Well folks, after far too much time of being unemployed I got a new job on Friday. The pay is not great, and it is not exactly in my field, but at least it is a job.
And no, for the flame fest that may ensue, I did not receive nor ask for state or federal help during my unemployment.
In a nutshell, I work for a HUD property for the elderly.
Needless to say, my second day on the job, I was setting up the community room, and an elderly lady weighing in at about 275 started to topple over backward right toward the piano.
Being the idiot that I am, and weighing a blazing 160 soaking wet, I tried to catch her before we had a major disaster at work.
While I did stop her from hitting the piano with her back, I had the pleasure of my wrist taking the brunt of her fall (right between her backbone and the piano)
So now my manager is worried (she and I are good friends) and wants me to go to the hospital and file worker's comp immediately. I, on the other hand do not feel that it is a break, and that given time it will heal fine.
I think it is just a cracked radius or something else trivial such as damage to the hyaline cartilage or synovial membrane in the wrist.
Cliff Notes: A typical "just my luck thread." Got a new job, second day on the job tried to stop an elderly woman from falling into the piano and damaged my wrist.
For those of you that will be saying "pics," see below...
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Yes, the pic is a little dark, I am not used to shooting left handed.
**UPDATE**
Well, after my manager insisted that I go to the ER after the swelling had not gone down for two days, I went. It is just a bruised bone, they gave me a shot of cortisone and set me up to see an ortho specialist on Tuesday.
I have been told that I can not come back to work until after I have a release note from a doctor, and basically informed that they are going to have to find a replacement for me.
I should have just done things my way, forgone the stupid medical treatment and I would still have a job.
Yes, I get worker's comp, but what's the use, I get paid until I am healed, and then, since I am replaced, join the ranks of job searching again.
And no, for the flame fest that may ensue, I did not receive nor ask for state or federal help during my unemployment.
In a nutshell, I work for a HUD property for the elderly.
Needless to say, my second day on the job, I was setting up the community room, and an elderly lady weighing in at about 275 started to topple over backward right toward the piano.
Being the idiot that I am, and weighing a blazing 160 soaking wet, I tried to catch her before we had a major disaster at work.
While I did stop her from hitting the piano with her back, I had the pleasure of my wrist taking the brunt of her fall (right between her backbone and the piano)
So now my manager is worried (she and I are good friends) and wants me to go to the hospital and file worker's comp immediately. I, on the other hand do not feel that it is a break, and that given time it will heal fine.
I think it is just a cracked radius or something else trivial such as damage to the hyaline cartilage or synovial membrane in the wrist.
Cliff Notes: A typical "just my luck thread." Got a new job, second day on the job tried to stop an elderly woman from falling into the piano and damaged my wrist.
For those of you that will be saying "pics," see below...
:camera:
Yes, the pic is a little dark, I am not used to shooting left handed.
**UPDATE**
Well, after my manager insisted that I go to the ER after the swelling had not gone down for two days, I went. It is just a bruised bone, they gave me a shot of cortisone and set me up to see an ortho specialist on Tuesday.
I have been told that I can not come back to work until after I have a release note from a doctor, and basically informed that they are going to have to find a replacement for me.
I should have just done things my way, forgone the stupid medical treatment and I would still have a job.
Yes, I get worker's comp, but what's the use, I get paid until I am healed, and then, since I am replaced, join the ranks of job searching again.