So.

[batshua]

I went to Urgent Care today since my arm is still experimenting with the fine art of interpretive dance without my permission

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[swankivy]

Wow. ::blink:: I hope everything calms down. :o

[batshua]

Dad, while "not pressuring" me, pressured me to stay in the job.

If the arm thing is a dystonic reaction to Savella, I should be fine in about 3 days.

I am not staying in that job. I am not staying in that job. I am not staying in that job.

Now all I have to do is keep saying it so that I don't break down and un-file my paperwork.

[prisminawindow]

I think resigning from your job was absolutely the right move, and something that respecting yourself and the importance of your health requires.

If your dad can't accept that, perhaps get your new doctor to say something to him about how it's important for your health, if he would be more willing to accept that from a doctor?

Also, if you have to frame it this way, you can justify quitting as being better for your long-term job prospects. Letting your health deteriorate will make it even harder to work later on.

*hugs*
I hope that things improve for you (both in terms of physical health and circumstances).

[batshua]

He gets really angry every time I talk about it. It's like he's not willing to hear it because if he ignores reality everything will be fine. I don't know if listening to a doctor will help; he's sorta decided that I'm giving up prematurely, when only I can know if that's really the case. I keep pointing out to him that at work, I'm not really working most of the day, and yet I am drawing a full day's paycheck, and oddly, this does not affect his opinion on the matter, which seems out of character for him. I think rationality has gone out the window.

[seishonagon]

In that kind of "only someone with fibro would every say this" moment: congratulations. I'm really glad things are finally getting through to your dad. That should make life a lot more pleasant in the long run.

And you are not staying in that job. You are not staying in that job.

*hugs* I hope things get better.

[batshua]

Thanks.

I'm not sure *how* through to Dad I am given that we had this conversation RIGHT after I left Urgent Care, but… baby steps?

I am not staying in that job.

[nightengalesknd]

Welcome to dystonialand? It's a dubious welcome.

[batshua]

Well, uhm, Dr. Urgent Care was like "It... could be permanent".

Should I be Worried yet?

Whenever the Benadryl wears off, I wake up, and my arm does, too. But this is only Day One of a full dosage, so I'm trying not to panic yet.

I… kinda need my dominant arm.

[nightengalesknd]

Most drug induced dystonia goes away.

Drug induced dystonia is the only dystonia most docs have even heard of.

Keep on the benadryl.

[batshua]

Will do. Now is not the time to panic.

Thanks.

[morningwind]

*hugs* I hope that your dancing arm stops dancing, and that your dad stops trying to pressure you into working any longer at that job. Seriously, leaving that job behind is absolutely the right decision, and it's just mind-boggling that he thinks you should still be working there when he can see the terrible toll it's taken on your health.

[batshua]

I think he should move to Egypt where he can be in De Nile.

He's worried about my crappy-ass work history, which is understandable, but hello, if I keep working there, I'll not only break myself, I'll get fired.

[skye_princess]

*hugs* Feel better. And I wish you a (belated) Happy Hanukkah :-)

[batshua]

Thanks. Am working on feeling better, which mostly means fighting-the-drowsiness-that-Benadryl-gives-me.