Re: [TMIC] Occupations

[Janice]

Kathy,
I am so glad you wrote in.  You have had a tough time with TM.  Please feel 
free to write in at any time for any reason,
we do!            Janice

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: LadyOwl1961 
  To: transverse myelitis 
  Sent: Sunday, June 07, 2009 12:00 PM
  Subject: Re: [TMIC] Occupations




   

  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