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Date: 13 November 2008 23:38:15
Thank you, all you lovely people who have contributed to helping me shift the deep gloom of the last few days. Those of you who emailed me and have not had a reply, especially those making interesting proposals (you know who you are!), please forgive me for not having replied yet but my emailing time today was limited by the visit of a friend needing to borrow a shoulder and an ear. Today her need was greater than mine.
I visited the doctor today. It wasn't quite time to renew my sick note or discuss whether I was fit to return to work but if I didn't go today I'd have had to see a different doctor. Once again I realised how lucky I was to have the doctors I do. (When my brother went to see his doctor because of some very itchy spots on his skin - and having lost well over a stone in weight in a very short period of time - the doctor asked if he was stressed and, when my brother said that he was under intense stress at the moment, just gave him some antihistamine for the spots and sent him on his way!) My doctor talked with me and empathised and told me that a) I was doing incredibly well and doing all the right things - i.e. getting myself eating, planning for the toughest times, getting more exercise - and that b) he was signing me off for another month. When I told him that that would be ideal as I'd just have a week at work then before the holidays he replied that he didn't envisage me returning to work after a month and that I was in no fit state to rush back.
I just wish he could be the one to tell my boss instead of me.