here's my story...

by **dianejw** on Sat Mar 06, 2010 1:06 am

in 2006...i was happy, healthy...avid golfer...life was good...
at the end of oct 06...my employer moved my work station from a private office to a tiny cubicle which had been used as a storage room for a very long time...i was certainly not set up ergonomically...my keyboard being on top of my desk..and i was given a project which i had to work on my computer between 8-10 hours per day. by jan 08, the tingling started in my right hand...and my nightmare began...it started as simple repetitive strain...
i have been thru so much since that time...my current condition is chronic...and of course depression is extreme...
i have been off work for 2 years...last friday i received termination notice from my employer...initially wsib was paying me but in may 08 they cut me off...so i am in the appeal process since that time...i am collecting canada pension disability and long term disability...which will now change with me getting a bit of severence pay. currently i have representation for my wsib appeal from owa...http://www.owa.gov.on.ca/home_eng.html But what a huge run around the appeal system is! i have 3 separate appeals in...they wanted to hear one of the appeals without representation...my case isn't simple cut and dry case...the rep from owa asked that all my appeals be heard at one time...who knows how they are going to answer that request.
what i have witnessed in the last 3 years...what the system puts injured workers thru...what waste wsib spends money on...
i have a permanent disability...both hands and arms...most severly damaged is my left hand with only 1lb of strength left in it. i would have never thought in a million years that i would find myself in this situation...as i suppose everyone here would feel the same...i really want to, some how, find the strength to fight my employer and wsib in all this mess...i think they thrive on us giving up. i know a few people who did just that. i don't know where my strength is going to come from...but i need it. they sure get you when you are down...and then they want to keep you there.
does anyone have any positive stories with wsib/wsb???
i'm new to this site...so great to know i'm not alone but also very frustrating with all the very disturbing realities posted here...
thanks for listening...
di