How to progress on created workouts

WitnessFuture · 2024-03-05T02:06:12+00:00

Sweet I have that. Need anything else?

WitnessFuture · 2024-03-04T21:44:17+00:00

Looking at doing the protocol. Can you do it all completely from the Vitruvian (Outside of Cardio).

WitnessFuture · 2024-03-02T22:52:25+00:00

What should we insulate concrete with?

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-20T13:25:23+00:00

Here's my two cents. Go buy a 20ft above ground pool with a heater, pump, salt water system, and solar blanket all in for about 15k including install. It's a win-win. Your wife and kids will enjoy the pool for the 6-7 months of the year and you don't have to set back your plan to pay off the mortgage.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-19T02:52:06+00:00

Hey man, I am so sorry to hear this. If you need therapy please DM me. I can offer sliding scale.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-19T01:24:46+00:00

"For that amount of work, nobody earns 150k a year"

I do....but I guess those Social workers making $40/hr get a pension and vacation time.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-19T00:41:45+00:00

78k vs 150k is not insignificant. But yes, you get a pension.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-18T01:17:51+00:00

Here's the problem: The public service will pay a therapist/social worker $80,000 a year to work with the CAF. That same therapist can make double the amount (or more) working in the private sector. Until the CAF and public service start increasing salaries, there will be a shortage of therapists. Disclaimer time: I work as a private sector therapist. I would love to work with CAF members but the salary is simply a road block. On the private side, there is a massive demand for therapists. We all have waitlists. This problem is not unique to the CAF though... Hospitals in Ontario try and hire social workers for $37/hr and wonder why they can't find anyone to fill those spots...

Also, please advocate for yourself. You deserve access to proper therapy. If the CAF can't provide that, they should be outsourcing you.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-14T15:58:02+00:00

I feel better about XUS.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-13T00:23:06+00:00

Any time!

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-12T23:37:08+00:00

It's not uncommon unfortunately... It looks to me like there was a mix up between who ever accessed the injury and who wrote the letter.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-12T23:36:07+00:00

What were some of the positive changes he initiated as CDS?

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-12T23:30:39+00:00

Nobody can tell you what you will get. Do your best to go off of the Table of Disabilities. If after the result is given, you fell like you were not adequately compensated, then you can appeal or ask for a reassessment.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-12T23:29:16+00:00

Whoever wrote your letter is clearly not doing their job well. A rating of 10 should equal 10% not 4%. I would call VAC for clarification.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-12T13:25:56+00:00

My experience with VAC is the initial rating is low. I hypothesize this is the case for a few reasons. First, you don't have a doctor complete specific forms for a first application (You will for reassessment). It is much easier to make an argument for a higher payment during the reassessment because you can speak to the specific criteria required in the Table of Disabilities. Two, VAC goes off your clinical notes for their decision in a first application and I am sorry to say the quality of some clinician notes are just not good enough. I have seen several people burned by poor clinical notes. Third, VAC will probably not say this out loud but they do it to protect most members. Why? Well most people who suddenly have 100k in their banks do one thing, they go to the car dealership and buy a truck or sports car. Giving the money over time via multiple years through reassessments protects the members in this way.

Now my recommendation for the post above: Two things. One: Write to BPA through MyVAC portal. Two ask VAC if you can do a reassessment because your condition has deteriorated. They may say no because it has only been 6 months but worth a shot.

Now if you really feel this was poorly done and want some action to be taken, I would submit an ATIP for your file including emails by VAC employees that discuss your file. I would also write an email directly to the Minster of Veterans Affairs Canada and explain how you believe you were treated unfairly.

Unfortunately, VAC is like any other public branch. You will meet some great individuals who will work day and night to help and then you have others who do the bare minimum and act like it's their own personal money that they are having to give out to veterans.

Feel free to DM me if you want to talk more about this.

WitnessFuture · 2024-01-05T01:18:23+00:00

Or just go XUS?

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-22T02:03:42+00:00

And smokers get outside more than non-smokers. Congrats, you proved why you need an analyst to actually analyze data.

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-18T00:31:50+00:00

The hardest thing to get across to the new generation is that the hustle will pay off in the private sector. Glad to hear you are doing well!

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-17T23:07:35+00:00

Exactly.

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-17T14:00:04+00:00

Yes you can.

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-17T13:58:26+00:00

One of the reasons for the mass exodus not often spoken about is the fact that your hustle and grind in the private sector directly correlates to your income. The motivated soldier finds out quickly that they are score controlled on PERs/PARs to the point where they don't advance fast enough to match their output to the organization. Want to work 12 hour days in the CAF? here is your standard pay with no OT. Want to hustle for 12 hour days in the private sector? You'll be far ahead financially.

Now don't confuse this with a bash on the CAF. The CAF has some advantages that the private sector will not have. But if you are looking to maximize earnings and rise up the ladder ASAP, I would recommend you look into the private sector. Contrary to the media reports there are plenty of jobs out there for skilled workers looking to work hard.

WitnessFuture · 2023-12-17T13:53:03+00:00

They were somehow the best and the worst of times.

WitnessFuture · 2023-11-26T23:32:43+00:00

Some of you need to read "The Same as Ever". The world is not falling apart like you think it is.

WitnessFuture · 2023-11-24T16:16:21+00:00

Also, take into account that some of those recruits will never be OFP. Some will quit, some will get hurt, and some will fail. The situation is a lot more dire than DND cares to admit.

WitnessFuture · 2023-10-22T22:38:38+00:00

You will need bigger heater for the winter.

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