Hello all,

In February this year i injured my back on a public First Bus. The driver was going very fast in a built up area where the speed limit is 30mph, the driver hit a pot hole in the road at high speed. The bus hit at such force that the bus actually broke down, the headlights on the bus cut out and the driver continued to drive the bus with no headlights, idiot.

Anyway, As i was sitting on the seat directly above the bus wheel, i took the brunt of the impact and came up off of my seat and was slammed back down. I have muscle/nerve and ligament damage now as reported by A+E Doctors and my chiropractor.

I wrote to the bus company to claim compensation for my injuries and they said that they are not liable for injuries caused by potholes in Council roads. They will not give me details of how fast the bus was going even though i have asked for these. I am unsure if i can claim from the Council as they are my employer.

Im stuck and still in severe pain 2 months later. Help!

I injured my shoulder at my former workplace around 2 years ago moving some heavy gas bottles. At the time I felt a slight pulling in my upper arm / shoulder but it didn’t seem too bad so I didn’t report it as I thought I may have just twinged something. I then had a week off on holiday, relaxing and it seemed to get better however, when I returned to work I still experienced a pulling sensation in the same area and went to the doc’s and had some physio. Now it’s 2 years on and after repeated doctors and hospital visits, X rays, injections and pain killers ( I am awaiting a third hospital appointment) it has got progressivly worse and is causing me a lot of discomfort. What I want to know is, are my former employers liable and do I have a case to claim even though I didn’t report it ( I wasn’t told about any accident book or procedures ) .

I’m trying to gather credible information from advocates for, and those against, childhood vaccinations. All reliable sources that are familiar to me such as the AAP, CDC and AMA, are obviously FOR vaccinations. However, I’m having a terrible time finding CREDIBLE sources (not just opinion and personal testimonies, but valid statistics to back up claims, as well… something that I can cross-reference) that provides research findings, numbers, stats, and the like.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can continue with my research on this issue?
Some issues that I will be addressing in my paper are:
*Government mandates on vaccinations VS. exemptions granted (for religious reasons and/or otherwise)
*Risks VS. health benefits
*Misinformation from media
*Possible skewed numbers from drug companies and doctors due to under-reported cases of injury/adverse reactions, and due to profit agendas. (This view probably won’t make the cut, but it’s still a consideration)
Thanks!

I am been dealing with workers compensation for over 2 yr regarding my neck and upper back. The only treatment i am receiving right now is Chiro. Due to the horrific pain I went in to my own personal physician to seek help for the pain. I was referred out to have an MRI done which show i have 2 bulging disk in my neck at c5/c7 which flatten the cervical spinal cord causing mild central canal stenosis and mild bilateral neural foraminal narrowing, left greater than right. .Which is anyone can explain that line above i would appreciate that .I also have a annual tear in my lumbar that was also discover thru the MRI’s and was told by QME doctor that since this was not a complaint when i filed a claim although it was discover now thru the mri’s just as the bulging disk also. He said I have to handle my lumbar issue on my own. Can any respond on that? Why one i have workers comp doctors treating my for one part of my back and my personal dr treating me for my lumbar? I know the injuries occured on the job. It sounds like to many hand in the same pot. I dont feel comfortable have to different people working on my back. Is is okay for me to seek an orthopedic surgeon to seek the best treatment? Workers comp want to send me to a pain management doctor to seek epidural first to see if that works with my pain then if not then the next step would be surgery. When i go in to see the ortho speicalist will he see me since it is workers comp injury? Since he specialize in this i feel he would be able to give me more on my issue than when i get in to see the pain management doctor for workers comp. Is is wrong seeking help thru my private insurance since i have not getting anywhere yet with workers comp? I am waiting my qme report for a referral to the pain management.

december 18th i got hurt at work- I work as a patient aid in a mentally retarded based homing facility.
As I was doing a stand pivot with a paitent, she went limp and I got a huge pain in my right knee, and it began to have a buring sensation. I told the charge nurse and he sent me to fill out the workers injury papers. from there I went strait to the hospital that they told me to go to. by that time I could barely put any weight on my right knee because of the pain. at the doctors, the lady just felt around on my knee and asked how i hurt it, gave me anti inflamatories and sent me on my way, with orders that i could go back to work but only on sit down duty. the agency i work through informed me that it was their policy that i could not return to work on restrictions. I let them know that I needed a claim number so that I could visit my personal doctor (family doctor) and that I refused to go back to where they had sent me because I felt i was not given the proper attension. well a week later- I still have no claim number despite the fact that I call EVERY DAY. and now the place i work for has me down for no call no shows for all the time i have been off. I have done my part 100% called both places (the place i work through and the place i work for) I faxed doctors note, ect. But I cannot get anything out of them! help!

