Stress and baggage
Thanks very much for the info. I agree that I will need 4-8 weeks before going back to even part time. There are three problems--we are down one person already in my small group at work, and it will be hard for my co-workers to take up all the slack (ahhh guilt!!!). And my supervisor seems to think it shouldn't take very long to heal up.... The third problem is that I only have two weeks of sick leave/time off here at my job. I have only worked here a year. Being upaid for weeks will be a major problem. I'm a single Mom, and even though I have a pretty good job, financially I am just getting by.
They have a new policy here that people can donate up to 20 hours of sick pay, but I was warned by HR that "You many not ask anyone to help!" I don't know what that's about. But I am going to have to ask for help.....
So I'm feeling stressed and worried, but not about the surgery.
I didn't mean to hijack this thread, perhaps I should start one of my own. I'm finding that I have a lot of issues about this disability before I even knew I had it, that it had a name, or that not being able to walk and run was not my fault. I have spent my whole life feeling different from other people, really clumsy, not able to keep up, and feeling like if I worked out harder I would be stronger... yada yada...
Anyway, thanks everyone!