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I want to get back to work at the hospital

June 25, 2011 by Tricia

It might be hard to believe, but I miss working in the Emergency Department at the hospital. Technically I’m still employed there as a nurse, but I’ve been on medical leave for over five years. I hope that I can go back one day soon.

I’m not sure what brought on this latest desire to get back to work, perhaps the fact that I was cleaning out my closets the other day moving winter clothes to the back and bringing summer clothes to the front when I came across all of my nursing uniforms. I want to get back into them someday soon.

I’ve also been to the hospital a few times this past month for some tests – MRI’s on my knees and an ultrasound on my thyroid, plus I somehow managed to get some cedar mulch in my right eye that had to be picked out in the ER, so yes I’ve been to the hospital a few time and I’ve seen lots of people that I know. Of course all of my old coworkers ask me every time they see me when I’m coming back and so on.

My Crohn’s has been quite a bit better lately so maybe it is possible that I can get back to work before the end of the year. We’ll see what happens. I’ve thought that before and had set backs.





Filed Under: Chronic Pain, Crohns Disease, Health Fitness + Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Items to Try, Toronto Tagged With: back to work, coworkers, ER, home, hospital, medical leave, miss work, Nurse, uniforms

On my own for the day

September 21, 2010 by Tricia

My husband is out of town today. Normally he has Monday’s off, but this week, he changed shifts with someone at work and he ended up having today off.

As it happens that worked out well for him, because on Sunday evening we found out that a close friend of ours father had passed away. The visitation and funeral is out of town … in my husbands home town, so early this morning he got his things together and drove out of town for the day.

I didn’t go with him because I haven’t been feeling very well for the last week or so. I’ve had awful abdominal pain .. maybe yet another Crohn’s flare. Although oddly enough I’m feeling a little bit better today (hopefully that continues!). He went early so that he could see his parents and he had to go over to his aunts. We’re storing our pop up trailer on her property and she didn’t like where it was parked so he had to move it to the back of her yard.

Anyway … because of all the phone calls last night making arrangements for todays trip our PVR is pretty full! All the new and returning TV shows started again last night and we didn’t get a chance to watch very many of the ones we taped. We only watched House, Chuck and Weeds (from Sunday night). Tonight I’m taping a bunch of shows and I don’t think my husband will be home until 10:30 or later. I’ll probably watch a few shows that I don’t think he’ll be that interested in … but I think our PVR will be at about 90% by the time he gets home! LOL So early in the TV season and it will already be full. Oh boy.

So I guess tonight I’m eating alone, walking the dog on my own, and spending most of the evening on my own too. Sigh … Oh well .. at least this trip out of town should cut out the trip we were planning for this coming weekend to take care of the trailer.

When Chris does get home I’m going to try some acnepril. I’ve been breaking out lately so I figure this is worth a try. I’ll let you know in a couple of weeks if it’s helping.

Ok … off to feed the dog!

Filed Under: Crohns Disease, Health Fitness + Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Items to Try, Life with Chris, Television, Toronto Tagged With: aunt, day, death, drive, driving, evening, father, friend, funeral, House, new shows, out of town, own, passed away, PVR, taping, trailer, TV

Thinking about going back to work

September 11, 2010 by Tricia

I’ve been feeling a lot better over the last couple of weeks.

If you’re a regular reader of this blog or perhaps my main blog you’ll probably remember that I’ve been off work on (unpaid) medical leave for almost five years due to a severe Crohn’s flare up.

During my time off my back also started to act up – probably as a result of not being as physically active as I used to be, and last year my migraines suddenly came back – really bad, with extended visual auras, 24/7 dizziness, brain fog and massive pain.

The good news is that for most of this year my Crohn’s seems to have been settling down. My back has been a lot better as well.

Then in Mid August I saw a neurologist (after having an MRI) and he suggested that I take an anti-convulsive for my migraines – yes it sounded odd to me, but the drug is supposed to help those with migraines and tada … within a day of starting the new medication (Topamax) the constant migraine that I’d had for at least three straight months started to ease off.

