Work, promotions and asthma

July 28, 2008

Thanks Tom,

It's sad that I am not alone in this situation, where I'm sure I was

passed over for promotion because of my condition, but can't prove it.

My work-mates are all great people to work with, and when I am having

a bad day, they all look out for me, give me opportunity to go rest

if I have too, so I'd be stupid to let this eat away at me.

But, it does kind of niggle in the back of my mind as I see the lady

who got the job, scratch her head, not knowing what to do, and myself

(who knows) debating whether to go and help her out. I do anyway,

because thats just me..can't help that, maybe I shouldn't to prove a

point. But I work in a bookstore, we are usually one big happy family

who care for each other a lot. I don't want to detract from that, so

I just bite my tongue and get on with my job which I have that I love

anyway (Kids Section).

I haven't had too much time off work from the asthma. I work 40

hours a week, and usually tough out a bad day. Only going home if

I've super-maxed out the puffer and gotten light-headed and dizzy,

sometimes its taken a while to be able to drive home, but I've never

asked them to call an ambulence for me, even though sometimes I think

maybe I should have.

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