Hi Victoria rn thank you for your reply at this time i don't belive i need a lawyer and that comp thing i think i know what your talking about but they do not help you if you belong to a union. I was also in touch with another place in toronto who did give me lawyers and some other advice about the system and how things work this guy i spoke to has dealt with other sailors. But here lays the problem my union knows nothing and for me to get a lawyer or the other people can't remember what there called but they only ask for 5 or 10 % of the money is the miles between us. So on my own i did get my comp and at this time they are wonting me to start the back to work thing sorry mind is not working right now ha ha. As far as i know they are going to wait till after surgery to make me go to school or start working. The thing is at this time i am 42 and i don't know what i wont to do or what i can do i find this so frustrating even when i was young i did not know what i wonted to be. Until one day when i was about 30 or 32 i decided that i wonted to be a mucker so that i could work in the engine room and all over the ship i would be able to work with my hands end use my head to solve problems i love working on the big engines. I haven't been a sailor all my life i worked in the bush driving a skidder i was a bartender,waiters i also was a crew boss on a golf course we were building in BC. Lets see oh ya i worked in tourist camps when i was really young i also worked as a sales clerk and manager. a nurses aid as well as security guard/child care worker in a young offender home. Well i was off the ship i went back to school and got my papers in geriatric activation so i worked for a while as a recreational coordinator in a home. So i have done a lot of different jobs but the only one i truly loved was being a mucker. So this is why i am having such a hard time with coming up with a new carer god i am getting my self worked up again. OK deep breath oh the doctor i have here has done hundreds of tos surgeries i did check him out on the web as well i kinda did my own interview when i first meet him and the other doctors say he is the best in hes field. But if this ever goes to wissat i well need some help i think not sure because since this started i have done a lot of research about comp and the rules in fact my case worker is not to keen about me because i was knowing just a little to much and i told him there would be a snow ball chance in hell that they or the company would ever beat me or push me around. He gets so mad at me he said that i should get into the business of fighting for the workers like the big companies hire to fight for them. I still giggle after we talk on the phone sorry i am getting caried away and getting off track any ways thanks once again i well keep you on my list of contacts so if i need help with comp i well get in touch i can always use some one else for a new look or ideas at getting it done bye for now.