First let me say I love working at a big medical center, and I really like the majority of people I work with. I really feel like I fit in.
However, the rote work that I am doing is tearing my back up enough that I started physical therapy this week.
I feel discouraged, discouraged that I can't seem to get a job that utilizes more of my mind, and not some physical assembly of records all day in a chair that kills me.
I do swap chairs when one of the gals is gone (everyone has different days they work), and I bought a wedge ortho cushion to sit on, but after about an hour of work, the pain increases.
I'm never pain free in my back, but it's usually tolerable.
I get up frequently to stretch. I walk down the hall to get coffee.
Yet I max out at 4-5 hours of work and have to call it quits.
It's hard not to be discouraged.
I go to work with a smile on my face, and leave only to sit in my car and realize just how much pain I am in, and I am glad the day is over.
I don't want to quit because it's extra money I can use.
I just don't know how long I can last with the pain.
This really sucks.
