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.
