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I’m getting so frustrated and sad as I try to navigate the working world with chronic illness. It’s getting harder as I get older and while I have much better benefits and sick time than I used to, I still feel pressure to return to work ASAP.
Like right now, I do not feel awesome. I don’t want to go back to work today. I feel like I could really use one more day to get back to an even keel. But I missed Friday and Monday, and I’m getting pretty strong pressure to come back.
In fact, my boss wasn’t super happy with the fact that I waited until yesterday to go to the walk-in clinic. According to her, if I had gone on Saturday, I would’ve been able to come back to work on Monday.
Which isn’t really, strictly true? I tried to explain to her that often when I see doctors that are not my primary care doctor, the outcomes are less than stellar for me because those doctors insist upon trying things that either won’t work or are actively harmful to me.
And even though I did go to the clinic yesterday to get meds, while those meds are helping my sickness, they are not being kind to my body. I’m struggling to get to a place physically and mentally where I can work, and if I felt as though I had a choice, I would stay home today.
Unfortunately, even though I have plenty of paid sick time left, I feel a great deal of pressure to return to work today. I just hope it doesn’t result in me going downhill and starting this process over again.
This thread brought to you by a chronically ill person who holds a full-time, customer facing job and hates everything about it 
