Paulina remembers that some of her colleagues didn't believe she was ill but CNESST (workers' compensation in Quebec) never questioned it.

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Yeah, it was that. And you know, they think – OK, they obviously didn’t say it in, like, to me right out front. But they implied that I am pretending to be still sick so that I can be on the workers comp, because I’m still on CNESST which is workers’ compensation. So they’re implying that I am exaggerating my symptoms so that I don’t have to work and I can be on this workers’ compensation, which is totally not – no. I would work 12-hour shifts if it meant I could not feel like this. You know? I don’t want to be like this anymore … CNESST, they’re very French and I – especially with my brain fog it’s very hard for me to speak another language. Let alone English. So in the beginning it was kind of hard to communicate what was going on. But you know, they were really great. They never questioned really my ailments. Yeah, I’m really lucky to have them too because it’s helped me. It’s – yeah.

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