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Stepping into an ANZCA ad to help raise awareness for chronic pain
(Update: July 18, 2014) Yep, I’m one in five… Watch the full ad at: www.anzca.edu.au/fellows/foundation (June 14, 2014) Chronic pain insists on presenting me with the unexpected. Today, I found myself on the Kerferd Road Pier in Port Melbourne, participating in the making of an advertisement that the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) are making to raise awareness and funds for chronic pain. How could I say, ‘no’? Actually, I’m ashamed to say, I nearly did say ‘no’, but I quickly motivated myself by thinking of the star of this commercial who is a 5-year-old boy [...]
Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc
(excerpt from www.pudendalassociation.org) Who We Are The Pudendal Neuralgia Association, Inc. was established in 2013 as a non-profit organization in the state of Massachussetts. We provide educational services to pudendal neuralgia patients and their families as well as medical personnel in English and in Spanish. Our wish is to help improve the quality of life of pudendal neuralgia sufferers. […]
A new workers compensation programme in South Australia
I met Rosemary McKenzie-Ferguson advocating an online forum for injured workers. She spoke in a way I'd never heard before, she spoke to me about support, empathy and trust, the ways an injured worker never experiences (I'm vouching for the Victoria's system). I've since had the pleasure of meeting Rosemary and we've become great friends. She'll be in my life as long as we both live and anyone that has the pleasure of meeting her will say the same. Rosemary's efforts to help injured workers have been endless, not to mention exhausting since she's trying to teach our Australian [...]
Yet Another Comedy of Errors, Acts I & II
Prologue: This is not really a comedy but without a sense of humour and the odd injection of sarcasm this injured worker would explode from the frustration and disappointment that being in this system has created. I am heading back to conciliation on May 13 to battle for part-payments of compensation since declaring in December 2012 that I have a limited capacity for part-time work. I am also disputing my WorkSafe authorized Agent’s refusal to pay any of my medical expenses over the last 2-3 years. Acts 1 and 2 can now be written but Act 3 will have to await the outcome of the conciliation conference. But as you will see, the outcome could well provide the comic highlight of the performance. You in the audience may laugh, clap or cry as you read my sad little play.
Insurer acts under WorkCover’s big circus tent
It's astounding the levels the WorkSafe Agent will stoop too (which are the levels WorkSafe obviously set) in order to avoid their responsibility with my WorkCover claim. I'm going to keep up with this documenting as I want to encourage other injured workers to fight these pathetic insurer circus acts. It's unacceptable, not to mention, not what my WorkCover premium was paid for. Where's my 'quality income protection', where is my return to work help, and where is my income and medical financial help?
National Pain Report, My Story: A Pain in the Coccyx
(http://americannewsreport.com/nationalpainreport/my-story-a-pain-in-the-coccyx-8823596.html) The National Pain Report, my story. April 14th, 2014 by Soula Mantalvanos I begged my neurosurgeon to do anything, even to chop my coccyx off. But after getting opinions from other surgeons, he suggested not to go the invasive path as we had the option for an implant called a peripheral stimulator, a treatment that was reversible. It made more sense.