So I notice yet again how badly I suck at blogging or rather remembering to blog. Blah. So perhaps a daily rant in in order. Or better yet the rant of the year thus far to get it all out of my system.
Previously I was working, constantly at a place I had been at for 10 years. See I got the job at this place back in 2002 before I even decided to move to this town. **time warp back to 2001**
(2001)The place I had previously worked at shut down do to a no smoking bylaw in the city I had lived in my whole life. It was a job I loved dearly and it made me a very happy energetic and loveable person. I loved the people I worked with and worked for. Unfortunately the City implemented the by law and we shut down just before Christmas of 2001. I tried to find work in the city I loved and busted my ass doing so. Only to not find anything.
(2002) While still living in the City I loved I decided to drop off resumes in the town that my mother lived in. Jokingly I handed in a resume at my now former employer. I went home that Sunday and got a call on the Monday. I had to go back for an interview. So I packed up a 2 day bag to spend the interview time at my mothers and got her to come get me again. I never went back to my old apartment because I was hired on the spot to work the next day.
I spent the next 10 years working in this place. Which now I can't even stand. Everything about how it is there turns my stomach. The staff are treated like minions who do not deserve respect. Any way, as the story is told and as I sit here I do remember some good times in that place. In 2004 I started to have pains in my wrists and arms that would make me drop things due to not being able to grip them at all. I went to a Dr. and they told me I had Carpel Tunnel and to wear wrist braces. Which I subsequently did for a about 6 years. Then the owners whom were new wanted to know why and wanted me to get testing done on my wrists to know what was wrong with me so in 2010 it began. My journey into joblessness. I was sent for testings beyond testings. CAT scans.. MRI's. Blood work. Ultrasounds, Nerve testings ect.. during which time my DR sent a letter to my employers (FAF) stating I could only do anything as tolerated. So I did Then in Sept of 2011 I said I couldn't handle the pain and would not do one job after already having done my shift and this job would of left me there for another 2 hours after my shift and would not be completed until i had been there for 4 hours after my shift..Time shift October 2011 because of my inability to do said job things went down and shit metaphorically hit the fan. So off I went for more testing..
On December 13,2011 I was diagnosed with Permanent Nerve Damage of my upper body, and Osteoarthritis of my mid to lower spine, and IBS. Fun times eh?? So now.. I can not sit for long periods of time; I can not stand for long periods of time; No lifting from floor to waist and shoulder to overhead above 10 lbs waist to shoulder 20lbs... No bending; No Twisting; No repetitive movement. I am fucked. For LIFE. My body is so ruined I can not function daily and sometimes have to get help to the bathroom or hell even to get standing if I sit for to long. I've been busting my ass in jobs since I was 14years old and 20 years later I am more fucked up then some of the people I know that are in their 80's.
So my rant. Don't fuck with your body when it tells you to stop STOP don't continue don't over do it you need your body it is the only one you have.
Subsequently on January 5th 2012 after 10 years of busting it I lost my job. They said it was with no concerns .. But in my heart I know it was because of my disabilities.
Please any person who is young and could be reading this don't over do it. Don't hurt yourself to try and get ahead in a minimum wage job. In the end it's not worth it.
P/L/H
StarLite
