My friends dad had to have surgery on his rotator cuff (shoulder) a while back.  He was in so much pain before the surgery, he couldn’t lift his arm above his waist!!  That’s a lot of pain!! And he also suffers from Post-Polio syndrome (he had polio as a child), which can be very painful.  But this man is one of the hardest working men I know!!

He works at a truck parts factory, I think.  I’m not sure if they actually make parts or if they just fix them, but what he does is hard work.  He has to pull parts down off of high shelves and lift heavy truck and car parts.  It’s a hard job, my peeps!!

Anyway, they had to fight and fight to get the companies disability claims department to finally decide they would pay for his surgery.  I don’t know if they thought they should have their own disability insurance or what.  And it isn’t easy for some people to prove that their injuries are work related, either.  This man works on Church buses and friends cars and all that, so he technically could have injured himself somewhere other than work, but goodness!!!  Pulling parts and working on heavy equipment for 20+ years sure can’t be easy on a body!!

It would seem to  me that his place of work would want to take better care of their employees, to keep them in good shape so they can do their jobs and do them well!!

Carry On =)

Tags: health, insurance, life, personal, struggles

Categories: blogging

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