20 posts tagged “work”
I might be losing my job. I've been on FMLA for migraines, but now its run out. In order to go back to work, I have to have a doctor's release approving me to return. Well, my doctor won't write it because nothing has improved with my condition, and he is afraid i will just get sick again.
My next option was to apply for a leave of absence from work until i get better and can return. I filled out this paperwork and had my husband drop it off on Wednesday. I woke this morning to a certified letter denying my request for leave. I was told I am required to return to work on Monday-- but without the doctor's note, I'm still not allowed to work. The director of my department has put me in a tough spot. I don't want to quit my job- i need the insurance; plus if i'm going to quit, I want it to be on my terms, not because I'm forced out.
I have an appointment with HR on monday morning, so we'll see how this goes. I'm really at a loss of what to do now.
I had been off work for about 2 weeks with migraines. I asked my doctor (via voicemail) last thursday to fax a note to HR saying that I was "released" to work. (i find this concept dumb, b/c its a migraine! its not like i'm working with a broken limb) Well, the doctor forgot. After 30 minutes at work I was told to go home. What a waste!
I left a message at the doctor's office requesting the note (again) at 9:05am. I finally received a call back at 1:42pm, but i was on my scooter and didn't get the call. The nurse left a message saying she didn't get my message last Thursday (thanks!) and the doctor won't be in until Wednesday. She's not allowed to write the note and I'll have to call back then. DAMNIT!!!
This thing is so messed up that its giving me another migraine! So I call HR and explain the situation, but they won't let me come in to work until I have a piece of paper from my doctor- yet they want to bitch at me for being gone. I told them it will be Wednesday afternoon or Thursday morning before I can be back. Work doesn't understand that I can't waltz into the doctor's office on Wednesday demanding a note at opening time-- i have to wait like everyone else.
By the time I do get the paperwork done, I probably will be sick and have to take off another few days to recover. blegh
I'm sick of my job. I'm going to start hunting around.
Our current director talks to me in a demeaning way, and i'm not going to stick around here anymore. I'm hoping just to find a better department. yup.
I have been infected with the worst cold in years. I've been in bed (or on the couch) since last Thursday. My fever finally broke sometime last night/this morning, but i was still too sick to work today. For the past three days, i've been showering at least twice, if not three times a day. Partially because it helps me breathe, but mostly cause i've got chills and sweats going on and i feel gross. I don't wish this on my worst enemy.
I feel so bad because a friend stopped by friday to do some dog-stuff (Missouri Pitbull Rescue) and was here for no more than 10 minutes. Now she's come down with this nastiness. Yuk. I called my dad and he has it too. I feel like i should be in quarrantine!
Here's the other bad part-- i've only worked ONE DAY since the new year. That's bad. But really, it wouldn't be a good idea to go infect the professors and students before classes start next week, would it? Or maybe... ha!
I'm off to drink more alky seltzer and sleep some more. Maybe that will help. I haven't had anything to eat besides an orange and toast in 48 hours. At least this is an effective diet.
After much tension in the office, my boss has lost it. She started yelling at me two days ago about something i'm not remotely involved in. When I told her that I can't do anything about it, and that the faculty will have to decide, she continued yelling.
I eventually told her that I didn't appreciate the way she was talking to me. At that point she started finger-wagging and called me a "snit" (not a snitch). What does that mean? I don't know, so I looked it up on Wikipedia:
Not only is my finger-wagging boss going insane, she can't get her insults right either! I guess I can't be offended by something that doesn't have an applicable meaning.
Instead of staying on campus for lunch today, I went home to let the dogs out. Besides my two dogs, we have a foster dog Dionysus, and as of last night are dog-sitting too! Our arrival last night is another MPR foster, Drizzle. We're watching Drizzle for the week while his foster mom is on a business trip.
So, I went home for lunch to let the dogs out (mostly to prevent afternoon accidents). Since I was wearing nice work clothes, I went into my bedroom and stripped so the dogs wouldn't get my clothes dirty. I'm sure I looked like a fool sitting on the couch eating a sandwich with four playful dogs and no pants on. HA
At least when it was time to return to work I was clean, and the dogs were happy!
What would YOU do?
Say you wake up to get ready for work, and you feel a migraine coming on. Not a normal headache, but another beastly cloud of pain in your head. It hasn't quite hit yet, but you can feel the pressure of the storm cloud building. You've taken your migraine meds, and a shower to attempt some relaxation (hoping that in this time the meds will kick in and the pain will subside).
You have 5 minutes now to get ready for work. You still have pressure in your head. You consider going to work anyways, but wonder if the dizziness and nauesea will increase. Who knows, in 2-3 hours you might feel fine, or you might feel like dying. You don't want to seem like a slacker, but getting ill at work and attempting to drive home is the last thing you want to happen.
What would YOU do?
Eff. stands for Four.
Four days I've missed work.
Effing migraines.
yesterday I Finally got some relief, but it was short lived.
around Four-thirty am I woke up with more pain. damnit. I tried to go to work anyway, but while in line at the coffee shop, i got sick. not pukey-gross, but way dizzy and limp. not a good time to drive!
so here i am, at my Effing house again, Feeling like a bum. i am so pissed at myself. i wish i knew what i was doing to cause these, so i could Fix it.
Today is the 3rd day in a row that i've been home from work with a migraine. I decided to set up an appointment for acupuncture.
I went in at 9:30 this morning, and now I have relief! I'm set up to go in twice next week, just to make sure my migraines are under control. I hope these treatment last, i can't afford to miss more work!
I got this from Jam Master Jordan
- What type of work do you do? my title is Senior Secretary- but i do a little of everything, including event planning, scheduling, travel arrangements, and computer troubleshooting
- What would be your dream job? Event planner for charity
- Have you ever volunteered, or done work for a charity? yep- humane society, arthritis foundation, meals on wheels
- Do you like what you do? most days
- Show us something that is work related:
