Hey All..
I have not written in to the list for a long time but I read
everything that comes in.
I have re-occurring TM . I am presently on my 3rd re-occurrence. Living in
the USA with no health care means I am presently getting through this with
consultations with my doctor in Canada. I struggled through 8 years with all
this before being diagnosed with TM in 1995. I worked as a Counselor to
sexually and physically abused women, children and men. With it being a HIGH
stressed job I had to quit in 1998. Since then I married and moved to the USA.
I have not worked since then. When I was diagnosed the doctor told me I needed
a job with this description .
I could not sit or stand for more than 15 minutes at a time.
I needed to be wit in 25 feet of a restroom.
I could take a day off with a moment's notice.
I could leave at a moment's notice.
I must be provided a place where I could go rest for 20 minutes two times a day.
My job must be a stress free environment.
All of this sounded impossible to me but I responded to him with ..
" I guess I will have to get a Government job then."
Kathy
----- Original Message -----
From: Janice
To: transverse myelitis
Sent: Friday, June 05, 2009 11:22 AM
Subject: [TMIC] Occupations
Hi Guys!
I have been curious about something for a while and since things have kind of
slowed down, want to ask you all what you did
before TM hit and if you were able to go back to it or if you are doing
something new.
I am including even those who just read these emails and don't usually
respond. I would like to hear from everybody and would think all of us
would be interested. I will start:
I was a school nurse's secretary/assistant in a large high school for 19
years. I absolutely loved it - everyday was different, as
you can imagine working with high schoolers! Our school nurse was gone a
lot to other schools we were responsible for, so
I was left alone quite a bit and handled many different situations. I was
well trained for this and it was great.
Janice
