MsRrio

I was lucky.

I have been working with a rehabilitation coordinator paid for by my LTD provider since three weeks following my injury. Their role is to assist people to get back to work before the LTD cuts in at 20 weeks and to help with the LTD application if they are not ready to return at that time. It's been 8 months since my injury. This is a voluntary program, not a requirement for LTD.

Also, my GP insisted that there only be one change (hours worked/day, days worked/week or level of duties) each week. He has sent other PCS patients back to work before and had them fail due to returning to full time/full duties too fast.

Finally, I work in a specialty mental health clinic and my manager and co-workers are all very understanding of how devastating a brain injury can be. Therefore they are more willing to accomodate the slow return to work.

Virginia