I’m trying to gather credible information from advocates for, and those against, childhood vaccinations. All reliable sources that are familiar to me such as the AAP, CDC and AMA, are obviously FOR vaccinations. However, I’m having a terrible time finding CREDIBLE sources (not just opinion and personal testimonies, but valid statistics to back up claims, as well… something that I can cross-reference) that provides research findings, numbers, stats, and the like.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can continue with my research on this issue?
Some issues that I will be addressing in my paper are:
*Government mandates on vaccinations VS. exemptions granted (for religious reasons and/or otherwise)
*Risks VS. health benefits
*Misinformation from media
*Possible skewed numbers from drug companies and doctors due to under-reported cases of injury/adverse reactions, and due to profit agendas. (This view probably won’t make the cut, but it’s still a consideration)
Thanks!

I’m trying to gather credible information from advocates for, and those against, childhood vaccinations. All reliable sources that are familiar to me such as the AAP, CDC and AMA, are obviously FOR vaccinations. However, I’m having a terrible time finding CREDIBLE sources (not just opinion and personal testimonies, but valid statistics to back up claims, as well… something that I can cross-reference) that provides research findings, numbers, stats, and the like.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to where I can continue with my research on this issue?
Some issues that I will be addressing in my paper are:
*Government mandates on vaccinations VS. exemptions granted (for religious reasons and/or otherwise)
*Risks VS. health benefits
*Misinformation from media
*Possible skewed numbers from drug companies and doctors due to under-reported cases of injury/adverse reactions, and due to profit agendas. (This view probably won’t make the cut, but it’s still a consideration)
Thanks!

A woman drove her car into the back of mine the yesterday and admitted fault. The damage to my car seems minimal.

My neck aches a little but its not causing me any severe problems. I havent been to the doctors and i’ve come into work today, it just hurts a little when i turn my head quickly. Im anticipating the pain will be gone in a couple of days.

One one hand i dont want to claim (and dont really think i have grounds to be honest) cos theres loads of scroungers who claim and i dont want to be one of them but on the other hand i think if everyone else does it, why shouldnt i?

What do you think?

I was rear ended pretty hard. There were some major damages to both cars, but more damages were on the car that hit me. She filed the claim the following Monday since it happened on the weekend. There were minor personal injuries with myself and another passenger. I told this to her insurance company personnel when they called. She offered each of us 0.00, and we haven’t seen a doctor yet. The thing is I think for myself it’s just soreness due to the impact of the hit. What do I do? Do I take this offer or do they offer more? This is my first time being in an accident so I don’t know. I don’t want to get an attorney and have to go to doctors and chiropractors forever. I was just wanting to know if this is it?

At the end of Jan 2005 I was working in a nightclub as bar staff. At closing time one evening I was told to operate a hot dog bain marie as the person that normally did this was off (similar design to this.. http://img.alibaba.com/photo/51154247/Hot_Dog_Machine.jpg ).
The machine was placed on the reception desk of the nightclub, in reach of all customers. I had no training, and was just left to it. A customer ended up pushing me onto one of the spikes, resulting in a 3 ins by 1 inch burn across the top of my arm. I reported this immedietely to my manager, and was given some wet kitchen roll and told to stay at my post until all the customers had left. I did this, even though I was in tears, and a lot of pain. The burn blistered immediately, and a doctors visit the next day revealed that it was 2nd degree. I also had to have time off my day job as I was unable to move my arm.

I have left it so long as I kept hoping the scar would fade, but it never has and is very noticible.
The injury is recorded in the accident book of the nightclub, although I have a feeling that if I did make a claim it might suddenly go ‘missing’.
No I dont still work there, I left in May 05 because they treated their staff really badly. lol.

Pic of my arm….

http://www.flickr.com/photos/seifriss/2073933146/