The new medication has lots of side effects – I feel kind of dopey, my hands and feet tingle, and everything just tilts every once is a while … but the migraines have disappeared. I’m a little headachey here and there but I think this is going to work.

If the side effects would die down and if the migraines stay away, as well as the Crohns I might either be able to return to my old nursing job in the ER or if that doesn’t suit me anymore maybe try looking for a more suitable health care career that works with health issues.

Last year I didn’t really think I’d ever return to work. Now I have new hope that I might just be back to work by the end of the year or perhaps by the start of the new year. I’d be happy if that happened!

Filed Under: Chronic Pain, Crohns Disease, Health Fitness + Beauty, Home and Lifestyle, Items to Try, Toronto Tagged With: back to work, bad back, Crohns, ER nurse, feeling better, flare, health, hospital, medical leave, migraines, new medicine, Nurse, off work, sick

My Crohn’s is finally getting a little better

June 2, 2010 by Tricia

I’m feeling awful today. My back is acting up again and so is my stomach or rather my Crohns. It seems when one thing goes wrong for me just about everything else does too.

I do have to admit that my Crohn’s has been a little better lately. I still have some very bad days, but compared to the last few years of mostly all bad days this is better. Maybe it’s finally slowing down.

I’ve been trying a few things like taking a spoonful of drinkable Aloe Vera Gel each day. It tastes awful … kind of like what I think drinking Purell might taste like. Ugh. I’ve also been taking two acidophilus probiotic tablets a day to increase the good bacteria in my intestines. I’ve had several other people with Crohn’s tell me that these two things have helped them quite a bit. So it’s worth a try. I’m also giving irvingia a go as well.

I’ve been sick and stuck at home on medical leave from my work as a nurse in one of Canada’s busiest emergency rooms for 5 years now. It’s about time I started to feel better. I’d like to get back to work if I can, but more importantly I’d just like to feel a lot better.

Filed Under: Chronic Pain, Crohns Disease, Health Fitness + Beauty, Items to Try, Toronto

Hoping to go back to work soon

February 5, 2010 by Tricia

I’ve been hoping that sometime in the next few months I might be able to go back to work. My stomach has been feeling a lot better in the last two or three months so I’m hoping that my Crohn’s flare is finally beginning to die down.

Of course, as I sit here typing this out my abdomen is hurting. LOL I guess I’m having a bad day Crohn’s wise, but this if the first time it’s really acted up badly in a few months. If I cross my fingers and toes maybe it will pass and I’ll continue to feel better.

I can wish can’t I?

One reason I’m hoping to go back to work is that we’re struggling with just Chris, my husband, working. Oh sure I make some money via my websites and blogs, and it helps a lot, but lately it’s not quite enough to cover our monthly expenses.

So maybe in April or so I’ll be able to start back at work in my job as an ER nurse. I know I’d only be allowed to work short hours for the first few weeks before they put me back on my regular 12 hour shifts, but it’d be nice to get back there. I love my job.

I’ve also been thinking of looking into medical travel as well. Some of my nurse friends have been flight nurses. You know, going to a remote area or even another country to pick up someone who’s sick and bring them back home for care in the hospital or to recover from whatever ails them in their own home.

I’ve always thought that that would be something interesting to do for a while. Plus if I do go back to work my schedule would probably allow me to work part time in medical travel as I typically would work four 12 hour shifts and then have five days off … I could travel during those days off.

Ok maybe that’s too much for me to begin with, but if I do start to get healthy enough to go back to work that would be fantastic!

Have you ever been off work due to an illness for a lengthy period of time? Didn’t it feel good to get back to work again?

Filed Under: Canada, Crohns Disease, Health Fitness + Beauty, Items to Try, Nursing - a career, Toronto Tagged With: abdominal pain, back to work, bad day, Crohns Disease, ER nurse, feeling better, medical leave, medical travel, Nurse, off work, sick, stomach, work

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