Friday, February 27, 2009

[epilepsy] Re: When to tell/Julie

--- In epilepsy@yahoogroups.com, Julie Hope <epilepsyhealth@...>
wrote:
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> When it comes to telling your teachers, make sure they know every
detail and what to do and a list of phone #s
> to call. Even the teacher could possibly bring it into one of the
classes. It could easily be happening to
> someone else and they are afraid to tell. Education for everyone
is necessary.
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> When it comes to employment, that depends on several things. If you
don't tell and become employed in a place
> where there is the potential danger should a seizure happen..you
could be fired. It would be to your benefit
> not to get chosen rather than a number of 'just fired' on your
list. On the other brighter side of the coin,
> if you have a good feeling about the flexibility of your employer
during the interview by all means bring it
> to their attention. You may have found an employer who is for your
needs and makes sure all others know so
> not to put you in harms way. My employer even told me to make sure
and come to her if anyone was doing
> anything that caused me to feel uncomfortable. By that I
mean...there was one time we had one staff, the type
> that looked so busy all the time and just had to let you know
everthing they were doing, the type that so busy
> yet accomplished nothing really. :)) (if you know what I mean) This
particular night she was running around as
> if emergencies happening all over (when not) that I became dizzy,
started seeing stars and very light headed
> that had to sit down or was going to be her next emergency. Little
did I know that the rest of the staff was
> trying to get through to the boss at meetings this was happening
and how annoying it was and when I told her
> personally she called that staff person in and changed the whle
outlook in the work situation. Your boss
> though can be For you and not Against you like we sometimes like to
think. Go with a positive attitude and
> things will work out. Should you not get chosen for the position,
it was possibly the best on your behalf
> anyway. If you can, it makes you feel better in the long run to
know you have done the right thing.
> Julie H.
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> Hi Julie,
> This Rodolfo,its best to everyone that you work with or go to school
> and what details they should be looking for too. And make sure that
> there are information on sz,epilepsy. What they can do for you when
> the real help arrives for you too. The main issue is that you
> inform everyone that is invole in your life. The safety is that you
> let everyone know about your problem and don't be ashame about your
> problem either.
> Just old Rodolfo
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