Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I stopped work after 30 years because of TCS and I am so glad I did. Enjoy!!, Judy, NY > >Reply-To: tetheredspinalcord >To: tetheredspinalcord >Subject: laziness >Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 23:39:37 -0000 > >I have worked in a nursing home facilities since age 21, I worked very >hard mentally, physically for 35+ years. The last 3-years against 3 >different MD's advice since getting TSC. I'm finally going to stop >working because pains, stress, strong meds affecting rest of my body. I >want to have some tolerable days to enjoy my home, husband and my >children and grandkids. If people want to classify me as being lazy >then they don't know me and I don't want to know them either. My energy >will be put to good use else where. If anyone has to stop work for this >condition or for any other problem my words to them is " go for it " and >God Bless Them. > > >Take care, gloria NY > > > > _________________________________________________________________ Communicate instantly! Use your Hotmail address to sign into Windows Live Messenger now. http://get.live.com/messenger/overview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I feel the same way! Call me lazy all you want, sometimes I have to be. I am a workaholic at heart and when my body was cooperating I worked 3 jobs, slept 4 hours a night...busting my butt as a single parent for many years. You just don't go from workaholic to lazy overnight unless you're FORCED to in my opinion. It absolutely drives me crazy not to be working.....but I have NO CHOICE. All I know is that I cannot work a 'real job' outside my home because of all my medical problems, heavy medications, high liability to employers, ect. I do the best I can to make money working out of my house under my own time, under my own working conditions and I do pretty well when my body cooperates. Working out of my home gives me a lot of freedom to do things when I'm able to, not when I'm forced to or expected to do so. The thing is, those people that call me LAZY have NO CLUE what kind of pain I deal with on a daily basis. They can all kiss my rear end. Their opinion doesn't matter to me whatsoever, I don't have time to deal with them. >>>I have worked in a nursing home facilities since age 21, I worked very hard mentally, physically for 35+ years. The last 3-years against 3 different MD's advice since getting TSC. I'm finally going to stop working because pains, stress, strong meds affecting rest of my body. I want to have some tolerable days to enjoy my home, husband and my children and grandkids. If people want to classify me as being lazy then they don't know me and I don't want to know them either. My energy will be put to good use else where. If anyone has to stop work for this condition or for any other problem my words to them is " go for it " and God Bless Them. Take care, gloria NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Hi I'm just curious - what do you mean by a liability to a company? Many people work in high-risk jobs while on medication. Pain mgt. medication, as I understand the goal is not to ever get rid of all of your pain, but to bring it to what would be an acceptable level. To bring pain to nothing would be over-doing medication and getting what I call " head-effects " . My pain mgt. doctor in Maine had patients that were policemen, teachers, corporate CEO's - all taking pain medicine, all doing fine in their jobs and beyond maybe tiredness that you get used to - they do great. I know you said you're on Soma which most doctors won't give out because of it's very high addiction rate. I've never heard of the other med you're on - but maybe your daily dose is too high if you're not yourself on them? Maybe break-through meds would help times when you over-do or have to over-do. The only time I get head effects from meds is when I'm starting a higher dose or once in a while on a new med - but, I become acclimated and make sure to not get rid of all the pain, just as I said, to an acceptable level. Let's face it, most people our age live with one type of pain or another. Kathy Re:laziness them is " go for it " and God Bless Them. Take care, gloria NY [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C738D0.DE86FCD0 Content-Type: text/html; charset= " iso-8859-1 " Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I feel the same way! Call me lazy all you want, sometimes I have to be. I am a workaholic at heart and when my body was cooperating I worked 3 jobs, slept 4 hours a night...busting my butt as a single parent for many years. You just don't go from workaholic to lazy overnight unless you're FORCED to in my opinion. It absolutely drives me crazy not to be working.....but I have NO CHOICE. All I know is that I cannot work a 'real job' outside my home because of all my medical problems, heavy medications, high liability to employers, ect. I do the best I can to make money working out of my house under my own time, under my own working conditions and I do pretty well when my body cooperates. Working out of my home gives me a lot of freedom to do things when I'm able to, not when I'm