I didn't win my claim or get any weekly payments {a denied claim} - but I did stuff while I was on medical leave that probably i shouldn't have. By WC standards anyway.

I wasn't able to work full duties but i wasn't laid out on the couch in pain either.
But I was still too injured to work full time and they didn't want to make anymore modified work for me {I could barely drive to get to work anyway much less open the big doors we had to use}

So I did what I could around the house to keep some level exercise & some level of living- plus the PT and home therapy stuff.
it was summer and I wanted/tried to garden, plus I had the horse to take care and the dogs and cats and famiy.

I wasn't on any meds for pain so maybe they thought I wasn't hurt bad enough {yet}

It took me a long time to figure out about delayed pain {from the TOS/RSI injury}

so i would do a little bit of yard work and then the next few days were bad...
glad I learned that lesson finally.- my limits