Updates

Time for catch up. After years of successful employment, including almost 9 years with CFIDS, even in the midst of an FMLA, I seem to be getting into trouble at work. Has my health deteriorated - no. Has my work ethic changed - nope, although I work from home (only reason I can hold down a full time job) - is the brain fog getting so bad I can't handle it anymore - absolutely not - but yet, I find myself in a position where my employer, although saying that my health is more important than my work, and that I can take the time I need to try to dedicate myself to the treatment plan the doctor has for me, my employer seems to have decided that a 30 year dedicated career may be about as much as they can take - even though my job is protected as part of the law due to the FMLA. Seems that if I can't pony it up and get to Bermuda (yes, it is for work), to help get a new contract signed, it will go badly for me. Not sure which was the greater shock to me - the position that my work was not meeting all standards anymore or the shock I was left in when my manager explained to me that a part of my basic job requirements, if I needed to be in Bermuda in order for that contract to get signed, I needed to figure out a way to get myself there or there would be consequences. I've never needed legal advice before, but my intuition tells me that's a streak that's likely to come to an end. FMLA law doesn't seem to matter. We'll have to see how this soap turns out...

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Guess what happened this morning? I woke up and my arms and legs felt like they'd spent the night in the gym without me beating themselves to death. Muscales/tendons that felt fine for weeks and still normal when I went to bed last night were exhausted to the point where they were unusable for even mundane tasks this morning. How does this happen? What could cause this - when my body is supposedly resting - in, by the way, a VERY expensive power controlled, tempur-pedic king sided bed we bought to maximize the chances of my getting some good sleep. Looks like I should get my money back eh?

I have to wonder, and I will try to check, if others who have this condition exhibit similar symptoms. It happens infrequently and most times is not bad enough to be more than another inconvenience to negotiate through the day with. But today was scary (hope my wife doesn't actually read this blog)... If I find more about it, I will post here - not that anyone is reading... If I know someone was, I'd have to re-establish all sorts of order here, and I'm just not up to that - especially not today.