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I was really happy to find a job that I could handle, in terms of anxiety. The people are so nice, and it's low stress in emotional terms, though I do get in a tither trying to make sure everyone does everything the way it is suppose to be done. The day before yesterday Calvin noticed that Clair had forgotten to give Snickers a water bowl...she went 24 hours without any water. Now I check on all the cats to make sure they have water, and such.
But in terms of physical stress I don't know how long I'll be able to do this job.
This is the job: Clean a cat condo, give cat food and water, clean another cat condo, repeat for eight hours straight. There is really nothing else to be done. It's all cleaning cat condos.
The problem is the job involves a lot of bending and skooching down, and my lower back and the joints in my knees are hurting a lot. Yesterday I had to leave early because my lower back was hurting so badly, and the pain was shooting up and down my left leg to my lower back. I tried to keep working, but it eventually got unbearable.
Scott says I'm just doing the job wrong, and I need to do it without bending.
But it's necessary to crawl into the condos to clean them, at least with one's upper body. Consider the condos' height, width, and depth. They are deep, one has to reach far back to scrub the back shelves, and the height of each is broken up by cat shelves that one has to crawl under. The cat shelves cannot be moved. For the portable cages, one has to get down on one's hands and keens to clean them.
I haven't had back pain for years now, not since that summer which involved blueberry raking. Yesterday, I talked to my coworkers Calvin and Clair to see what they did to avoid back pain. Calvin says he pays 65 dollars per session for accupuncture, and that it only took 8 weeks of therapy to cure his back pain. Also, he is looking for a different job. Clair does not work often, but she said that after a day of working there, her back takes a few days to recover; of course, Clair is old. I don't want to ruin my back...I want it to last my whole life...I'd like my knee joints to last too.
It was finally so nice yesterday. I hated being in too much pain to go out and walk.
But in terms of physical stress I don't know how long I'll be able to do this job.
This is the job: Clean a cat condo, give cat food and water, clean another cat condo, repeat for eight hours straight. There is really nothing else to be done. It's all cleaning cat condos.
The problem is the job involves a lot of bending and skooching down, and my lower back and the joints in my knees are hurting a lot. Yesterday I had to leave early because my lower back was hurting so badly, and the pain was shooting up and down my left leg to my lower back. I tried to keep working, but it eventually got unbearable.
Scott says I'm just doing the job wrong, and I need to do it without bending.
But it's necessary to crawl into the condos to clean them, at least with one's upper body. Consider the condos' height, width, and depth. They are deep, one has to reach far back to scrub the back shelves, and the height of each is broken up by cat shelves that one has to crawl under. The cat shelves cannot be moved. For the portable cages, one has to get down on one's hands and keens to clean them.
I haven't had back pain for years now, not since that summer which involved blueberry raking. Yesterday, I talked to my coworkers Calvin and Clair to see what they did to avoid back pain. Calvin says he pays 65 dollars per session for accupuncture, and that it only took 8 weeks of therapy to cure his back pain. Also, he is looking for a different job. Clair does not work often, but she said that after a day of working there, her back takes a few days to recover; of course, Clair is old. I don't want to ruin my back...I want it to last my whole life...I'd like my knee joints to last too.
It was finally so nice yesterday. I hated being in too much pain to go out and walk.