SO Pi**sed

[ema-lou24]

ok short and sweet rant

i was signed off from work for 3weeks cos i had gastric flu, wouldnt wish that on my worst enemy, was awful.

anyhoo, cos i was off for a while my work wanted me to come in for a "back to work" interview, bearing in mind they had been horrible to me the whole time i was off.
In this interview they made me feel crap for being off, told me that my "team mates" have been really struggling cos i was off etc, then totally contradicted herself by saying "you cant help being ill"
I really wasnt interested in what she had to say, ive lost the love for my job and currently looking for a new one, but anyway!!

In this interview she told me that if theres anymore "sickness" that it will result in a "written warning from HQ" bearing in mind EVERYTIME i have been ill i have went straight to the doctors so its all on record, just incase they think im pulling a fast one.

So today was my 1st day back after 3weeks, 7am-12 shift, not bad at all but im on my feet all day and running around alot (im a home carer)
I finished for the day and went to go get my OH and his mates food cos they were working on my OH's car, while walking to the shop i felt my ankle give way on a dodgy pavement, went over on it and landed on my hip. My ankle is all swollen and my hip is all bruised, i sat there not knowing whether to laugh or cry!

Limped all the way home, and can hardly drive, and i cant even have time off cos ile get a "warning", so tomorrows shift is gonna be hell!

I dunno what to do. im sitting here in tears cos its bloody agony, i dont wanna move but i cant not go to work.

 

[vixforever]

Oh Ema poor you xx

 

[jodied]

Sending you a big hug - didn't want to read and run!

I imagine your employers would get into trouble if you were at work and unfit especially as a home carer - presumably it will flout some health and safety regs if you are limping and trying to care for others especially if you are lifting them etc. Any chance you can get a quick Drs appt so its on record. Surely they can't discipline you for being genuinely ill!!

 

[ema-lou24]

i just dont know wot 2 do, im sitting here in tears cos i know how pissed they are at me for having 3weeks off, then i return for 1 day and i bust my ankle, im actually really more pissed at myself to be honest.

im in bed with a tuba grip over it and it proped up with pillows, but my hip is puonding wi a stonker of a bruise, just aint comfy at all and i know ive gotta work 2morrow, and driving home was interesting, braking was really sore, it feels like my ankle is not attached to my leg x

i cant get an appointment at docs till monday, so if i do get it seen to before then, its a A&E job xx

 

[Rosie's Mummy]

I would say they would be unfair in disciplining you for being genuinely ill/injured - you could always give ACAS a ring on 0845 474747 they will give you all the gen. Open on Monday now.

Good luck, I wouldnt worry about it if you are looking for a new job anyway, phone in sick - I would! xx

 

[ema-lou24]

they cant sack me if i have a genuine sick note can they? despite the bitch in the office giving me threats that ile get warnings etcc??

i know im looking for another job, but i cant leave this one till i get another one so i kinda need to keep them on my side for the moment till i get another one, but if i was to go off again cos im injured, i dont think that will go down very well to be honest.

ive heard that they cant touch me if i have a sick note, but its the "verbal" threats i get from them that making me think i should just grin and bare it. but then as mentioned above, surely its somewhere in the health and safetly for someone who is moving and handling clients, shouldnt really be doing so if they are injured themselves??

i just dont know what to do (cry cry cry) x

 

[Toonlass]

Oh chicken, your a bugger for hurting yourself like! I remeber the soup burn lol.
Is there not a drop in center you can go to? If not I reckon a&e before it gets filled with drunken injuries xx

 

[ema-lou24]

its just so typical of me tho, 1st day back towork after a 3week sick line, and im already needing another one lol, i should change my user name to little miss bump, but not cos im preggo, but cos im a clumsy bugger!!

i just cannae get comfy at all, leg in the air, feeling like its no longer a part of my body and my hip, i cant even sit or lie on my side. GRRR!! x

 

[Toonlass]

Is it numb ema? Can you move it about? Xx

 

[vixforever]

if you can't work, you can't work ema. if you're caring for others when you're injured, you could do something incorrect and things could be ten times worse than having some more time off

 

[ema-lou24]

sorry i fell asleep.....

my foot is cold, blue and tingly. i can wiggle my toes, painfully but i can manage it. its swollen right around the ankle and up the back of my leg. just feels like its not attached.

im in bed now wit it strapped up, pillows propping it up and painkillers, im gonna have to do this shift tomorrow and if no improvement by the end of it ile go to A&E, see what they say

im just so pissed off at myself and feeling sorry 4 myself too, it was a proper knock and i do feel as tho i have been beaten to a pulp i would laugh about it if i was pissed as a fart, but i was sober as a nun and just doing a good deed going along town minding my own bizz, then WHACK, CRASH, WALLOP!

I know its just a badly sprained ankle and your probably laughing at me, christ im even having a giggle through the tears, but im so worried about this shift, cos theres alot of moving and handling invloved, plus alot of stairs to go up and down and only so much time im allowed at each client so i always rush inbetween them so that im there in time, at this rate i might as well start at 4am to make it intime for all of them.

Im kinda hoping my OH will drive me to the clients houses cos driving is not good, but it will be boring for him waiting in the car for me plus its an early start and he deserves a long lie, not fair on him really for my stupidity x

 

[Toonlass]

If its blue and tingly it could well be broken and a blood supply to your foot being compramised!! You cannot do a shift in this condition hun, you really cant xx

 

[ema-lou24]

i have no choice toon, ive already had a verbal warning regarding my sickness, and i was warned if theres anymore then it will result in written warnings from our head quarters, so i can safely say its put the shitters up me, despite me wanting to leave the job, i need to keep it for the moment till i find something else.
I start at 7am, finished at 12, so its not that bad a shift, just alot of walking, moving and handling.
I will get it checked out 2morrow when i finish. I dont think its broken to be honest, just very bad ligament damage.

I always thought if you can wriggle the toes etc that its not broken? Its kinda hard to explain, you know where the sticky out bone on the outside of your foot is and it always gets knocked and it a total killer? Its around that bit and goes around back of the heel and to the other side and up the back of my leg.

sorry if im waffling on, kinda woken up bit lol xx

 

[vixforever]

Awww Hun, do get it checked!!

 

[ema-lou24]

well that shift was awful!

 

[Princess81]

dunno what to say sweets, u aren't having much luck eh? xx

 

[ema-lou24]

lol not at all.

today i feel like ive actually been run over by a bus, my leg is all bruised, my ankle looks like preggo lady ankles (no offence), neck and shoulders are sore too, i went down with a proper thud!!

just need to grin and bare it

 

[mrsH2009]

 

[vixforever]