Real discussion only please cause i like to see if any one else has been told this.
Like many know i delivery newspaper for the last 18 years and have been told i have carpal tunnel syndrome some days i have major pain going from my shoulder into my elbow and shooting pain in the middle of my palm. Well i went to the doctor the other week and was told that is getting worse and they want me of work from anywhere to 30 days to 90 days just to rest. I told the doctor yes im in pain (i would rank it around 5 out of 10 . 10 being the pain that work up me up last winter when i screwed up my back, had to walk the floor to make that pain go away) Yes i do wake up between 10 to 15 times a night but im able to go back to sleep in a few mins. The doctor looks at me and says that if i CONTINUE TO WORK WHEN THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU NEED OFF if it gets worse they could say you damaged yourself and worse case you need an operation and put on disability you would not get it cause you continued to work when the doctor said you had to be off for those 90 days.
Hell my boss is still pissed i had 2 months off last winter and like i told my doctor my work would pay 0 on any of the doctor visits or therapy (since it says right in the contact my job does not cover anything with CCT or any other types of it) So i would have 0 paycheck coming in at all.
I told them i would rather keep working until the pain gets worse or goes away (it went away a few times in the past by itself) , But the doctor keeps telling me im just asking for it if i keep working cause they would say i injured myself and would not be covered under disable laws
Personally i think its bullshit coming out of his mouth.
Was just wondering if anyone has ever heard anything like this before
Like many know i delivery newspaper for the last 18 years and have been told i have carpal tunnel syndrome some days i have major pain going from my shoulder into my elbow and shooting pain in the middle of my palm. Well i went to the doctor the other week and was told that is getting worse and they want me of work from anywhere to 30 days to 90 days just to rest. I told the doctor yes im in pain (i would rank it around 5 out of 10 . 10 being the pain that work up me up last winter when i screwed up my back, had to walk the floor to make that pain go away) Yes i do wake up between 10 to 15 times a night but im able to go back to sleep in a few mins. The doctor looks at me and says that if i CONTINUE TO WORK WHEN THE DOCTOR SAYS YOU NEED OFF if it gets worse they could say you damaged yourself and worse case you need an operation and put on disability you would not get it cause you continued to work when the doctor said you had to be off for those 90 days.
Hell my boss is still pissed i had 2 months off last winter and like i told my doctor my work would pay 0 on any of the doctor visits or therapy (since it says right in the contact my job does not cover anything with CCT or any other types of it) So i would have 0 paycheck coming in at all.
I told them i would rather keep working until the pain gets worse or goes away (it went away a few times in the past by itself) , But the doctor keeps telling me im just asking for it if i keep working cause they would say i injured myself and would not be covered under disable laws
Personally i think its bullshit coming out of his mouth.
Was just wondering if anyone has ever heard anything like this before