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Originally Posted by ZorroSF
On the otherhand if you're experiencing chronic pain, you can't ignore it. The ramifications of ignoring it can cause you permanent disability like the shape I'm in. From the sound of it you're nowhere near the point half of us are in. We can't sit or stand 15 minutes without excrutiating pain, much less sit on a train for 3.5hrs. Without sounding rude, I almost wish I was in your shoes.
If an employer doesn't care that you're in chronic pain and is willing to lay you off then they don't know the law unless, of course, you live in a southern right-to-fire state where they don't have to give any reason at all. Then you're just f%^&*$.
I think it's against most state laws to fire someone due to their disability. Just make sure you have a note from your doctor stating your limitations. If your employer lays you off then that wasn't going to be a place you wanted to work at when you really become disabled. That's the worst situation to be put in when you need the most help.
In the meantime, I suggest you find a chiropractor who is licensed to interpret x-rays and see if they can work with your SI joint until you can find a specialist who will perform more testing.
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I have to say, I was a bit put off with your remark regarding my pain status.
Each person experiences pain differently. What one person may consider excruciating, another can consider it painful but able to deal with it. It wouldn't be proper to say that you wish you were in someone elses shoes, unless you yourself have walked a mile in theirs.
I don't usually go in to this much detail but since there is a question about my pain, here it goes:
- I can not stand in one place for more than 10 minutes without being in excruciating pain.
- I can't sit for more than 25 minutes without getting pins & needles in my foot.
- Lately, just driving my car brings tears to my eyes.
- I can't allow anyone to massage my lower back or actually have a doctor touch it without screaming & crying.
- The list just goes on.
I have been classified as partially & permanently disabled. But I push through the pain because that's just the type of person I am.
I have spoken with the manager of the company that I work for. She has been incredibly understanding with regard to my situation. However, my supervisor is a little less understanding.
New York State is an "employment at will" state. They can fire you for any reason. So, if I wasn't in the good graces of my manager, she could have canned me for all of my absences of late. I can probably kiss my raise goodbye, but as long as I have a job, I'll get over it
As for the chiropractor, I wouldn't survive the pain of an adjustment. If there is anything left of the IDET repair that I had done in 2004, I think the twisting of an adjustment will just totally unravel it.
So, with all of that being said, let us move forward. I feel better that I have explained myself a little more & hope that this explains where I am coming from.
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