Last Wednesday my arbo-arts (the doctor that basically is hired by your employer to see to it that you don’t fake your illness) decided that I could be working 50% of my time again. From 0 to 50% in just a consult of 30 minutes. Tops. He looked at me, talked to me (but did not listen), did some tests (which I specifically asked him not to do because it really hurts me but he did not listen) and decided it was time for 50%. Doing 4 hours a day at home seems to be not a big problem. When I’m in pain, I can lay down, or do some excercises. Go for a walk. Basically anything other then sitting behind the computer. Working at home means I don’t have to drive to work, driving seems to worsen the pain. Thursday I went to work, and did my thing. Since Friday I am home again. This weekend I had more pain than before. Today the pain is almost back to normal, so we’ll see what I can do tomorrow. Going to work means about an hour drive, working 4 hours without the opportunity to lay down or so, and drive back home again. This is supposed to be good for me, the arbo-arts judged. An arbo-arts is like a GP, not a specialist of any kind. But obviously he thinks he knows best….
Jan 302008
It’s not about you, it’s about targets. An arbo-arts gets paid by the employer. If he doesn’t reach his targets, his company gets kicked out. His target is to have as little sick employees as possible or at least for the shortest possible time. Try, if it doesn’t work, call yourself sick again. It’s your health, your back and it would be a disaster if unrepairable damage will be done to your back. Not worthed! Take care.
Hug,
Nicky