How are you feeling today?

[Alstare1974]

I'm a design engineer. Dunno what work they'll get me doing.

[cornish]

I'm a design engineer. Dunno what work they'll get me doing.

good luck going back and hopefully it will go well.

if you dont mind me asking what do you design ??

[Alstare1974]

Civil and structural stuff.

[Zaf]

My first day back at work terrified me Alstare but everyone was really helpful and nice, hope you get the same experience xx

[Zaf]

Think I've had another symptom of whatever gave me that allergic reaction yesterday, woken up with itchy eyes, sniffly nose and a mild asthmatic type of feeling YUK

[Lol]

Thinking of you Alstare let us know how you got on

[Lol]

Sorry to hear that Zaf keep up with the piriton but if gets worse quickly go to your GP straight away. There can be nasty bugs in soil

[Zaf]

thanks lol,  I'm gradually feeling better as the day is wearing on but if I dont feel properly better by tonight I'll get an appointment,  I have a fair few allergies to cope with but this one was unexpected and rather more intense than usual, no idea what caused it either which is unusual for me as I thought I knew everything that affected me adversely

[caring angel]

I'm going back to work tomorrow and worried about going back to all the stress and the workload. 

[Zaf]

Its not good having to work in a stressful atmosphere, have you ever thought of changing the type of nursing work you do?

[caring angel]

Hello Zaf, Since I qualified as a nurse I've only known what i'm doing now .  I've talked to other people in other fields of nursing and they all seem to be under the same pressures.  I got a mortgage late in life with my husband so we both have at least another 15 years to pay on our mortgage.  We both need to work to pay the mortgage and other bills so I'm in the same situation as a lot of people at the minute and it's not easy to change career paths at my time of life.  I feel that I shouldn't be complaining because I'm lucky that i've got a job and there are millions out there without a job, but I feel trapped in my situation with nowhere to run.  There are a lot of my colleagues that I work with who have lots of problems of there own so moral is very low at work.  A lot of them seem to want to talk to me about there problems bacause they know they can trust me and they know I wouldn't discuss things with anyone else.  But sometimes this is like information overload and I find it hard dealling with it.  I feel that my job is contributing to my depression.  Thanx for replying.

[Angelina]

I hope everybody's doing ok this morning/afternoon  :) The last few days have been a blur of changes and decisions and I'd like a day off but the job hunt must go on. A fairy godmother to organise my life would be great right now.

[Zaf]

Its hard when you feel trapped like that jackie,  it might be worth looking into other types of nursing but I guess with the NHS at full stretch its going to be stressful just about anywhere,  had you though of working for private healthcare?

good luck with the job hunting angelina :)

[Depina]

Hi
How are you everyone, not able to say much today, only that I have read the latest posts and am thinking of you.
Hope you have a bright day.
Smile   
Hugs      &*( &*(
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[caring angel]

Sorry Zaf, I'm just thinking negatively again and trying to talk myself out of a situation.  Problem is when I do that I end up feeling wound up inside and a feeling of hopelessness.  I ought to think myself lucky having a job and just stop feeling sorry for myself.
Thanx Depnia, hope your okay and Angelina I wish you every success in your job hunting.