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Originally Posted by nightnurse30
I work 12 hour night shifts as an ICU nurse. 36 hours a week. I started back to work 14 weeks after my accident. Ive been back for 2 months now and my symptoms are just getting worse and worse. My headaches are pretty much constant and i have no energy to do anything on my days off. Unfortunately, i gotta keep going and feel like crap every day or there will be no job and no health insurance. I deal with the most extreme form of stress on a daily basis at my job...trying to save someones life.
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That's rough, I'm sorry that you're going through that. Is there any way you'd be able to work fewer hours without it affecting your insurance eligibility? I hope you begin to feel better.
My situation is somewhat similar. I am an infant caregiver and I work 40 hours per week. I didn't/couldn't take any time off of work after my last (and 5th) concussion because I was already covering for someone else. I also know that if I don't work I'll have no income or health insurance. There is no option to do part time where I work. I also don't feel comfortable telling the people I work with that I've had another concussion because I feel that they won't believe me. I have headaches all day every day and I am exhausted on the weekends. I just deal with it because I really don't have another option.