Lacerated Spleen
  • Hemothorax (collection of blood within the body in association with the lacerated spleen)
  • Transverse Process fractures L1, L2, L4 (These fractures are tiny bones within the spinal column)
  • Comminuted Fracture upper Left Humerus bone (upper arm involving the shoulder joint requiring surgery)
  • Post Traumatic Stress

Journey through Writing

The best way people can support me is by being present. Sometimes I fight thoughts of being alone and all I need is human connection. You can’t put a price on human connection. Instead of being inundated with negative thoughts I would much rather focus on the positive. I would much rather speak to myself words of compassion, mercy, and be present to myself. In the process, through it I will write in my blog and share with you my journey. We could all use a little human connection and find encouragement.

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