The need for toughened glass
Crap happens in life but it’s how you’re treated when the crap happens that makes a difference and helps you manage as best you can. I’m not talking about chronic pain in [...]
November 24th, 2016
12:23 pm
November 21st, 2016
8:24 pm
My dog’s breakfast is proving to be quite a serve of offal
A never-ending feast in fact (if such food takes your fancy)! It is the eve of my appointment at the Medical Panels. Tomorrow I will see the 12th lot of medical practitioners and [...]
October 28th, 2016
10:00 am
My life as it is within Workers’ Compensation – it’s a dog’s breakfast
In my current state of bewilderment, this may be the best way I can describe my life as it is today. I shouldn’t bag a dog’s breakfast, as unlike that which the workers’ [...]
September 29th, 2016
1:28 pm
My interview with the ABC 7:30 report
(View the story online http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2016/s4547621.htm) Tune in tonight for my interview in regard to navigating practitioners with a chronic illness. On the ABC's 7:30 report (yes, on ABC at 7:30) Patient's have [...]
September 28th, 2016
11:40 am
My workers compensation battle is turning into a WorkSafe carnivale
It’s been a huge few weeks for WorkSafe and injured workers in Victoria. I’ve always encouraged anyone who contacted me with their frustrations and horrid experiences of being an injured worker in [...]
September 12th, 2016
10:59 am
Act 3 – explained
Big day for me today. Thank you to the Victorian Ombudsman and to all the injured workers who spoke up. ...Sadly too late - won't bring our beautiful home and life back. [...]
September 11th, 2016
11:02 am
Worksafe’s Dirty tactics – finally realised
I woke up crying last night. I hardly ever cry. My boiling point hits when I’m feeling that I’m in a situation where I see no hope in sight and that I’m [...]
August 24th, 2016
12:07 pm
Own motion workers compensation investigation with the Victorian Ombudsman
UPDATE: September, 2016 Investigation into the management of complex workers compensation claims and WorkSafe oversight. View the pdf Workers compensation frustration again The horrid treatment toward injured workers has to stop. Two [...]
July 11th, 2016
4:54 pm
Resources for Treating Chronic Pain by the Pain Specialists Australia (PSA) …MY pain team!
Forgive my bossiness but this post comes from a desperate experience that I lived for 4.5 years. That’s a long time for someone with increasing chronic pain levels and not much hope. [...]
July 3rd, 2016
10:26 am
Adventures of a stim controller
Ever wondered what a stim’s controller’s day looks like? Firstly, let me clarify that I’m talking about my Boston Scientific Sacral Stimulation Implant controller (BSSSIC), not my St. Jude’s Peripheral Stimulation Implant [...]