and no, i don't take pills, the docs gave me, vicadone? but didn't need them after the first 3 days, they make you constipated. that was far worse than the pain in my hand.
it just surprises me, that peeps who responded to this post, are grossed out. If i was buying chicks or eggs, i would want the seller to be informed, if you are grossed out, on a simple, what do you in an egg bound situation? Crop problems?
make sure you know who your buying from, if they can't take looking at simple surgery, don't think they will be able to answer simple questions about the chickens you buy from them. Pretty scary, is it still Halloween?
I'm not certain how you made the jump from people being grossed out by your pictures to them not being able to answer simple questions about their chickens... perhaps they just don't want to look at some random mass posted by someone they have never met.
What is the mass? Has it been determined that it was caused by the hair? I know someone else asked that but I didn't see an answer.
Terri,
I think doing what we do for a living, we are desensitized to what is 'gross'. I was bit by a recluse spider and the resulting hole in my arm was very gross- but I didnt realize it until I posted pictures of the surgery. lol. I think you may have a workmans comp case, can always try and see what happens. If no? Then at least you tried. In my clinic, they would probably be able to get out of it, but I do not know if that is a universal ability. (I was bit by the spider IN my hospital, putting on an ISO gown- felt it, it felt like someone broke my arm) but they said I couldnt prove it happened there.
I also find that folks who work with animals find animal things not gross, but "human" things gross....my friend who is a zookeeper is one of these folks
Heck, how many folks here have no qualms about cleaning a bunch of chicken poo, but if that was human....yeah. Moving on
The way workers comp works, it's either insurance or workers comp that pays for it. So, if insurance covered all but $1100, then it probably paid $4000 or so (if you have a common 80/20 plan). Your boss paid whatever he pays, but if you change this to comp, he will have to pay the whole $5000+, not the insurance after amount. That can be brutal for a small business. Some small places have to pay this out of their pocket
You can ask him to help you out with the outstanding amount, but I doubt they will go for you hitting them for workers comp, when insurance has already paid for the surgery. Even more unlikely if they provide gloves and you choose to not use them. Impossible if you didn't follow worker comp rules from the get go (going to a company choice doctor, filing it appropriately etc). If your workplace has under 5 employees, they most likely don't have worker comp insurance, just liability, and any payments would have to come from the company pocket.
Claiming comp and using insurance is double dipping the system and I think can be considered fraud.
I've had to use workers comp before - it's a frustrating and annoying system. I don't recommend it (fell and broke an ankle at work).
Assuming a "he" boss, because it's early. Swap for "she" if it's a woman.
You gave us explicit detail as to how the vicadin (or vicadone?) affects you but only minimal information on the surgery you're asking about... so based on the information that you've given I can only suggest that the next time you take a pain pill you should also take a laxative with that...might help with the constipation
You were given answers based on what little information that you gave. Seems you're a bit hostile. And at the wrong people.