forced to or expected to do so. The thing is, those people that call me LAZY have NO CLUE what kind of pain I deal with on a daily basis. They can all kiss my rear end. Their opinion doesn't matter to me whatsoever, I don't have time to deal with them. >>>I have worked in a nursing home facilities since age 21, I worked very hard mentally, physically for 35+ years. The last 3-years against 3 different MD's advice since getting TSC. I'm finally going to stop working because pains, stress, strong meds affecting rest of my body. I want to have some tolerable days to enjoy my home, husband and my children and grandkids. If people want to classify me as being lazy then they don't know me and I don't want to know them either. My energy will be put to good use else where. If anyone has to stop work for this condition or for any other problem my words to them is " go for it " and God Bless Them. Take care, gloria NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 I work with a woman who has serious allergies and asthma. She can't come to work when the janitorial staff are shampooing carpets, waxing floors, or if they're painting. She can't walk onto a floor of our building if they're burning candles or if someone uses too much perfume. We have discussed her as a liability. The fact that she is at great danger just walking into our building makes her a liability. We can't fire her, though, nor would I want to. She's amazing at her job. I would think I would be a liability if I were to have a lifting portion to my job. My pain meds don't come into play at all. But my limitations would if part of my job was lifting. That's the only way I can see being a liability. --- DK Moulton wrote: > Hi > > I'm just curious - what do you mean by a liability > to a company? Many people work in high-risk jobs > while on medication. Pain mgt. medication, as I > understand the goal is not to ever get rid of all of > your pain, but to bring it to what would be an > acceptable level. To bring pain to nothing would be > over-doing medication and getting what I call > " head-effects " . My pain mgt. doctor in Maine had > patients that were policemen, teachers, corporate > CEO's - all taking pain medicine, all doing fine in > their jobs and beyond maybe tiredness that you get > used to - they do great. > > I know you said you're on Soma which most doctors > won't give out because of it's very high addiction > rate. I've never heard of the other med you're on - > but maybe your daily dose is too high if you're not > yourself on them? Maybe break-through meds would > help times when you over-do or have to over-do. The > only time I get head effects from meds is when I'm > starting a higher dose or once in a while on a new > med - but, I become acclimated and make sure to not > get rid of all the pain, just as I said, to an > acceptable level. Let's face it, most people our > age live with one type of pain or another. > > Kathy > Re:laziness > > > them is " go for it " and God Bless Them. Take care, > gloria NY [Non-text portions of this message have > been removed] > ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01C738D0.DE86FCD0 > Content-Type: text/html; charset= " iso-8859-1 " > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I feel the same way! > Call me lazy all you want, sometimes I have to be. > > I am a workaholic at heart and when my body was > cooperating I worked 3 jobs, > slept 4 hours a night...busting my butt as a > single parent for many years. > > You just don't go from workaholic to lazy > overnight unless you're FORCED to > in my opinion. It absolutely drives me crazy not > to be working.....but I have > NO CHOICE. > > All I know is that I cannot work a 'real job' > outside my home because of all > my medical problems, heavy medications, high > liability to employers, ect. I > do the best I can to make money working out of my > house under my own time, > under my own working conditions and I do pretty > well when my body cooperates. > Working out of my home gives me a lot of freedom > to do things when I'm able > to, not when I'm forced to or expected to do so. > > The thing is, those people that call me LAZY have > NO CLUE what kind of pain > I deal with on a daily basis. They can all kiss my > rear end. Their opinion > doesn't matter to me whatsoever, I don't have time > to deal with them. > > > > > > > >>>I have worked in a nursing home facilities > since age 21, I worked very > hard mentally, physically for 35+ years. The last > 3-years against 3 > different MD's advice since getting TSC. I'm > finally going to stop > working because pains, stress, strong meds > affecting rest of my body. I > want to have some tolerable days to enjoy my home, > husband and my > children and grandkids. If people want to classify > me as being lazy > then they don't know me and I don't want to know > them either. My energy > will be put to good use else where. If anyone has > to stop work for this > condition or for any other problem my words to > them is " go for it " and > God Bless Them. > > Take care, gloria NY > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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