Hi Mucker, You need to request a copy of your entire claim file. If you and wsib and your employer can't come to a resolution it will go to the appeals tribunal. I wish you could have some help with an advocate because interpreting the wsib act isn't easy. You need to use objective medical evidence to prove your employer is wrong, by using thier policies and laws. I think your case is solid. Your medical evidence speaks for itself. Your employer can't or won't accomodate you to rtw. You have permanent disabilities, and medical reports that say you have permanent disabities and work restrictions therefore you are entitled to a rehabilitation plan for labour market re-entry. You have cooperated fully. Now start researching the wsib act as it applies to your case http://www.wsib.on.ca/wsib/wsibsite....ndInsuranceAct

It may be called something different in Nova Scotia. Here in BC we call it WCB, and it works differently than WSIB does in Ontario. Look up your provincial rules, and see the route you need to take. I also think you should find a lawyer who will take your case on contingency.

Hi will i went to see my doctor to day but her dad died so she had to fly back home and wont be back till the end of the month. So i will see her may 1st at that time i will get her to do up all my blood work to show the company doctor that my thyroid has nothing to do with cts and my mother did not have surgery done for hers and she got hers from the job she did. This what they are using against me and a paper that says cts has nothing to do with the job you do. So not worried about that one then i had my doctors receptionist send the rest of the papers to doctor Bethune as will as a letter i wrote asking him for help and what type of things i was looking for in the letter. So as long as i get every thing from this doctors and a few documents from the shipping act i do believe i will have no problem winning this round the one i am worried about is going to wisit i would think if it goes that far i would need to get a lawyer for sure. To be honest once i get all my stuff together i will be surprise if they keep fighting it due to the fact it will cost the company more to fight a losing battle. Any way when i seen the other doc she increased my hydro to 15mg twice a day now so i hope that will do the trick till i see the pain doc. Any way i am now on my 8th month after my tos surgery on the right side and still no better so unfortunately i am one of the ones who just waited to long. Will we tried that's all i could do so bye for now when i get some more new i shell write again take care all

Hi will its been a bit since i have been on here but i have been so sore and depressed it is ridiculuos i still haven't heard from comp as to who will be my case worker for the appeals. I have gone out and gotten a letter from a Canadian transport doctor so that will help my case and i have given the letter from the company doctor to mine and she will also write a letter. Dr Bethune is suppose to be writing one as will. so i do believe i am covered that way now i have to start reading my file and start picking key things out to show my case. I am finely getting a desk and chair some time on Monday but who knows when the computer will show up. I am still going for message therapy it helps until i do something. OH i am going to get that nel i think it is called but the comp nurse said that they might not send me to a doctor because i live here and they are in Ontario so she said that they have every thing they need. I said i don't think so i haven't had one of those things done in a long time like way before the surgery so how can they tell how disable i am except for Bethune saying that i am considerably disabled and the type of work she will do in the future will have to be limited. He also said that they need to be realistic. So here i go again waiting some day this **** has to stop i just hope it doesn't drag on for another 3 or 4 years any way bye for now take care

Hi there TOSERS how is every one doing? Will things with me are no better pain wise or mental state. I did get a call from the appeals branch of comp so i now no the lady who is handling the case and it sounds like i will win. I also finely got my letter from Transport Canada doctor and it is one of the best letters i have read in a long time so with this in hand i have another one of the company's appeals beet. I do believe i have it all beet she already told me that because i had surgery that is all the proof i need to show that i did have bilateral CTS and TOS. lets see i also can prove that my injures were caused from my job so all the part is good. My doctor still hasn't heard anything from the pain clinic yet and she had to up my happy pills so i hope they work i am so tired of crying all the time or flying off the handle. I no the only thing that will truly help me is to get the pain under control and start living a life. Will that's it for now i can't think any more so i will say good bye for now hope every one is doing ok and i pray you all have a pain free day

Will the happy pills seem to be helping i am not so confused and upset all the time. But i did get bad new on Thursday night my message therapist called to let me know that comp only paid her 45 bucks from a 600.00 bill and she couldn't get a hold of the case nurse to find out what was going on. Know one had told aether one of us how long the scions would be so i just kept going i told her not to worry because no one said anything about how long i was to go she will get paid for the time i did go but the worst thing is i could be cut off and if that is the case i will have to go back on more pain pills and i so don't wont to do that at this time. And not knowing when i will get in to the pain clinic what a mess right now my shoulders and neck are just in knot's hands are so cold they don't realize just how much it helps me get on with things at lest going to her i could do my house work because i knew i would have some relief with in a day. Now i guess it is back to doing very little will not that i was doing a lot lo lo but at lest it was something. I called the other day to let the appeals board know i sent off some of the papers and that my doctor would be sending her letter and prof that my thyroid is under control. She said not to worry do to the fact that she has been having trouble getting a hold of the company so i have time yet to get the rest sent in. OH ya i finely got a call to let me know my computer should be ready to pick up on Wednesday so i guess i can try to start doing some school work if i can keep my mind on the task long enough lo lo will that's it for this fine day take care all

