For those of you with missing digits

I am willing to get checked out and see if I am a match to donate if need be
I still have all my digits

 

Today I got the official release to go back to work on Monday. Heckuva lot better than the January 15 projection from the clinic.

I also got my first workers comp check today, and there's another on the way. Between that and my light duty pay, I'm actually doing pretty good. But I'm incredibly bored and anxious to get back at it. And I'm getting fat.

 

Good to here , That's great , having your pay cut back sucks

 

Jeff, glad you decided to keep the finger. I'm late in this thread but you did the smart thing, you can always have it removed later.
My index finger on my left hand was ground off to a point when I was 17, I told them to cut it off. They didn't.
30+ years later, glad they didn't, I still have good usage of that finger. Added bonus for me- it always creeped my sister out about "THE Finger!"
To this day, if I'm sneaky enough, I can touch her ears with "that" finger, she comes un-glued! Good times!

 

Sounds like you are squared away, but I'll throw in my experience


I was working with a trail crew the summer of 2011. I slipped on a slimy wooden bridge and jammed my left knee. Messed up the acl, mcl and meniscus.

Getting fixed up was a 5 month ordeal.

In MI you have to see the company Dr for the 1st ten days. After that you can see anyone you want.

 

Actually, it's 28 days now. I believe the law says the employer has the ability to control medical care for those 28 days. Which means they can also let me go wherever I want, which they did.

The quality of care from 'the clinic' has become a pretty popular topic of discussion lately. It's all about the money, instead of actually being doctors that care about their patients. They are too quick to send us to physical therapy, which is very profitable for them. Only after aggravating a misdiagnosed injury for a few weeks will they send someone to a specialist, and sometimes it is too late.

In my case, the only option I was given was surgery, which would have taken months longer to get me back in action, between pinning it, another surgery to remove pins, healing, and rehab.

If you're ever injured at work, make sure you know your state's workers comp laws. If you're like me and have no confidence in your HR department, do your own research or contact an attorney. Our HR manager told me I had to go to the clinic for 30 days. I told her that was wrong, and I finally had to get the big boss to tell her what to do. If I hadn't done some poking around, I'd still be in a cast right now.