Alright lads,
I haven't worked for about 3 years due to poor health. Ive had a couple of lads covering the round.
My health has improved a bit and I'm thinking of having a go again. I'm a bit nervous tho.
Anyone had a long layoff and then gone back to it? - Any advice?
Cheers
I don't know how its possible for anyone to give you advice tbh. What does your doctor or specialist advise?
Firstly, you haven't told anyone what your health issue is/was.
Secondly, even if you do tell us and someone has the same condition as you have, it doesn't mean very much. For example, I suffer with continuous lower back pain. I have since I was young but was able to deal with it better. As I've got older its become more and more of an issue. But someone else may have a more serious condition than I do but is able to deal with it better. He also might have a higher pain threshhold than I do.
This is why so many are able to get doctors notes to get on the sick because doctors can't tell if this is a genuine issue for that person or not.
(I attended a back clinic at our local sub-hospital. The specialist said to me that only way they can see if a person is genuine or not is to inspect camera footage of the patient leaving the hospital. Invariably they will hobble to the hospital entrance and then make an instant recovery walking back to their car in the car park when they think no one can see them.)
The most popular reason for a lot of NHS staff being on the sick is stress. Stress is an illness that can't be quantified because its how that particular person reacts to a stressful situation. Its neigh impossible for a doctor to identify if the stress is genuine or fake. So he books that person off work.
My daughter in law has a lady working for her who has been booked off for the past 6 months due to stress. She doesn't do a stressful job.
My brother in law suffered with cancer for about 8 years before he finally succumbed to it. At times he wanted to join me window cleaning because he felt good and he was bored at home. But he might have a good day but that was followed by a few really bad days.
If you went back to window cleaning, how would you manage on the bad days? How do you know you will manage if you started back up again?
Would it not be better to find something that wasn't so physically demanding?
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