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Old 04-12-2013, 12:44 AM #1
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Default My confusing Return to Work plan

Saw my MD today who was supposed to have the report from the last assessment I had done by the WCB hired guns team.

(Remember that? The thread is called Functional Assessment Evaluation, if you want to read the back story)

Ok so, he didn't have it. Instead we discussed my progress. At five months PCS I am improving but still have a ways to go. (See signature lines for details)

Anyway later, after I left, he apparently reached WCB who faxed him the report. It states that I'm to attend daily vestibular therapy for six weeks, then return to work on a graduated basis as such:

2hours/5 days a week on week 1
4hours/5 days a week on week 2
6hours/5 days a week on week 3
8hours/5 days a week on week 4 (full time)

However when I was in his office he stated he did not think I was ready for an aggressive return to work plan.

My confusion is this: isn't the plan I just described pretty darn aggressive or is that just a standard workers comp RTW plan?

I'm trying to stay in the moment here and just focus on the fact that I have six weeks yet to heal. Positive mentality. But. I think the RTW plan stinks. And I'm confused as to what the heck my doc is thinking by agreeing to it?
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About it: October 26, 2012 I fell backward on an icy parking lot at work. I was on Workers Comp for 9 months. My PCS : everyday headaches became once in a while headaches, and neck pain became manageable. Still have occasional mild dizziness, sometimes fullness in the ears, convergence insufficiency, sequencing struggles, short term memory struggles, verbal processing delays. CT neg, MRI neg. Therapies: prism glasses, acupuncture, icing neck, resting, supplementing, Elavil 20mg at bedtime.

NEW: Completed 12 weeks of physical therapy and returned to work full time.

About me: I'm a marketing manager, a mom with a blended family and wife to a heart attack survivor. I believe my brain injury taught me more than it cost me. I'm grateful to still be me!
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