Going back to work!

I saw my rheumatologist shortly after the last update. She said that she wanted me to stop the Alieve and try to switch to a gel form of the same medicine. I would be able to get the same medication but apply it directly to the joints instead of getting it into my blood stream. I stopped taking the Alieve and was going to give it a week before starting the gel. I made it exactly a week before going back to the Alieve pills. In addition to my hands and feet - my back, neck, knees and elbows started hurting and I had some trouble sleeping.

My supervisor and I spoke last week and we concluded that I should get my sleep schedule back in order before starting back to work. We set June 21 for my first day back, which will be soft until later this week when I will hopefully confirm that I am ready for Monday. The Alieve has gotten back into my system and I've been sleeping through the night again but my schedule is messed up. I'm back to falling asleep sometime around 2am. My goal for the week is to get back to waking up in time to go to work as soon as possible.

I went into CAT today and spoke with the nurses and doctor at the facility. They updated my medical file and signed me off to start on Monday. After all of the trouble I've had with paperwork and approvals, going back to work is easily the simplest thing I've done in the last couple months.


Eric