Also FMLA job protection.in US..FMLA allows protected time off for your medical condition. If you're not familiar must have worked 12 months (non-consecutive) and 1,250 hours in 12 months prior to FMLA leave. Entitlement is 12 weeks job protected leave which can be taken in block periods, intermittent, or reduced hours. Requires certification of medical need of leave for condition. (Can you tell I work in Human Resources?) I crashed today and didn't make it into work after 2 painfill sleepless nights and it'll be a day of FMLA. FMLA is unpaid although your employer can insist you use sick day pay or in my case paid time off (PTO).

After my diagnosis, I was never able to go back to work. Partly because the injury I sustained that caused it was pretty severe but also because my employer would not accomodate me. I was a file clerk with a large printing company. I had to walk ALL DAY fetching files and delivering them. That was my entire job. Since the injury was to my foot, ankle, and calf, that obviously was not possible. I was eligible for company short term disability for 3 months. Now I have had to apply for ssd.

For anyone still working the best site in the world for all of the ADA accomodations & how to get them etc........go to the JAN site.

http://www.jan.wvu.edu/media/testingaccomm.html

It helped so much when I was still working at the beginning. You can call these people & they will call you back ASAP. They are so helpful.

DebbyV

Working was hell on earth for me.

I went through periods that weren't as bad and even got a period when I was able to get off all the drugs and recovered some of my strenght but then got hurt again and was worse than ever.

Yes I am very familiar with FMLa and still working with medical and my company doc.. right now am looking forward to working 6 12 hours nights in a row for overtime because no one else wanted it.. But trying to work what I can when I can.. We do have some down time and that definitely helps.. Thanks for all the advice.. Lisa