09-21-2015, 06:47 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-21-2015, 06:51 AM by HandsHurtin.)
Hello, thank you in advance for any help you can provide.
I've been working on the assembly line for 6 months now and the pain in my hands has become unbearable. It's a struggle to type this, unscrewing the cap off my water bottle makes me squint in pain, opening my car door has become an event, and the swelling in my hands has me unable to wear my wedding ring.
I was put on a job that is known to be brutal on the hands, and I've toughed it out for as long as I could. I wake up every morning with my hands so swollen and stiff that I don't know how I'm going to make it through the day, yet I pop some Ibuprofen and work through the pain. But I just can't do it anymore, the pain has become too much and I feel like I'm causing irreversible damage. I also feel like a let down to my family.
I'm not looking for sympathy by saying all this, I'm just in need of some advice. I need some time off and I don't know how to go about getting it. I don't even want to get paid, I just need some time for my hands to properly heal so I can get back to work. I'm afraid of losing my job if I don't follow the steps properly, and worse yet, I don't know what the steps for going on a short leave of absence are.
Any help is appreciated.
I've been working on the assembly line for 6 months now and the pain in my hands has become unbearable. It's a struggle to type this, unscrewing the cap off my water bottle makes me squint in pain, opening my car door has become an event, and the swelling in my hands has me unable to wear my wedding ring.
I was put on a job that is known to be brutal on the hands, and I've toughed it out for as long as I could. I wake up every morning with my hands so swollen and stiff that I don't know how I'm going to make it through the day, yet I pop some Ibuprofen and work through the pain. But I just can't do it anymore, the pain has become too much and I feel like I'm causing irreversible damage. I also feel like a let down to my family.
I'm not looking for sympathy by saying all this, I'm just in need of some advice. I need some time off and I don't know how to go about getting it. I don't even want to get paid, I just need some time for my hands to properly heal so I can get back to work. I'm afraid of losing my job if I don't follow the steps properly, and worse yet, I don't know what the steps for going on a short leave of absence are.
Any help is appreciated.