Time to express my thoughts in hopes to help others
My life changed on the 10th of March, 2010. I worked in a high needs room much too long and today I live in pain. I wish I was stronger back then or more mature to understand what my role was doing to my body. Two weeks before the injury I asked for help and was told to slow down. Impossible when you have seven severely disabled students to take care of. I loved where I worked and was on excellent terms with admin and staff. Then everything changed. Those early days when I was injured and couldn't walk more the 5 metres, no one from the school bothered to contact me to see how I was doing. I was shocked as I thought I got along with staff there. I didn't file a work cover claim until the last day I could and boy was I glad I did because never....NEVER did i think that I'd be living with chronic pain 3 years and 4 months later. My background was dance, my passion is the arts and now I don't know if dance will ever be able to be a part of my life. I know I will never