Hi all hope every one is fine out there. Will lets see its almost the end of July and i am still waiting to start my course lo lo they don't move to fast. I tried to start on my own but just couldn't do it can't think or concentrate so they are getting me a person to help me can't remember what you call them. And they had sent some one to see why i couldn't sit at the desk for any longer then 10 minutes with out having tremors starting in my shoulder blades. Now they have to lift the desk around 4inches so that i can sit at it the right way. Doctor Drew Bethune wrote a letter on my behalf to the appeals board but i have seen it yet because my doctor couldn't find it the other day when i seen her for my monthly check up. And then she wrote a short letter and sent my blood work to prove that my thyroid was under control so it has nothing to do with me getting carpel tunnel. But when it was written up they never put the appeals lady's name on it so it was just sent to the wsib so god knows where that is in the system now so i have to try to track that down and make sure the right person gets it. The good news is when i was talking to the worker she said that the company is not going to have me travel to Toronto for a meeting or trial what ever you call it. She said it was better for me because i have no one representing me so this way she will be able to make sure that if she needs anything to help my case she can call and tell me what to do and what she wont's in stead of me going crazy with letters and worrying about the meeting and what i have to do. But i would have to say she sounds to be on my side she keeps telling me so far what she has read that i have a very sold case she is waiting to get the info from the company as to what they are claiming. But she did tell me not to worry about the fact of proving what i have do to the fact i had surgery and that is all the prof i need to show that i do indeed have Bilateral TOS and Bilateral CTS. So it the proof that my job caused the problem and the doctors have said so in there letters. I am back at message in fact they said i can keep going till i get in to the pain clinic god only knows when that will be. My shrink also thinks i should apply for Canada pension disability so i am going to check in to that and see how long i have to apply. I know other people who have been on comp have pushed them into applying for it but they haven't said a thing to me about it. Will other then that i haven't done or gone any where this summer i tried to go swimming but no good for my arms but it was nice to just stand in the water. Oh another nice thing is i have made a new friend just across the street so i just don't have to talk to my dogs lo lo infact that is how we met is because she has two small dogs and we ran into each other when we where out walking our dogs now i have a hard time with my two dogs they are always running across the road to see her and the family. Will take care and i hope you are all having a nice summer i will chat again next month it will be a year then that i had my right surgery done and nothing has changed yet so i guess i am just one of the unlucky ones.

Hi so nice to hear from you.

I hope things go well with the trial. It is not an easy process to go through. I had one and won due to the surgery as well, but it depends on the judge and his/her knowlage on the issue.

Glad to hear that you are making friends. Dogs do that don't they. Mine gets me to talk to people everytime we go for a W A L K...sorry can't say it or will be trouble over here...LOL!!!!!

As for CPP you should FOR SURE apply for it. I get it. It is not much but every penny counts. It is about 800 a mth. Try living on that!!!! But if you are geting nothing it wlll really help. I got denied the first time and had to send in an 11 page letter that took me a week to write but I damn well did it explaing alll I had beeen through with the hell of tos and what I can and can't do etc..... Make sure you get good documentation from your surgeon and that should help your case.
Write a heartfelt letter as well as the application so that they can understand your case better. I see no reason why you should not get it.

Best of luck with it all. and hope your summer is going well!!!

lvoe and hugs,
Victoria

Ok here is a question i hope you can answer for me Gibbrn when you applied for cpd did you tell comp right away or did you wait till you new you where getting it. I know that when you apply for cpd you have to sign a realise paper saying that they can contact wsib or any insurance you are on as will as doctors hospitals but i am just wondering if i should tell comp right off the bat that i am applying with me going to try and start this schooling which to be honest i really don't think i can do this at this point any ways. Its i just hate to say anything to comp because then they are going to think right away that i am trying to not ever work again but i just wont to make sure that i don't wait to long then wont be able to get it if you know what i mean. Just in case will i can't work or my case ends up going to wisiat so at lest i will have some kind of money to live on if any of that happens. Like now i am starting to lose my fine motor skills in my left hand it started in my right hand a long time ago but it is just now starting in the left. so i hope you can let me know how you handled it thanks chat later.

I would not say a thing to comp until the money from cpp is in your hot little hand. They have a right to know when you receive it but not when you are applying for it. You may be told no at first then you may get a yes the second time so why waste everyone's time telling them you are applying!!

It makes more sense for your own piece of mind as well not to say it until you get it. But when you do you have to send a written letter to them with proof of how much you are getting a month or they will go after your cheques they send you and take the money from there....otherwise they adjust your salary according to cpp, they don't always take the same amount off it depends on each situation.

I hope this helps you Mucker! It is not an easy task to get cpp....they say you have to be dead or dying to get it. But not true as I got it and I can give the best advice of adding a letter that you write yourself ....likely with help if it needs typed out......to let them know what is going on in your life that you CANT WORK AT ALL say nothing of the re-education and then you should be safe...... just make sure they know all your symptoms as well as the ones the doctor writes....be subjective tell them your pain scales!! say you live in a 8/10 pain most of the time or whatever it is you suffer....let them know you are suffering!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IT will help....however in saying tht I think their rule is to deny all first applications!!!! So don't be discouraged just have your letter ready!!!

take care
love and hugs,
Victoria