Cindy - re what about work

[Guest guest]

Thanks very much Cindy! All that is very good to know!

>

> >I'm trying to sort stuff out with my work who are fine about me

> >having the time off. HOwever I was wondering if anyone could give

me

> >any advice about when I should tell them I'll be back. I'm a

vision

> >mixer for TV so my job basically involves sitting on my bum (on a

> >chair!) pressing buttons, now and agian throughout the day moving

to

> >another room to sit on a different chair to press some different

> >buttons. It's never hurried but the shifts can be quite long

> >sometimes up to 12 hours (but if you work that long you get a lot

of

> >breaks).

> >I also get taxis paid to and from work for me due to my arthritis.

> Mo,

>

> I was back to work (desk job) two weeks post-op, worked for two

weeks, then

> had the other hip done. If I had to do it all over again, I would

have

> liked more time off after the second hip (took three weeks off for

it, then

> back 1/2 time for a week, then back to full time). I was

surprised at just

> HOW MUCH sleep I needed after surgery. I was also surprised at

how long it

> took to get dressed and ready for work. It wasn't a matter of

rolling out

> of bed and throwing something on--everything took at least three

times as

> long. I always took a nap on my lunch hour (have always done that-

-it was

> just REALLY necessary after my surgeries), then came home and

headed for

> the recliner while my mom made dinner and cleaned up. I can't

imagine

> working a 12 hour day for at least several weeks. Sitting any

length of

> time is uncomfortable for awhile, but I get up to get copies done

a lot, so

> had lots of short walking breaks. Hope this gives you some idea...

>

> Cindy

> C+ 5/25/01 and 6/28/01