changes to your d schedule while working

[sullidog]

For those of you that work like me, when your dialysis schedule changes around the holiday do you have trouble getting time off? Like for example, On Wednesday and Friday our center is closing early which means I have to take those days off so I can dialyze, well I asked my supervisor and do to the service level we had to go to upper management and luckily they approved it, now the way I see it if I ask for the day off because of my dialysis there should of been no question as to to let me off or not, that's between life and death for me! So what do you guys think? should we be able to override our bosses decisions when it comes to our dialysis?
Troy

[Des]

Yes, I will have to take unpaid if they don't cooperate. We have no choice. It is not like a dentist appointment  that you can just re-schedule.

  

[Desert Dancer]

Absolutely! Like Des said, this isn't like some dentist's appointment or hair appointment that can be rescheduled. It's life and death. If your bosses won't cooperate then you need to make it very clear to them what the situation is, and that your dialysis is non-negotiable and unfortunately not subject to THEIR needs.

Of course, you'll need to say this in the most diplomatic way possible. But still, you need to be clear and firm. This is your health, and your life.

[sullidog]

I stand for the same thing if your acess is messed up.
Troy

[kitkatz]

Damn right. Your life is more important than any job!

[mustaffa]

nway..we r soo lucky dat they still employed us after knowin d risks dat we r dialysis patients...most employer r not in favor appoint anyone who carried any diseases or watsoever disease while workin...rite?

mkb

[rsudock]

ticks me off when employers discrimanate or don't bother to help out dialysis patients. yeah they don't want us on their insurance racking up bills, but at the same time they bitch about paying taxes to help people living on the system. it is like we are damned if we do or damed if we don't....i mean my gawd what should we do? it is not our fault we are sick have some GD compassion people!! I hate feeling like i should just be taken out back and shot. i mentioned to my bosses that I needed some extra support and dialysis has been rough, but of course I can't have any extra help in my classroom. then i mentioned resigning and they were all about jumping on that bandwagon..."oh sure R we will do whatever we can to get you out of your contract." jerks! live long enough and you eventually get sick.

my sister just had a baby and her husband's boss gave him $300 extra dollar bonus, pay raise, 2 paid weeks off from the job, and a bunch of instant scratch lottery tickets....wow, they don't make bosses like that anymore....must be an alien!

xo,
R