Hi Judy,

The accident I was in that caused me to sustain a concussion that I'm still recovering from was about 22 months ago.

I was unable to work at all for over a year. After I started working, I could only work 12 hours a week, I did three four hour shifts on MWF and took Tues and Thur off to recover. I had that shift for about four months and then increased working four hours every weekday.

Before the accident, I worked an average of about 60 hours a week. I had one full time job, two regular part-time jobs and one irregular part-time job and a lot of freelance opportunities. So, working part-time with limited capacity is very degrading for me on many levels - I love my job, my personal sense of accomplishment is wrapped up in my career and so is my self-esteem.

But I have to start somewhere and do the best I can! I'm still hopeful for a much better recovery!

It took me more than 6 months to acclimate to working only 20 hours a week. But I'm about to increase my hours to 25 hours a week!

I feel very lucky that my employer has been willing to work with me to help me to recover to working full time. All of my part time jobs are waiting for me to return too.