Hello Again,
I know i'm super bad at keeping up with this blog but if you have endo you know keeping commitments is super hard.
So let's see since the whole fainting thing I haven't fainted again thank God but my Dr is a little worried obviously so tomorrow I am headed to the hospital to have a heart monitor put on and I am going to be wearing it for a couple days just to keep track of things.
So BIGGER NEWS... I got a job! If you're new to my blog you don't know that I have been on government assisted medical leave since April at my Dr's recommendation. I honestly don't know if i'm really ready to go back to work but i'm tired of struggling to get by with the little amount of money I am given every month. So I got a part time job as a promoter for a trampoline park in my town. So it's not too hard of a job and its not many hours so I can slowly reenter the work place.
Now with going back to work brings the biggest questions that comes with living with endo... Do I tell work? Now in Ontario it is illegal to be fired because of a medical condition, but there is also such thing as the probationary period in which a company has the right to terminate your position without notice and without reason.
I'm not going to lie I had a pretty bad anxiety attack when I was doing my online training and I came to the part about drugs in the workplace. I have been working really hard the past couple months to lower the dose of pain meds I take every day. I've gone from 19 mgs to 6 mgs of slow release hydromorphone a day with 2 mgs of fast acting break through pills. This company holds the right to terminate an employee if they are caught with any kind of drugs (including prescribed ones) or if they are found to be under the influence. Obviously I am very use to my medications so I don't get a high off mine and I know how to keep them concealed and take them without others noticing, but it still freaks me out knowing I could loose this job over the medication that gives me the ability to function.
So comment below with your advice or with how you handled telling your boss about your condition.
I know i'm super bad at keeping up with this blog but if you have endo you know keeping commitments is super hard.
So let's see since the whole fainting thing I haven't fainted again thank God but my Dr is a little worried obviously so tomorrow I am headed to the hospital to have a heart monitor put on and I am going to be wearing it for a couple days just to keep track of things.
So BIGGER NEWS... I got a job! If you're new to my blog you don't know that I have been on government assisted medical leave since April at my Dr's recommendation. I honestly don't know if i'm really ready to go back to work but i'm tired of struggling to get by with the little amount of money I am given every month. So I got a part time job as a promoter for a trampoline park in my town. So it's not too hard of a job and its not many hours so I can slowly reenter the work place.
Now with going back to work brings the biggest questions that comes with living with endo... Do I tell work? Now in Ontario it is illegal to be fired because of a medical condition, but there is also such thing as the probationary period in which a company has the right to terminate your position without notice and without reason.
I'm not going to lie I had a pretty bad anxiety attack when I was doing my online training and I came to the part about drugs in the workplace. I have been working really hard the past couple months to lower the dose of pain meds I take every day. I've gone from 19 mgs to 6 mgs of slow release hydromorphone a day with 2 mgs of fast acting break through pills. This company holds the right to terminate an employee if they are caught with any kind of drugs (including prescribed ones) or if they are found to be under the influence. Obviously I am very use to my medications so I don't get a high off mine and I know how to keep them concealed and take them without others noticing, but it still freaks me out knowing I could loose this job over the medication that gives me the ability to function.
So comment below with your advice or with how you handled telling your boss about your condition.