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JohnM
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Re: working and coping with ch
« Reply #25 on: Jan 14th, 2003, 1:45am » |
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Its actually impossible to keep the ch a secret at work. When your workmates and boss see you one with red eye and nostril streaming with tears and snot, and you are clutching your temple to try and quell the pain it is a bit of a give away. When you explain the problem they are sympathetic but you somehow just know they think you are weak. It's just a fuckin headache after all! After a month of 2 they all think they have the answer to your "problem" and know nothing about what its like. It is extremely rare and most people have never heard about ch and have never met another person who suffers from it. Thats what is so great about this site. Everyone understands.
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Re: working and coping with ch
« Reply #26 on: Jan 14th, 2003, 3:50am » |
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I have also never missed a day of work due to CH's and I'm also chronic.
Do I need to "escape" when I get hit? Yes of course. I've had to walk out of lectures that I was giving to a room full of people who paid to hear me talk. All I could say was "Excuse me folks, I have a personal emergency to handle, but I'll be back".
But, because of this site (and .org) I don't have any problems getting people to understand what it is that I go through - just give them a link to follow!
Also, I've used an "Americanized" version of Simon Bowers wonderful single page document that was designed to describe CH's to co-workers. The original is available on the OUCH UK site. A copy of my "tweaked" version (with Simon's permission) can be sent via email on request.
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