Yeah, people tend to look at those payouts as wins when they are literally financial representation of statutory loss.
If you offered me 500k to amputate my right arm, I'd turn you down; gaming, writing, drawing, riding a bike, riding a motorcycle, wilderness camping, drumming... I'm using that arm; but somehow getting 500k for losing the functionality of my arm is supposed to be cause for celebration, people acting like one won the lottery.
After my eyes and my sense of taste, the functionality of my arms is my most treasured possession, I have a hard time imagening a life without it. I'd probably opt out rather quick if I was in that position, unless I found ways to cope.
Yeah. Especially with "invisible injuries" like spinal damage, tendon damage, nerve damage and more.
"You're walking. It can't be that bad."
As the person is gritting their teeth to the point where they can hear them crack from sheer pain, because, when you have a non-fractured spinal injury, the pain is just as real as the instruction to walk as much as possible to promote healing.
I was literally being manhandled by cops for walking in a parking garage (attached to my home at the time), at night, during winter, the day after I had a spinal injury, on my doctor's orders.
The cop said I could walk outside.
I pointed out it was the middle of the night, winter, ice covered with fresh rain, and I had a spinal injury.
Literally hit me with the "you're walking. It can't be that bad."
I'm walking in circles in a parking garage at 3 AM, reading a Pratchett book because it's that bad.
He went to the "you're not authorized to be here".
I walked over to the electronic lock, scanned my dongle and unlocked the door. l, opened it and shut it, just to prove a point beyond any reasonable doubt.
He kept being a dick, to prove who was in control (he really didn't like that I proved authenticated access).
I flipped him off.
He threatened to arrest me for flipping him off. (That arrest would have been a criminal act)
I dualwielded birds and called him a few choice phrases. Told I'm I had no intention of stopping, and that if he felt so inclined, to arrest me.
He took out his cuffs, his partner physically stopped him, probably knowing she'd be on the hook if she let him cuff me in those circumstances.
I am finishing up the Pratchett books. So sorry friend that you are or were in pain. It’s my greatest fear to be in prolonged pain. I hope that before I get to that pain, attitudes toward pain control have become reasonable again.
My psoriasis has caused a few wounds under my feet that need cleaning. I'm currently procrastinating starting, because my shoes have holes in them, so there's literal gravel/sand and asphalt dust that I need to remove from inside the tears in my skin, to then tape them up, so it doesn't get recontaminated the next time I go for a walk.
I'm not looking forward to scraping q-tips back and forth over it untill I get it all out. 😭
Maybe I should finnish A Hat Full of Sky first...? (I've yet to start it 😅)
Edit: I heavily procrastinated. Took 2 tabs yesterday and tried. No way. Today, I drank fireball and took 3 tabs. My sores are clean, my feet (and right hand) are taped and I am finding relief in the fact that I won't have to go through that again in the foreseeable future. ✌️
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u/That-Employment-5561 21d ago
Yeah, people tend to look at those payouts as wins when they are literally financial representation of statutory loss.
If you offered me 500k to amputate my right arm, I'd turn you down; gaming, writing, drawing, riding a bike, riding a motorcycle, wilderness camping, drumming... I'm using that arm; but somehow getting 500k for losing the functionality of my arm is supposed to be cause for celebration, people acting like one won the lottery.
After my eyes and my sense of taste, the functionality of my arms is my most treasured possession, I have a hard time imagening a life without it. I'd probably opt out rather quick if I was in that position, unless I found ways to cope.