I think so. I know the timer counts up to 256. Im guessing that register tells you its current count. I have read before that you can do that so i think i would keep checking it in a loop to see if it is above a certain value. If it is then there must be a way to reset it most likely disable it and enable it again.

Just 'reading between the lines' of your post. I havnt checked yet but i wouldnt be supprised if you could set the value of the register to whatever you want after an interrupt so instead of counting 0-128 and checking in a loop you can start at 128 and count upto 255 which will allow the interrupt to work still