Since I've been diagnosed with epilepsy (19 months) Occupational Health have been the bane of my life. Months of placement at a time have been missed, arbitrary restrictions imposed causing deadlines to be missed, and obstacle after obstacle have made my pretty wary of the organisation. Therefore, I was incredibly nervous about my appointment yesterday.
But it went amazingly. Astonishingly, the doctor I saw has done research on transverse myelitis so she was very well informed about the condition and it's impacts. She also struggled to believe the progress I've made so far, but said she could see no reason why I can't start a phased return to work next week. I'll be doing 2 short shifts (I say short, it's NHS short - they're still 7.5 hours long!) a week for 3 weeks, then 1 short shift and 1 long shift (12.5 hours) for 3 weeks, then 2 long shifts for a week, and on week 8 I should be able to go back to 3 long shifts a week. That was the best possible outcome, and after 19 months of receiving the worst possible outcome from them I'm very shocked - but equally as pleased.
All I need to do now is get over this hospital fear...
Love Emily x
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