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Took phone call from my Sydney solicitor about me having to see a NSW Workcover accredited medical specialist, me flying to NSW is out of the question, this cannot be done by video, he thinks they can find an accredited doctor in Qld, and fly him to Perth if the WA borders allow it, mmm, they had this organised for me to fly to Sydney in April 2020!
This is about a very severe back injury L4-L5 disc in 1989?
I never received a monetary payout due to needing more surgery later on, I was off work until 1996 mainly due to 2 more extra surgeries to my cervical spine 4 months apart in 1993, so after lumbar surgery in 1991, I thought great back to work in 1993, dident happen, needed L4 to S1 fusion.
Whilst wearing a full upper body cast to stabilise my lumbar region, to prove I needed to be fused ( I still need it ) it damaged my cervical spine, not easy sleeping in a body cast for 3 months.
So after 2 posterior cervical surgeries over 4 months in 1993, I was not allowed to work for 4 years, then I could be lumbar fused, then I sue under common law, my neurosurgeon passed away in 1996, and I got my referring GP to release me to go backto work, everytime I contacted GIO to organise my surgery, they threw every excuse available to fuse my lumbar spine at me, now I suffer cauda equina syndrome, my solicitors who are fighting this are also fighting for my rights to sue James Hardie for the lung cancer, by pure accident they realised I lost 7 years of work, 1989 to 1996 and was not compensated for it, they decided to fight for my rights as an Australian worker, good on em, but flying a doctor to Perth to see me for one hour is just unbelievable really, but each State has its own system, it's crazy really, like covid?
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