How I’m Feeling
After starting my new job this week, this is how my heart feels. The position (so far) is better than I could have imagined. The people are friendly (but not in an intrusive way). I’ve managed to present myself well and do a good job so far. I’ve also managed to overcome the arm pain hurdle and get permission to use a laptop in meetings, citing a preference to get the info down in the most rapid method possible (versus using a medical condition as the reason) and my boss went for it. He’s really behind all my ideas and I’m excited about the road ahead. Plus you should see my amazingly large office!!! 
That’s about all I can say about work, but there are so many reasons why it appears to be a great fit for me now and in the future. I think I’ve made the right choice and I am soooooo pleased. Yay!
Medically, my pain started to come back last week. Boo hiss. I was hoping it was just stress-related, but it kept getting worse so I finally called my neurologist on Wednesday and fessed up. He upped the Topamax to 75mg twice a day (from 50mg), which isn’t the 100mg I was on before that was causing all the problems, but it is a 1/2 step away. I’m cautiously optimistic that the side effects won’t be too bad but I also know I can’t function well with the pain and it just kept getting worse. I’m hoping that I can keep my head low and that no one will notice anything at work. I’m working on listening a lot and hoping they will just take it as a sign that I’m trying to learn. I’m also writing down questions before meetings so that I have a list to read from (to avoid the aphasia issue). That helps.
In the meantime, I have TONS of homework and I have been exhausted this week so I haven’t been blogging or e-mailing. Right now I’m off to work on my homework. I’ll try to get to the Roundup tomorrow morning.
March 24th, 2008 at 10:04 am
That’s great that you like your new job- sounds like a great place to work. The good thing about new jobs is that you can kind of reinvent yourself, well at least your work style and start fresh!
March 24th, 2008 at 10:10 am
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March 28th, 2008 at 11:43 am
The job sounds wonderful! I hope the change in the meds helps the pain though. I love how you are charging on in spite of the pain and finding ways to work through it. If you’re ever asked that annoying interview question in the future of “how you overcame adversity,” you should tell the story about how you were in pain but never missed a beat!