Back to work blues

[tiredmama 137]

I am 2.5 weeks post-op. Went back to work on Monday. Monday went fine, yesterday was ok but I had a lot of trouble staying on top of keeping hydrated and I was really worn out by late afternoon. Today was even worse- crisis after crisis which needed my attention. By early afternoon I had a bad headache and felt really terrible and a co - worker took one look at me and told me to go home, so I did. Feeling a little better but still not great. For those of you with very fast-paced, high stress jobs, how did you cope with it when you were first back at work?

[Jersrose43 837]

Went back this Monday as well. Thankfully I worked from home this week as I think if I were in the office id have jumped out the window.

The first day I blocked my entire calendar and all I was trying to do was read the couple hundred emails that had piled up and reaching out to those covering for me to ensure things had been addressed. And so that is where the stress began.

Clearly no one read the out of office, listened to the voice mail ooo and so I spend the majority of Monday and Tuesday trying to resolve all the emails that now have gone weeks without a response.

I fell asleep yesterday at 5 pm and again today. Slept for an hour each time. I was just brain dead.

[tattoogirl233 9]

I also started back to work this week. So far so good just the same old stuff!!!

[jueles35 0]

I am 2.5 weeks post-op. Went back to work on Monday. Monday went fine, yesterday was ok but I had a lot of trouble staying on top of keeping hydrated and I was really worn out by late afternoon. Today was even worse- crisis after crisis which needed my attention. By early afternoon I had a bad headache and felt really terrible and a co - worker took one look at me and told me to go home, so I did. Feeling a little better but still not great. For those of you with very fast-paced, high stress jobs, how did you cope with it when you were first back at work?[/quote

Because I work in a fast paced environment I took a month off I couldn't imagine going back to work this week... I need to get in a routine first...