Meade's Ball
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I went to a neuropsychologist to be inspected for my hit'n'run claim thing today. It was 3 hours in total and my brain feels addled and rather achey. Pleasingly, he said, from today's tests, that i was in the top 1%, in terms of IQ, of people in the UK. How nice, i thought.
The weird thing, though, i keep thinking over, is how to deal with what he said near the end. There was the stuff about a recommendation for me to be seen by a clinical psychologist for some time to work through the paranoias and deep-seated depression that fails to escape me. I can accept that and welcome it. But it's in what he said he would say to the insurance people that had me. Basically, the compensation is worked out as to what effect the injury will have on my possible earnings. And he said that what has happened to me will have an effect for all of my life and hinder my options for as long as i last.
Now, what's odd is whether i see this professional commentary of my condition as a good thing or not. It might mean i get more money in compensation, which i suppose i should in some way relish. But then it also means i shan't be able to work my way up anywhere if i wanted to. I'll struggle if i try.
Do i celebrate the potential short-term pay-off and hope he is wrong and i can make myself big if i ever wanted? Should i be happy that he found things wrong with me?
The weird thing, though, i keep thinking over, is how to deal with what he said near the end. There was the stuff about a recommendation for me to be seen by a clinical psychologist for some time to work through the paranoias and deep-seated depression that fails to escape me. I can accept that and welcome it. But it's in what he said he would say to the insurance people that had me. Basically, the compensation is worked out as to what effect the injury will have on my possible earnings. And he said that what has happened to me will have an effect for all of my life and hinder my options for as long as i last.
Now, what's odd is whether i see this professional commentary of my condition as a good thing or not. It might mean i get more money in compensation, which i suppose i should in some way relish. But then it also means i shan't be able to work my way up anywhere if i wanted to. I'll struggle if i try.
Do i celebrate the potential short-term pay-off and hope he is wrong and i can make myself big if i ever wanted? Should i be happy that he found things wrong with me?
good luck with your claim mate.....the ***** tried to chop my right foot off in 88 when i bogled it in a cliff jumping exersise.......22 years later i am still running around on it with very little discomfort.....footy, golf and the occaisional concert ......keep your chin up my son...!!!