rcharlton
Moderator emeritus
- Joined
- Jun 20, 2005
- Messages
- 641
- Reason
- PALS
- Diagnosis
- 11/2005
- Country
- CA
- State
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Hi,
I am still working full time in an office.
My co-workers are aware of my condition.
I can still meet the performance requirements of my job - but it is slowly getting tougher.
Typing out anything but a short e-mail is a chore. My speech is still reasonably good - but there is some slur and I get tired talking on the phone for extended periods of time. And I am becoming pre-occupied and distracted.
My job can be very stessful at times - and I do need to work long hours occassionally - but I'm trying to cut back on that.
I should be OK for at least another year - it gets hazy beyond that...
I'm only 39 - and I'm partly afraid that if I go on disability - I will become consumed with thoughts of ALS - whereas now my thoughts are often taken up by work - but I don't think that stress is a good thing.
For those of you who were not retired when you were afflicted with ALS - when did you make the decision to go on disability? Did you work until you could not longer perform your job at all - or did you call it quits before that?
I am still working full time in an office.
My co-workers are aware of my condition.
I can still meet the performance requirements of my job - but it is slowly getting tougher.
Typing out anything but a short e-mail is a chore. My speech is still reasonably good - but there is some slur and I get tired talking on the phone for extended periods of time. And I am becoming pre-occupied and distracted.
My job can be very stessful at times - and I do need to work long hours occassionally - but I'm trying to cut back on that.
I should be OK for at least another year - it gets hazy beyond that...
I'm only 39 - and I'm partly afraid that if I go on disability - I will become consumed with thoughts of ALS - whereas now my thoughts are often taken up by work - but I don't think that stress is a good thing.
For those of you who were not retired when you were afflicted with ALS - when did you make the decision to go on disability? Did you work until you could not longer perform your job at all - or did you call it quits before that?