Im a very new member and am glad I found this forum - very helpful. Briefly - I am 52 - have inflammatory bowel disease for which I have a bag - ive had over 30 ops in last 20 years. I have worked throughout but in recent years started to struggle - i reduced my hours but still struggle with bowel/bladder problems ( as a…
I'm wondering if anyone else has a commute into work, and how they handle it? I currently commute on the Train into London from my home in Kent. I have a 15 min walk to the station and the same to my office, so approx. 1 hours walking per day. The train journey is approx. 1hr 20m, not including any delays. The walking…
Went for my HR meeting on Tuesday, met my union rep outside meeting room, he told me that this is it, they are talking about redeployment or termination!!!!! Went into room bawling my eyes out, out of 9 months I have been off 5, no company would sustain this so time to get occupational health team involved to see what I…
Hi, I have recently started taking gabapentin and it is causing me to have quite a few "senior moments". (I am "only" 36!) I am due to go back to my teaching job next week, senior school, chemistry teacher. I am a bit worried about these memory issues in the classroom. I have been struggling for words at times or just say…
Do Occupational Health have any "weight" against employers? I was assessed at the end of July for various adaptations to my workplace - nothing major - but only half have been done, the easy stuff. The rest - the bits that really make life painful have not been done. I work in an educational establishment and when the…
Hi again, I hope you lovely people can advise me again. I was recently off work for 4 months due to a severe flare up (OA in knee and neck). At my back to work interview, the HR person was very supportive, saying they would do this and that to help me. Reality is that although they said they would arrange for AtoW to come…
What fecking planet did you come down from!?. :?
As of next week, I'll be at university 2 days a week and on placement 3 days. I finish slightly earlier one day a week for supposed 'study time' but it's fast becoming filled up with various medical appointments. University have assured me that as long as I attend 75% of lectures and seminars, there won't be an issue.…
I’ve just spent an hour skyping (skypeing?) with a very nice young man and I’d urge the rest of you to do the same. He is the one doing research for Arthritis Care. There’s a brief post at the top of the Living With Arthritis forum about it and, as you’ll see from the comments, I was initially sceptical in that I don’t…
hmmm, well i am in a bit of a quandary! I returned to work last week on a 6 week phased return to work regime following my TKR. The HR Advisor says that any time i dont go into the office is to be classed as "sick" but the way I see it this is recovery time, not sick! If it's classed as sick then it counts towards my sick…
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