Greeting all! I am glad to have found this group. A not so short
synopsis of my ACLT: Occurred on the job while working as a slave and
20 hrs OT for the week. I work nights in a warehouse filling hospital
orders. HR didn't schedule me to see the Dr. until 2 days later. I
worked on it 2 more nights with terrible pain and the knee kept
locking/sticking. Dr. suspected ACLT, MRI scheduled. Given SIT ONLY
instructions which my supervisor had other ideas and put me on the
shipping dock double-checking totes before they were loaded on the
trucks. I sat maybe 5 minutes the entire shift. Double-check
consists of pushing/pulling/shoving a stack of totes over 5 feet high
to a desk area (I'm not exactly tall to begin with), inspecting each
one, one by one, putting into another stack and returning this stack
to it's proper staging location. The final straw was an unusually
heavy stack; it felt as if my leg was on fire and ready to explode.
I, not so gracefully, convinced my supervisor I needed to go home.
MRI 2 days later confirmed a near complete ACLT, referral to surgeon
who confirmed a complete ACLT. I am still working though the company
did finally decide I was a "liability" and put me doing light office
duty. I am scheduled to have surgery February 26. As this is a WC
claim, I was wondering if anyone else has had the privilege
of "jumping through hoops"? Am I required to remain in the company's
employ or can I quit the god-forsaken job and still get the
benefits? I have a work-at-home job I do on the side that at this
point would prefer to devote more time doing VS being slave labor.
Got a call from the insurance company, seems they expect to have me
back in the warehouse 1 week after surgery since the company is
complying with the light duty.

Fed up and burned out,
JenR ~ Colorado