I had to see a doctor about a sick note for work which is very demanding always cold and stressful. he told me that it was ok to work and to get plenty of exercise, I could even climb a mountain, or run a marathon,
my blood is not 100% and I am waiting for a heart scan, this was not my doctor is he wrong?
Its soo easy for drs to say this but its up to the individual,I had to give up as being on immunesuppressant I am always ill if someone came in with a bug or cold I always caught it and it always knocks me for 6, but the I have more than lupus so id say only you will know hope ive helped x
I feel ok at the moment because I am at home but I will be calling the doctor who is dealing with me at the hospital.
I have just been to my doctor about a sick not and she gave me one immediately. My specialist says that it is up to me if I can work or not as she dose not know how I feel. I was diagnosed 4 years ago and no doctor can tell you if you can work or not. As for doing physical exercise I have been advised to monitor how much exercise I do as if can make my SLE worse. If I were you I would ask to see a different doctor and make sure that they actually know what SLE is as most doctors are unaware of some of the systems.
It's hard for people to see how sick a lupus person could get, even we don't know if we feel better or worse the next day. Off course, we always think doctors know about lupus. They know in general, but we should know ourself individually because depends on environment, the life, the food and the daily stress we living in.
Doctor likes to saying positive things to help the metal, but we know ourselves how much we can take.
Hi Caddy
I think your doctor must have been having a very bad day!. How he could say those things when your waiting for a heart scan I don't know!. Hope you get your sick note. X
I've just been signed off for another 3 months due to a flare/starting methotrexate. There is no way I could work at the moment, I'm too exhausted. Luckily, my doctors have been very understanding of that. Like other people have said, only you know how you feel, and lupus typically makes you look ok on the outside so people have no idea how you feel inside. If I were you, I'd go and get a second opinion. Hope you manage to get it sorted x
That doctor is an idiot
My rheumatologist told me very firmly to "keep fit" and rest when I needed to. I exercise one day a week for an hour at my local gp surgery and its helped me
I imagine your doctor was giving you good advice, hard to say as we don't what your heart condition is, but you know yourself better than anybody and what your limits are. If its not your usual doctor I suggest you make another appointment with the one that knows you best
Sounds par for the medical community. I would ask what your body tells you is good and then possible but a little bit of a reach for your body. You know how your body feels. From your post, I'm guessing he didn't write you the sick note. I'm so sorry.
Sounds good. I wish it didn't take so many tries on my part for the doctors to get it right.
I would say that to see (or try) the same GP as often as you can. I think all the GPs at my surgery would give me a sick note whenever I wanted, only because the majority know me well. If you can build up a good patient/Doctor relationship it works well for both. Many GPs have no idea about Lupus.
If you are not well enough to work, not only will it make the problems worse, you'll feel mis-understood, inadequate, stressful and cold. I always find that if I do have time off that I feel stressed about going back, thinking that the girls I work with have had to work extra harder because I was not there.
You don't say what you do at work perhaps your employer could help you there.
As for exercise, I think if you can swim in a warm pool, that it is brilliant. The only warning I would give is that whilst in the pool you feel you can do lots but getting out can be draining, so please just do a little at a time.
I do hope you feel better soon x
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