Migraines and such
So, today was a migraine day. Didn't much start off that way, but work, idiot co-workers and being called a liar tends to do that. Anyway, it was just a shitty day w/ a line being drawn downwards and covering the right side of my head and that arm. Maybe it's not a migraine, but I've had them and it sure felt that way to me.
Back in Cali, my doctor felt that truck driving was causing me to get migraines. I know there were a couple of times she had to inject me in the back of my head and neck before I could function. It was so bad, she thought I should seek re-training... and the state agreed!! However, I had to have a way to live while I went through the training. Since my wife doesn't work, nor drive (don't ask, just don't), that was kind of out of the question. Then, I went to work for this place. It was fun at first, although I DID still have a lot of migraines when I first moved here. When Wendy moved here, she kinda of helped me do stuff to make them stop, but before that, there were a number of times Kent would come home and I'd be laying on the floor w/ a bag of ice under my neck and one on my head :-O Sucks, it does.
I still wonder if there was someway I could have done the re-training... trucking is a dead-end field these days—it's not like the old days where it was a good profession. Well paying AND one you could count on. Now companies go under at the drop of a hat and you never can plan. Hell, looks like Roadway/Yellow Freight is gonna go belly up or so I read... :-O Scary!!! What would I do IF I did get re-trained? Damned if I know. HR maybe. I like working w/ people and helping them. I wanted to do that here, but the boss's wife said never. C'est La Vie! Besides, as a manager, I was told often that I took the driver's side waaaay too often. I've always been one of those people who believed that if you lookout for people, they'll look out for you. Mostly it's true, but there are scumbags in the world. Still, there's more good people than bad ones. People like to feel they're part of a team, not just a number or the owner's property.
Anyway, I felt I should blog this while I remembered it, not like anyone cares about my bloviations.
Back in Cali, my doctor felt that truck driving was causing me to get migraines. I know there were a couple of times she had to inject me in the back of my head and neck before I could function. It was so bad, she thought I should seek re-training... and the state agreed!! However, I had to have a way to live while I went through the training. Since my wife doesn't work, nor drive (don't ask, just don't), that was kind of out of the question. Then, I went to work for this place. It was fun at first, although I DID still have a lot of migraines when I first moved here. When Wendy moved here, she kinda of helped me do stuff to make them stop, but before that, there were a number of times Kent would come home and I'd be laying on the floor w/ a bag of ice under my neck and one on my head :-O Sucks, it does.
I still wonder if there was someway I could have done the re-training... trucking is a dead-end field these days—it's not like the old days where it was a good profession. Well paying AND one you could count on. Now companies go under at the drop of a hat and you never can plan. Hell, looks like Roadway/Yellow Freight is gonna go belly up or so I read... :-O Scary!!! What would I do IF I did get re-trained? Damned if I know. HR maybe. I like working w/ people and helping them. I wanted to do that here, but the boss's wife said never. C'est La Vie! Besides, as a manager, I was told often that I took the driver's side waaaay too often. I've always been one of those people who believed that if you lookout for people, they'll look out for you. Mostly it's true, but there are scumbags in the world. Still, there's more good people than bad ones. People like to feel they're part of a team, not just a number or the owner's property.
Anyway, I felt I should blog this while I remembered it, not like anyone cares about my bloviations.
posted by Sturmkatze | 21:39
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