Thanks, all. Have calmed down. It was the principle of the thing that got me - especially that my carer's health is apparently valued more highly than mine.
Teppy, wishing you much relief~ma for your migraine. Yes, I can pay for a flu shot. I'll probably have to see a private doctor to arrange it, so it could end up being quite expensive. But it will be worth it for my health. It's more the principle that's pissing me off. Our government is currently doing some quite nasty things to disabled people who find it difficult to work. It seems bonkers to me that they can't fund simple, fairly cheap things that will help *keep* some of us in work. Especially when they're handing out the shots to our carers (and to people with conditions that they deem important enough, like diabetes and asthma).
Hate when medical professionals act as if we don't know our own bodies and psyches worth a damn.
That's definitely a big part of the problem, yep.
I should be more grateful for my country's healthcare system, I know. It was entirely free for me to see my GP today, and my medication is subsidised. But it's run in such a stupid way sometimes that it does my head in. Millions of pounds spent on helping people quit smoking, but I can't get a scan for my kidneys or enough physiotherapy. And I couldn't get private insurance even if I could afford it because no insurance company will accept me. (Which I know affects Americans much, much more.) /rant /sorry
Got the offer. They went up $1K, but that's pretty much it, and they didn't answer all my questions. Can't believe I had to wait 5 days for that. Have fired off a response asking for a couple of clarifications and reiterating some things that were not answered.
::sigh:: C'mon, people, I really want to take this job! Don't make it so hard to say yes!
Ooh, that's a tricky one, smonster. I hope you can make a decision that works for you.
Yay, that's $1k more than you wouldve got without negotiating! Sorry they're being annoying about the questions and timeliness.
Yay, that's $1k more than you wouldve got without negotiating! Sorry they're being annoying about the questions and timeliness.
Yes, and there's a 90-day review that *could* result in a raise.
I am pretty good at push-ups now thanks to my stretch teacher. I usually do them in sets of ten. I am muy impressed with Stephanie and amyth for their push-up mojo.
I can't do pushups. I hate them. It's congenital, but it doesn't bother me any the less for that.
If I were in your place, smonster, I would take the job... any job. But how long they took to not answer all your questions does make me worry about what the working environment will be like.
Congrats, smonster! What msbelle said.
erikaj, I'm sorry to hear that. That's gotta be hard.
Seska, I'm glad at least that the doctor was easy about prescribing meds. The flu thing is stupid on a number of levels. Is that cost-cutting even worse now that the Tories are (kinda) in?
Even back when I wasn't disabled and wasn't overweight, I sucked at push-ups and pull-ups. Or climbing up a rope. I tried hard but I never really got better at those things. Now that I'm disabled, I can't really do either just because keeping my wrists bent for push-ups or the act of pulling would trash me.
Brother's trip to NY they told him at the last minute he could not take his fold up walker as carry-on (after telling him he could and confirming it at check in.) He had been waiting an hour and even chatting with the flight person at the desk, but they waited until boarding was announced to wonder, "are you going to have trouble getting on board without that walkers." So it ended up with one flight attendent checking the walker and two other helping him board. The flight attendents grumbled about his needing help at the last minute. My brother very calmly told them, "if you had told me there was a problem sooner, in response to my specific questions, this would not be happening at the last moment."
