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Hi all, I just wanted a quick rant about work. I'm getting so tired of trying to carry on as normal when im in agony, or can't type as my left arm has gone numb. My work place is really supportive, but I do feel like I'm letting my team down as I don't feel as capable any more of doing my job as I used to.
People rely on me and I can't always help them as I want to, and I think the sympathy is wearing thin. I almost feel like they must think I'm using the MS as an excuse to get out of doing things I dont want to do. When all I want to do is crawl into bed and try shake off the vile fatigue and wish i was normal again.
I can't afford to stop working, but every day is a struggle and I hate it.
Is there anything in this topic, which would help you to explain to colleagues to get them onside? https://shift.ms/topic/describing-your-ms-symptoms/
Dear Racheal, I know what you mean. Some days my hands are so numb I cannot type and getting down a school corridor strewn with teenegers with huge bags and no sense that you are even there makes the day impossible. The problem is we look OK and no can see how hard the ordinary stuff has become. I too would like to go part time to reduce stress, but need the money. I am also worried that my school would just terminate my contract if I asked to go part time, as I don't have the good employment laws that there are in the UK. Keeping working seems the only option - so keep taking the money while you can and spend some of it on a good holiday, or a lot of chocolate! I