Happy weekend everybody!
Magosh: Thank you for your reply. How did your test go this week? How has it felt dealing with this for five years?
I am glad you are able to work at a pace that suits you. It really does help that you are within walking distance to your workplace too. I am moving to London in a few weeks, so I hope I may be presented with additional opportunities because of this. I currently live over an hour away from central London, so travelling to and from London everyday combined with a normal working day would be too much. I am currently considering whether I should apply to Civil Service, as I have heard that are very accommodating and offer flexible working. I am so happy that your organisation are understanding and supportive. Are they aware that you have/may have POTS? Sometimes I am worried that if a potential employer Googles this that they may overlook my ability to produce work to a good standard. Does this make sense?
HangingByAThread: It's lovely to hear from you. I can imagine being a parent also feels very demanding at times! I am happy to hear that the company that you work for allowed you to change your working hours. Would you mind me asking how long your commute is to work? I am glad you are able to sit down for the majority of your journey to work. Sometimes when I am on the tube during rush hour the standing combined with overcrowding always makes me feel dizzy. I am rather lucky though because I often know when my body is going to give up.
It really helps when you have a supportive family and I am glad that your husband is able to collect you after your working day. It always helps when somebody knows how good you are at your work. I had the most supportive boss when I was a Postgraduate Researcher at the University that I gained my postgraduate form, but unfortunately the work was only on a funded basis so it was not permanent. In the role I am doing now I am able to work from home. However, although the wages are good there is not always work for me to do. How do your husband and children feel living in the city now? How does it feel having to hide your condition? I have become really good at doing this too, but sometimes I feel that I am deceiving people too...
AmyKB: Your profession is very demanding, without nurses I don't know what anybody would do in the healthcare system. Go you! I also find drinking a lot of water really helps. I can notice the difference when I am really busy and sometimes find I cannot always drink as much as I usually do. Funnily enough increasing my salt intake has not really helped me, nor has any medication. The specialist I had was a wonderful man and really supportive. However, we both realised that the side effects of the medication were doing more damage than good. I am quite a petite lady and a lot of medication was too strong for me. I am glad you have found something to help with the brain fog. Were you diagnosed with ADHD after you were diagnosed with POTS? Yeah, I don't think I would be able to like about having ADHD, haha! It's great that you have access to so many research articles, I also do because of my job at the moment. Thanks for the advice, it is much appreciated.