The Tennessean from Nashville, Tennessee • Page 61

THE TENNES5EAN, Thufwlny, Dmbf IS. 1983 7-E Long-Term Illness Can Play Havoc at Work Home when I got home and that work would pile up at the office. still too weak to take care of myself." the office wouldn't go to pieces while I was out. And I had enough time to make some plans. Best of all, I knew there would be a time, when I was convalescing, when people could call with questions and ideas.

I wouldn't be out of touch for long. "I'm also lucky because so many of the people I work with are good friends. They helped me get through the time when I was out of the hospital and at home alone, By MKI SCOTT Your doctor has bad news for you. You're going to be out of work for six weeks. They'll hold your job for you; you can go back to work when you're well.

But in the meantime, you'll be taking a beating financially, physically, emotionally. "It was one of the scariest things I've ever been through," said a 35-year-old single woman there are things you can do to minimize the impact. If you have some advance warning, you and your boss can sit down and make plans together. You can leave your home running smoothly by planning ahead with your family. You can rally your support system friends, neighbors and relatives.

YOUR SUPPORT system will appear when there's been an accident or sudden illness as well. People want to help. Working Woman who manages a small business. "I knew I had good medical insurance, but I also knew that there wasn't much sick leave and vacation time to use up. If I didn't recover exactly on schedule and get back to work, I'd be forced to spend my savings.

"BUT I HAD really capable people working for me, so I was sure A Baltimore mother wasn't so fortunate; an automobile accident put her in the hospital for a week and left her on crutches for four more. She had no time to arrange for her work and her family before she was incapacitated. "I HAD TO decide that there were things that I could do and things I could not," she said. "I knew the house would be chaos "When I felt well enough to talk, I got a phone put in my hospital room and called my husband and kids often. My husband and I worked out a job list for the children, and told them it would help me get better if I knew they were being grown-up while I was hurt." Planned or not, long-term absences from work can play havoc with every aspect of your life.

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