Shouldnt be speechless. Had the same happen to me. Had surgery over three years ago, and now on various permanent use of pain meds - loss of medical and a career of over 20 years. After all this time I am still not able to work full time and my employment options are extremely limited.
In my safety report to management I stated that carrying jepps in the nav bag was an issue (with various other items mine was over 15kg's) and why couldnt they be supplied to both pilots on the flight deck as in my last airline in Europe. Their answer was it was extremely unlikely to happen again.