Occupational Health and KC
Posted: Tue 04 Sep 2018 9:25 pm
Hello
Does anyone have any experience of dealing with occupational health in the workplace in terms of helping managing the condition and its effects on your work?
I recently saw the corneal consultant at the hospital where I’m treated for my keratoconus. The consultant said that my condition has deteriorated significantly since he last saw me. I’ve also been having issues with my lenses, such that I’m now having to get one set of my lenses refitted (I use both soft and hard lenses), but getting this done sequentially rather than concurrently. Consequently, I’ve had a lot of visits to the hospital recently, with more to come and have to take time off work to accommodate this.
I’ve had a change in line manager, with my new manager suggesting I may benefit from a referral to occupational health.
In the office I’m based in, we hot desk. I’m always able to get a desk with a screen so I can connect my laptop to it. However, when I travel to one of our other offices, I at times can’t find a screen to use, so just have to work off my laptop. This causes me issues with the strain on my eyes due to the smallness of the screen and the letters. Apart from this, I don’t generally have any issues with the condition and my work.
I’m worried that the referral is not a genuine attempt to help me in my work, but an excuse to find a reason to get rid of me.
I don’t know whether to go ahead with the appointment with occupational health; and if I do, don’t know how honest I should be.
Any thoughts / suggestion from anyone who may have gone through a similar thing would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks
Jugger
Does anyone have any experience of dealing with occupational health in the workplace in terms of helping managing the condition and its effects on your work?
I recently saw the corneal consultant at the hospital where I’m treated for my keratoconus. The consultant said that my condition has deteriorated significantly since he last saw me. I’ve also been having issues with my lenses, such that I’m now having to get one set of my lenses refitted (I use both soft and hard lenses), but getting this done sequentially rather than concurrently. Consequently, I’ve had a lot of visits to the hospital recently, with more to come and have to take time off work to accommodate this.
I’ve had a change in line manager, with my new manager suggesting I may benefit from a referral to occupational health.
In the office I’m based in, we hot desk. I’m always able to get a desk with a screen so I can connect my laptop to it. However, when I travel to one of our other offices, I at times can’t find a screen to use, so just have to work off my laptop. This causes me issues with the strain on my eyes due to the smallness of the screen and the letters. Apart from this, I don’t generally have any issues with the condition and my work.
I’m worried that the referral is not a genuine attempt to help me in my work, but an excuse to find a reason to get rid of me.
I don’t know whether to go ahead with the appointment with occupational health; and if I do, don’t know how honest I should be.
Any thoughts / suggestion from anyone who may have gone through a similar thing would be gratefully appreciated.
Thanks
Jugger