A: Discuss with your doctor whether it is advisable for you to live as normal a life as possible and to try to do as much activity as possible, even though you may suffer afterwards for doing it. You would then be following medical advice when you do certain activities.

If there is a vehicle parked on your street with a person in it, phone the local police detachment and ask them to check out this unusual activity. For all you know, the person could be a burglar “casing” your house.

Consider being assessed periodically by a certified work capacity evaluator. He or she will spend between four hours and two days testing your abilities and determining what you can and cannot do on a sustained basis.

Note in your diary the more strenuous activities you attempt and the consequences you suffer after doing them (e.g., carrying groceries to and from your car, picking up or playing with a child, etc.). It’s easy to forget what you did and what you later paid for in the way of pain.

ICBC is unlikely to admit to having a video of you if it does not help them. One way of determining if it has a video of you is to make a Freedom of Information request. This sometimes discloses an adjuster’s notes of decisions whether or not to order video surveillance.