I am looking for work. I have a knee injury. I have not been able to find work in 4 months now. Last time when I was laid off it was from the position I injured my knee. I was injured in 2002 and laid off in 2003. After I was laid off they authorized a MRI and found that I have Osteo Necrosis and bone adema. Basically, the cartilage is gone, The bone is decaying and swelling. It causes me pain varying in degrees day to day. Some day I am ok and other days not so much. I am really getting discouraged because the market where I live is terrible. I can not afford to move right now. I have contacted some government agencies but things are moving very slow. I need knee surgery and workman's comp has not paid me a cent from the company where I was hurt. Their reasoning is I was laid off without work restrictions. I was laid off because lack of work, but they sent me to company which says I just sprained my knee. Come to find out I tore cartilage, chipped bone and I lose a lot of sleep because of muscle spasms and pain. I do not know what to do now because I day and day out looking for work wears me down. I do not feel like I am any closer to getting my life back on track and I feel like no really cares. AM I wrong?
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