Hi Everyone, I'm new to this site and have just been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis. Have been off sick for 3 months now and have first formal meeting this week. My question is what sort of adjustments can I ask for that will help me? I currently have pain in foot, hip, back and shoulder. My job involves being on my…
Good Morning, I'm new to the forum and quite desperate to get some advice regarding employment . My background is I'm a 50 year old male diagnosed with sero negative rheumatoid arthritis four years ago . I am a self employed carpenter and joiner for the past 34 years. Despite taking prescribed Saluzine and mexomatrate I…
Well I start my new job on Thursday and I'm really looking forward to it. I'm very nervous about it too as I have no idea how I'll cope with a full day of work as I've not done one since I got the arthritis. I'm aiming to go prepared with anti inflammatory gel, compression socks and gloves, painkillers etc. Any other tips?…
Hi everyone, hope you're all keeping well. The saga of my ill health retirement application continues but I'm hopeful now that the end is in sight. On 17/1 my manager phoned me to say that a OH meeting had been arranged for me with the OH doctor following them receiving the report from my consultant. This put me in a panic…
Hi I have a big day next Monday. I am seeing Occupational Health at 9.00am and my new manager at 2pm the same day. I had ALIF ( spinal surgery) in October and due to my other health problems/falls/ car accident all in the a 12 month period I am already on half pay from work. There is also a lot of restructuring about to…
I never thought this day would come, but I've decided to reduce my working hours at work. The main reason beng my feeling of fatigue when my OA decides to always be on, and I simply do not have the energy levels to get thought the day. My type of job requires me to concentrate all the time, as mistakes can be costly (I…
Hi all, you may have seen my post on the other thread but I'm currently living in the 'awaiting diagnosis' world after being suddenly struck by what my dr calls poly-arthritis 3 months ago. Have been off work for 3 months due to the pain, fatigue and generally feeling unwell. I've been lucky in that my work have been…
My new "desk" arrived yesterday at work, its a Varidesk (some of you may know of these) if not heres an image of it: http://uk.varidesk.com/en-gb/product/pro-plus-36# Hopefully this will improve my posture, putting less strain on my knee and making me more comfortable at work. Its been a slog to get this far, but im on the…
Hi everyone, hope you've all enjoyed a good new year. My poor husband was choked with the cold over Christmas and now he's better he's given it to me, generous little darling that he is!! I'd really hoped to have had this ill health retirement thing sorted out but it's been dead slow the whole time. Mid December my boss…
I recently had my decision back from my claim to PIP. I was refused PIP despite being practically housebound for months with the flare up I had. I was refused the mobility component because I walked from the car park to the assessment centre (holding on to my boyfriend the entire time and hardly a long distance I'd like to…
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