Carman I'm sorry to hear that. My first thought is that you should consult an attorney at this time. Generally you can talk to an attorney for the first 30 minute session for free. See if you can find an attorney that's familiar with the govenment agency that you're working for to see if they can even be sued.
And don't be afraid to sue them if that's what it comes to, which it almost certainly will I think. Most worker's comp cases are solved this way, regretfully, instead of the agency/employer standing up and doing what's right.
From my experiences and many others you have to force them to do what's right.
Munk is right, Please keep us informed as we may be able to help you through the system besides us just wanting to know.
My personal beliefs, religion or whatever prevents me from taking my own life or I probably wouldn't be writing this now.
Here lately I have had some pain free days which are wonderful but I still am very, very, very, limited in what I can do.
Munk may have to give up his mountain bike in the end. I have given up many, many, things I enjoyed doing and many, many, other things that gave me a genuine quality of life.
I'm hopeful that I can gain some of them back but we'll see. Time has a way of healing all things one way or another.
Munk has said something like, "I don't know what to admire now."
Munk all I can say to that is just look around. There's a whole lot of people that are much worse off than we are and they keep going.
Those are the ones you admire. They have a strength that I don't know if I'm equal to or not.
I can only pray so. It's damned hard to set and watch my Barbie still doing things that I used to do while she is getting older and less fit to do these things herself.
But it's always been hard for me to set and watch my Barbie do the things that I used to do anyway.
We've had several talks about the situation and still do on occasion....
The conclusion is we all get old and get to where we can't do certain things anymore.
I've just gotten there by mileage instead of years.

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The best thing all of you younger guys can do is to be extremely careful not to hurt yourself at work or at play.
I guarantee you that your employers don't care what happens to you no matter how good they are to work for.
And if you hurt yourself at play I think it would be even worse as you are responsible for your own actions.
And even the best insurance in the world doesn't pay enough to re-emburse you for the loss of bodily functions no matter how small it may be.
I used to think I was invincible as well but then I never expected to live much past thirty or I might've taken better care of myself.
