Posted 10/25/2011 10:01 PM (GMT 0)
I'm not trying to be a dram queen, but it just keeps getting worse and worse with me. I work as an administrative assistant. I was diagnosed with fibro late spring of 08. I was getting really bad headaches with it. I went out on short term disability at work for 6 weeks, it was not problem.
I came right out, got paid during my absence, and then I started right back to work in mid November. Well...lucky me I then got diagnosed with Lyme back in April of 09. It was bad, I needed to get a shunt put in and get the IV hooked into my arm and had IV antibiotics every other day. I was really sick and tired and hurt all the time. I ended up having to get two rounds of Rocephine, but then I started having problems, so I was sent over to the ER for them to end up admitting me cause I had blood clots. So eventually I got myself together and went back to work..(oh, when I had the port for Lyme, I was put on intermediate short term. Which you just don't get docked when your not able to make it in. I MISSED A LOT of work, and I did not get paid for it. I was never in a whole 40 hours, between appointments and being sick, and so tired that I would fall asleep at work, but somehow I made it threw.
So, this year came and I noticed I was getting sick a lot again, This time its with chronic fatigue, and then at the same time insomnia (if that is even possible). I started having to leave work, sneaking out to take naps, I was just so exhausted. So I came out. My doctor had told me that it would be fine to come out, and he would see me start start to loose some of that stress if I did.
Well, I (at first), did sort of started to feel less stress. I filled out my paperwork, and had all my doctors sign me off. The next thing I know, my short term disability claim was denied, I have used up all my FMLA time this year too. My boss has been really good about it for a long time. He is a very patient Christian man, and I know he really does like me, but he is a director, his boss is down his back I am sure.
So then I went to see my pain mgmt doctor, and explained everthing, and we were on the same page, and then I called today to see if I could come and pick up the letter he said he would right one for me saying that infact I did have sufficient information that I could not perform my job duties at this time. Well, My doctor wrote something to the fact of I am still very sick, and that if and when I do go back, it would be understood that I could miss up to 64 hours a month. Geeze I think he just made it worse!!