Re: Hanging on to my job by the skin of my teeth

[Guest guest]

Dawn, welcome to our list. Your problem is so familiar to this list. So

many of them are doing as you are. Hanging on to their job by the skin of

their teeth. I can't comment on that as I am 66 and do not work.

The many on this list will talk with you about things to do and what to do.

They are a very good group of people on this list. We care so very much for

each other and we support each other. If you want to vent, do so. Someone

will hear and come to your aid.

Take care,

Irene

Books may well be the only true magic

Alice Hoffman

[Guest guest]

At 03:39 PM 05/28/2002 +0000, mythreedogsnme wrote:

>Hello everyone,

Welcome Dawn!

Your situation sounds so very close to my own -- trying to work, dealing

with people who don't even try to understand.

A disabilities activist friend of mine recently told me -- after pretty

much smacking me down because I keep delaying any kind of disability

application process or anything -- that one important thing to do at work

is never refer to yourself as " sick. " This is the way workplaces tend to

define sickness v. disability -- sickness is temporary, like the flu, or

permanent AND terminal, like many forms of cancer; disability is permanent

and NOT terminal, creating difficulties that may be resolved in the

worldplace by various forms of accommodation.

I do the same as you -- I'm just ending my weekend right now (work Th-Mon),

and I have nothing to show for it. All I've done is sleep, not even

eat. My one thing I really want to do before I go back to work tomorrow is

get a daisy plant in the ground in the garden; it was a gift and I can't

put it off. Silly when you think that's such a small thing, and yet I will

feel as if I accomplished SOMETHING if I do that.

I don't think you should just quit your job. There are options, such as

disability insurance through your employer, or social security

benefits. I'm very afraid to leave my job without something to keep me

going. You might want to look into other options. I personally would like

to go down to part-time, keep working but not as much, if I could get

disability and still work a bit. I like to get out, although I admit it's

very difficult to do 40+ hours a week.

I hope you find some help here, and support -- it's a great group and

believe me, many of us are in the same kind of situation where you find

yourself.

Warm wishes,

Em

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" Even in nice Mr. son's stories, each boy's life only catches

your deepest interest when a pirate is about to slit that sweet child's

throat. What makes a story good ain't what makes a person good. "

(Allan Gurganus)

" Cut a good story anywhere, and it will bleed. "

(Anton Chekhov)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

At 03:39 PM 05/28/2002 +0000, mythreedogsnme wrote:

>Hello everyone,

Welcome Dawn!

Your situation sounds so very close to my own -- trying to work, dealing

with people who don't even try to understand.

A disabilities activist friend of mine recently told me -- after pretty

much smacking me down because I keep delaying any kind of disability

application process or anything -- that one important thing to do at work

is never refer to yourself as " sick. " This is the way workplaces tend to

define sickness v. disability -- sickness is temporary, like the flu, or

permanent AND terminal, like many forms of cancer; disability is permanent

and NOT terminal, creating difficulties that may be resolved in the

worldplace by various forms of accommodation.

I do the same as you -- I'm just ending my weekend right now (work Th-Mon),

and I have nothing to show for it. All I've done is sleep, not even

eat. My one thing I really want to do before I go back to work tomorrow is

get a daisy plant in the ground in the garden; it was a gift and I can't

put it off. Silly when you think that's such a small thing, and yet I will

feel as if I accomplished SOMETHING if I do that.

I don't think you should just quit your job. There are options, such as

disability insurance through your employer, or social security

benefits. I'm very afraid to leave my job without something to keep me

going. You might want to look into other options. I personally would like

to go down to part-time, keep working but not as much, if I could get

disability and still work a bit. I like to get out, although I admit it's

very difficult to do 40+ hours a week.

I hope you find some help here, and support -- it's a great group and

believe me, many of us are in the same kind of situation where you find

yourself.

Warm wishes,

Em

~~~~~~~~~~~~~

" Even in nice Mr. son's stories, each boy's life only catches

your deepest interest when a pirate is about to slit that sweet child's

throat. What makes a story good ain't what makes a person good. "

(Allan Gurganus)

" Cut a good story anywhere, and it will bleed. "

(Anton Chekhov)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~