Returning to work

I went and saw OH today (I work for a railway company), hoping that I would be allowed to return to work, but now come away a tad disappointed and happy at same time happy.

After travelling to London in morning rush hour which for soneone whom does normally travells much earlier cos I do shift work was an eye opener was not a nice experience, I arrived at OH discussed everything showed the tablets on.

We agreed to a phased return starting next week, as he believes I might be back in AF, as he had trouble taking my pulse, and when he did find it he advised me it was running ok, with the odd blip.

So do I wait till 10 oct when I see my cardo team or do I see my GP ??

You know what the brain does It going back into overdrive which causing stress etc.. Problem is I feel better in my self apart from learnt not to sleep on left hand side, so touch wood don't have the signs I did back in May / June.

Karen x

[Loo53]

I was fine to work full time with PAF and before my ablation they made no adjustments for me whatsoever because I was on Flecanide. After the ablation now they have to make adjustments and recognize post op recovery. Surprisingly they have been accommodating after being bollocked by the union of course. I guess in your case they are being cautious. See what the cardio team say.

[Kjporten]

This is a great topic. I am 2 weeks out from my ablation and trying to figure out how I can return to work with how unpredictable my heart is. My doc says it takes 3 months before they know how the ablation went and if it fixed my issues. I have a high stress job that demands at least 50 plus hours a week, and travel is 2 hours a day. I am having the growing awareness that my days of this type of career is over. It is the dependability factor that concerns me. This is so new to me, and people don't get how this wipes you out. One 4 hour session of afib and I am down for the day. I expect this will get better as I get stronger. Yesterday I started to wash the inside of my windows after 3 windows I was done for the day.

I hope more people respond it is helpful to hear how others process this.