I wholeheartedly agree with BobbyJim. When I went back to work after TM, I had to come back in a different capacity as I was an executive assistant and could no longer do that job, but my boss was happy to have me, in whatever condition I was in. She "valued" ME! She knew I'd give her 110% of what I could give. Prior to that I had always given her all I could, was always a quality employee for her and she respected me. She let me work whatever hours I physically could work.
When my hours got less and less and I finally had to face that I could no longer hang in there, I went into her office and told her I needed to stop working. She told me that she knew it, but was just waiting for "ME" to make the decision. She was paying me until I made the decision, who does that? She was able to do this because I was working in an office environment though. There's a big difference in this, depending upon the environment you are working. I'd be in a meeting and not be able to get my words. It was so embarrassing sometimes. It took me 5x as long as it used to to get anything done in order to make sure it was right, and if I stopped part way, I'd take so long to get back up to speed, it was horrible. I was shocked she kept me. Hugs, Barbara A in Auburn CA -----Original Message----- From: bobby jim <[email protected]> To: rn11974 <[email protected]>; john snodgrass <[email protected]> Cc: tmic-list <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, Oct 26, 2010 2:20 pm Subject: Re: [TMIC] oh joy Nowadayze, good employees, whether healthy or gimp, are very hard to find. I see this where I work part-time, where a majority of the grunts (as I call them) are minimalists, that is, they do the minimal-est amount of work to just get by and collect a paycheck. Learned employers treasure a good worker. Bask on it, John. BobbyJim From: [email protected] To: john snodgrass Cc: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, October 26, 2010 12:39 Subject: Re: [TMIC] oh joy John, Why are you questioning it? You must be a great guy for your boss to want to keep you on the job.Now call SS and see what you can do. Cheryl --- On Tue, 10/26/10, john snodgrass <[email protected]> wrote: From: john snodgrass <[email protected]> Subject: [TMIC] oh joy To: "transverse myelitis" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 12:43 PM what a wonderful day. went to work(against my better judgment),took one load of coal to the place where it is loaded onto a train and had to just stop after that. superintendant told me to go home and call the social security office. I asked him why they put up with me missing so much work,he said as long as it takes for me to get what i need because i deserved it? said i was a good guy?
