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Four Corners Examines Insurers Contracted to run Australia’s Largest Workers Compensation Schemes
Four Corners Be sure to watch and share the program. (Excerpt from www.abc.net.au Posted Thu 23 Jul 2020, 6:06pm) “Immoral and unethical”: The financial scandal and human cost of Australia’s failing workers compensation schemes. Workers compensation is supposed to be a safety net designed to return injured employees to the workplace and provide assistance to those so badly hurt that they can no longer hold down a job. Australian workers are guaranteed these protections by law, but there is disturbing evidence the system is failing badly. On Monday, reporter Adele Ferguson reveals the scandalous state of workers compensation schemes [...]
Catharsis With Frida Continues
Tasmania’s Museum of Old and New Art (MONA) has one of the best gallery gift shops. I saw this fantastic jigsaw puzzle of Friday Kahlo in their recent newsletter. I jumped on the order! I knew this jigsaw would server me as a double whammy! I love being home a lot anyway but with COVID-19 restrictions, both Theo and I are being extra careful (can you imagine COVID AND chronic pain? And what if Theo got sick… bye-bye work… again!!!!). So these 1,000 pieces of goodness were serving both COVID-19 AND catharsis for [...]
I Thought Communication Within Chronic Pain Was Bad
I assumed the pain ‘industry’ was still learning about the management and treatment of chronic pain and that’s why communication was so poor. I assumed it wasn’t like that for other severe health issues. But… My mum had a stroke five weeks ago and it’s been an incredible communication insight. The communication relating to mum’s history and her current state – from emergency through to second stage rehab has been as disconnected as my experience was in my first 4.5 years! Horrific! Mum is 75. There’s a lot of history and she’s done much work to manage her health. [...]
COVID19 – Welcome to Life Limitation Paradiso!
I’ve been waiting a while before writing about the current state of the world and its effect on me, my life and the chronic pain. I’ve been feeling quite confident with a kind of ‘meh’ attitude about the daily routine. I’ve been sleeping like a baby and if I remove the financial stress from the situation, I’d have to say, I’m having a jolly time! As the silence began to build outside a few weeks ago, I found myself listening to the news hourly – that was about the only thing that changed for me when COVID19 stopped the [...]
Buy a Leunig – I’m Donating Profits to Pain Revolution
I’m sure you’ll all agree my advocacy for chronic pain has been extensive in my 13-year lived experience. I’ve learned a lot about who to trust, who I should collaborate with and which message is worthy of me sharing my identity. That’s lead to me to tighten my belt and having to say ‘no’ a lot! But I always have one ‘yes’ cause. I’ve been connected with world-leading South Australian research group, Pain Revolution, in my hunt for pain relief, for years. Although pain research has left me feeling bogged down and I had a nice whinge about my [...]
Bitter Sweet and Still Confused
That was my endnote for 2019. As life evolves within my 3km radius, I find myself looking back less and less and looking forward more and more. Bitter, defines the heartache of not being able to see loved ones as often and the missing perks of our previous city life. Sweet, is being defined by new friends, the gallery, our new home and the sea that surrounds us. As for confused, another year has passed and I still don't feel anyone can quite define what's going on with my body. Does it matter heading into a new year?