Re: To Jan:Re: driving

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Hi Jan,

I took no offense to your last post. I agree

what you said about driving, and have experienced the

same things as you do. I hate having to drive when I

am tired, but sometimes it is out of my hands. I do

have Ritalin to help me to stay more alert. I have to

be careful with caffeine. I don't make long trips if I

am tired. I wait until I have taken a nap. I take a

lot of medications and I don't want to be pulled over

and having to explain why I have to take so many meds.

I have just begun to feel half way comfortable

driving, but I have almost been hit by other drivers.

I try to stay in a lane that is not close to the

speeders. I wonder about the folks that are so

careless, I mean if they are on drugs, script or

illegal. I really watch others for sure. If it hadn't

been for the other drivers, I wouldn't have been in

any wrecks.

I don't know how you hold up to work 40 hours. I

know that it is a necessity for a lot of folks. I do

wish that my pet sitting business would pick up. I

could use the extra money. Once I get my check from

the last wreck, I hope to put it into advertising, and

paying off medical bills too.

Hugs to you, and hope that you don't have any

problems on the road.

(Ga.)

--- Jan Musick wrote:

> Greetings from another webfoot!! I moved to Idaho

> 12 years ago, but I'm

> still a webfoot at heart. As far as your

> disability, I'd say go at your

> case from the depression angle. The recognition of

> FMS as a cause of

> disability is still tenuous at best. Progress is

> slow. Suggest to your

> attorney that you go from the angle of the emotional

> impact of chronic pain

> and see if that is better.

>

> Also (disclaimer...I don't mean this to be offensive

> to --GA)...but her

> post about car accidents really hit home with me.

> Since day ONE that I

> started feeling the effects of FMS, I have noticed

> that my driving skills

> have gone in the toilet. Honestly. MANY times I

> have thought to myself, " I

> shouldn't be driving, the way I feel! " . I have such

> a deep feeling that I

> am not safe behind the wheel. For one thing, I have

> so much pain a lot of

> times that I can't concentrate on operating the car.

> Secondly, look at the

> pills I'm taking all day long. Thirdly, I am TIRED

> all of the time.

> Yawning my head off and sleepy. I have a 45 minute

> commute home after work,

> and frequently I can barely keep my eyes open. I am

> still working 40 hours

> a week, but how I'm doing it I don't know. Just

> gritted teeth, I guess.

>

> Back to my driving. I haven't had a car accident

> that I have caused in 32

> years of operating motor vehicles. (The one

> accident I've been involved in,

> I was stopped at a stoplight and a car ran right

> into the side of me....I

> couldn't have prevented it.) So, does that give you

> some idea that I'm

> super-cautious??? It should. In the last year, I

> have had more " near

> misses " than I have had in my entire life. It's

> just because I'm not

> focused. I am driving in a total fog most of the

> time. I just wonder how

> long it's going to be before I get in a bad car

> accident, particularly

> driving the number of miles that I do every day.

> (Sixty miles just to work

> and back.)

>

> So, Welcome from OR...and I can empathize.

>

> For one thing, your employer probably couldn't

> " legally " give you the

> ultimatum he did. But forcing an employer to keep

> you on when they don't

> want to...I couldn't do it. I'm very fortunate in

> working at a university

> where they have allowed me a flexible work schedule

> in order to get my hours

> in. I couldn't make it if I had to adhere to the

> " clock " schedule. Just

> too many physical problems.

>

> Best wishes to the List! Jan M

>

> Jan Musick

>

>

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