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Posted 2/10/2011 3:46 PM (GMT 0)
Hey Questions for everybody about work. Do you work ft or pt and if you do work on days you are sick how do you make it?. I work as a manager in retail and somedays are ok but other days I want to scream mercy. I have applied for disability but i know it will not give me the money I am making now since I have been in retail for 20 years. Also, my insurance thru my work is really good so I dont want to give that up. Good Luck, Mr.D
Posted 2/10/2011 4:09 PM (GMT 0)
He Mr. D. I too am in retail ( 11 years with the same company) and am on med. leave at this moment. I am dreading going back. I have had short term leave but that runs out in a couple of weeks. Now I am on remicade and really don't want to have to deal with the public anymore. I only work 5 hours a day 5 days a week, but am hoping to switch to child care. Just want to watch a couple of little ones durring the day. This way if i am having a yucky day at least I'll be home. So far it hasn't worked out for me.
Before i went on med. leave. i was always in the "office" ( which is the bathroome) the staff would call as where i was and i would tell them in the office. It's hard being i retail, having to put on the happy face when you feel like crying. Or being nice to the public when all you want to do is tell them to leave you alone, cause you feel so yucky.
Posted 2/10/2011 4:26 PM (GMT 0)
I work FT in an office. I haven't had any problems with work. I have the ability to work from home if I'm really sick.
Posted 2/10/2011 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
I am an Office manager and I work FT.

For me, it's the ideal job. When I'm feeling well, I get tons done. When I'm not doing so well, I take it easier... the work will always be there in a day or two. My boss also knows I have this DD, so she can tell when I'm having a bad day and is pretty understanding if I need to take it easy, go home a little early or even take time off for tests or appts.

My only concern is if I were to need to take more than a day or two off, such as for surgery. I'm the only admin person, and while I'm sure they would go on without me, I would feel incredibly guilty leaving them in such an quandary. I like to think I am irreplaceable!! :)
Posted 2/10/2011 6:54 PM (GMT 0)

hey D. i just got approved for ssdi. i worked at a casino, ft. as a tablegames dealer, I did it for 5 years,and it was 5 years of hell. My Co. waited 2 years to finally fire me, I made afew mistakes,(thank you pred.) I had a fmla for 3 years, they hated me bad, but couldn't fire me,they knew I would sue them, would have. when I got fired, I told my gp and she had me apply for sdi, and apply for ssdi, sdi pays you 60% of prior years pay. But my wife and I have an art business, that we have had since 1996. so I can do that, but there are days that I can't. for instance I had an art show I did first weekend of feb. fine we made pretty good money that weekend, but at 1pm on Sat. I started having the big D, so it was really a nightmare, br's were to crowded for me to wait, can't wait with d anyway. so I had to use zip baggies to go in, yep that's right, take aim and hope I didn't miss either. anybody with this dd is an artist in their own right, we have to be really creative in how we go to br in public and hide gas in public. takes alot of creativness to do all of that, serious. when I get those bile cramps and have to go, I know it is just pure bile, my mind is constently thinking, where can I go, how can I do this.

AG

Posted 2/11/2011 5:34 PM (GMT 0)
I work full-time for a university doing payroll/HR.  Desk job really helps when the joints are hurting too badly for me to move.  I can sit with my heating pad everyday.  My boss's daughter has Crohn's, so she is understanding, but not everyone else is.  I'm on intermittent FMLA so they can't penalize me for it.  I still have a lot of deadlines, etc. so I just push through if I don't feel well on those days, but my boss did cover for me when I ended up in the hospital on deadline days.  Don't love my job but I can physically do it most of the time (if not, the dr reduces my schedule for a while) and it pays the bills.

Posted 2/11/2011 5:48 PM (GMT 0)
Yes I work fulltime too. I work in admin in an office. Its a desk job, so that helps alot. I also have understanding bosses who know all I have had to deal with. If I need to take a day off they do understand. I had to take a day off this week because the joint pain got pretty bad and made it difficult to get around. Hugs!
Posted 2/11/2011 6:31 PM (GMT 0)
I used to work full-time, but was hospitalized/sick so often that I finally stepped down to part-time. Although the pay cut stinks, it's nice to be able to be sick at home. It was just getting so hard on me, even though I had a desk job. Sitting down and working on the computer is nice (I used to do retail for years...oh, boy...) but the stress certainly didn't help. My GI doctor was the one that encouraged me to go part-time. He told me "something has to give...don't let it be your health".
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