I’m starting to think that I’m never going to get back to work at the hospital. I’ve been off work on medical leave now for two and a half years! Two and a half years - mostly without pay too, as I only had sick leave pay for the first 15 weeks. Argh.
Topping that off, […]

I swear I’ve got a sleeping disorder. Over the last several months it’s very common for me to only sleep for an hour of so and then get up again. When that happens I end up not returning to bed for hours and then I only sleep for an hour or two at […]

I was just talking about how much I’d like to get back to work, but I’ve been on medical leave for 25 months now. It’s hard to imagine that I’ve been off for so long!

Almost every day I wonder when the phone will ring and on the other end it will be the oc […]

I really miss working as a nurse. I know there’s no way I can go back to my job right now. I’ll have to get a lot better before I could even think of going back to those 12 hour days and shift work. However I do miss working with the patients.

I […]

I think I’ve mentioned before that the hospital where I work (well sort of work as I’ve been off sick for over two years!) has been undergoing a major renovation.

The remodelling or what they are calling a succession plan has been taking place all over the hospital, but it’s most evident in the […]