I guess I would ask a silly question.  Can you go without dilating at work?  I went back to work at 8 weeks post, and was able to get by with morning and evening dilations, and not have to interrupt my co-workers with my exercises.  *smiles*.

Melan

Re that safety thing.

Sounds like you people are having similar problems with the safety nazis a we are over here.

Wonder if they don't have locks on toilets for the same reason?

Quote from: Melan on January 06, 2011, 08:40:00 AM
I guess I would ask a silly question.  Can you go without dilating at work?  I went back to work at 8 weeks post, and was able to get by with morning and evening dilations, and not have to interrupt my co-workers with my exercises.  *smiles*.

Melan

On the schedule I'm on, it would be highly ill advised to not dilate at work. In another 6 weeks I can drop to twice a day, but as I'm still in the scar tissue contraction stage, I'm playing it VERY safe.
And on a not unrelated note: I am now officially allowed to go swimming. W00t! 

Some motherfracker tried to get into the room while I was dilating. I am shaking like a bloody leaf and I can't think straight for the blood pounding in my ears. Jesus effing christ, doesn't anyone KNOCK on door these days?
The ->-bleeped-<- was trying to get into the first aid room to use it as a CHANGING ROOM - I could see the bag of sports gear in his hand after he forced the door open a couple of inches, despite the chair I had wedged under the handle.
God I hate people.
Ugh.

Quote from: Caitj on February 01, 2011, 08:44:53 PM
Some motherfracker tried to get into the room while I was dilating. I am shaking like a bloody leaf and I can't think straight for the blood pounding in my ears.

That must have been really nervewracking.

Quote from: Caitj on February 01, 2011, 08:44:53 PM
Some motherfracker tried to get into the room while I was dilating. I am shaking like a bloody leaf and I can't think straight for the blood pounding in my ears. Jesus effing christ, doesn't anyone KNOCK on door these days?
The ->-bleeped-<- was trying to get into the first aid room to use it as a CHANGING ROOM - I could see the bag of sports gear in his hand after he forced the door open a couple of inches, despite the chair I had wedged under the handle.
God I hate people.
Ugh.

He kept pushing even with the chair there? Did you have your sign on the door? Some people can be so dense, I would've been freaking out too if someone was trying to break in while I'm half naked! Uhg. Sounds awful. I hope HR can come up with some sort of better solution for you.

Maybe you should go to the HR person you've been dealing with and tell them what happened and  that this situation is unacceptable! Even for the short term they should find a better solution for you... perhaps someone from HR or your supervisor or someone can kinda hang around outside the door and discretely 'guard' it for you? I don't know... I hope things work out for you 

Beyond the wedge/sing suggestions (which one would assume would do it) for your piece of mind might someone invest in a portable privacy curtain or partition? Something that would block the line of sight from the door to the bed?

Quote from: Caitj on February 01, 2011, 08:44:53 PM
Some motherfracker tried to get into the room while I was dilating. I am shaking like a bloody leaf and I can't think straight for the blood pounding in my ears. Jesus effing christ, doesn't anyone KNOCK on door these days?
The ->-bleeped-<- was trying to get into the first aid room to use it as a CHANGING ROOM - I could see the bag of sports gear in his hand after he forced the door open a couple of inches, despite the chair I had wedged under the handle.
God I hate people.
Ugh.

I may be wrong, but I think that was a wind up.

People are dense, as someone already mentioned. I am sorry Cait, I can't imagine that I would be left feeling anything less than mortified, frightened, and more so than not, livid. Did you get to talk to your HR rep yet?

yeah sounds good to me

Quote from: spacial on February 02, 2011, 06:59:18 AM
I may be wrong, but I think that was a wind up.

No, it was not a wind up.
It was a horrible, horrible experience and it shot my blood pressure so high that it resulted in a vagina bleed. Why did you think it was a 'wind up'?

I spoke to my boss as well as HR and after much discussion, it's been decided that I'm to go home at 3pm to dilate, rather than having to do it in the unsafe (and unclean - due to men putting their sweaty socks and ->-bleeped-<- all over the room) environment at work.
So for the next three weeks (until my dilation drops to twice daily) I'll be leaving work early and logging the last 2 hours of each day as sick leave. fortunately my contract has unlimited sick leave, so they're not bothered by all the time off.

So problem resolved! 

Quote from: Caitj on February 03, 2011, 04:09:37 PM
No, it was not a wind up.
It was a horrible, horrible experience and it shot my blood pressure so high that it resulted in a vagina bleed. Why did you think it was a 'wind up'?

I spoke to my boss as well as HR and after much discussion, it's been decided that I'm to go home at 3pm to dilate, rather than having to do it in the unsafe (and unclean - due to men putting their sweaty socks and ->-bleeped-<- all over the room) environment at work.
So for the next three weeks (until my dilation drops to twice daily) I'll be leaving work early and logging the last 2 hours of each day as sick leave. fortunately my contract has unlimited sick leave, so they're not bothered by all the time off.

So problem resolved! 

I am glad to hear that they were able to offer you a resolution. *hugs* I am sorry that you had to go through that though.

I think it would be a good idea if the company made it so the sick room door could be locked from the inside but opened from the outside only with a key, which could be kept in a manager's office. 

Glad the problem is solved for you though. 

Good news Cait. Now is unlimited sick leave the norm in NZ? In the US some companies require a note from the undertaker to collect on a single day.

Quote from: Michelle. on February 03, 2011, 08:17:28 PM
In the US some companies require a note from the undertaker to collect on a single day.

I believe they also require a note from the doctor, as well, to ensure that it corroborates with the undertaker's analysis.

Quote from: Michelle. on February 03, 2011, 08:17:28 PM
Good news Cait. Now is unlimited sick leave the norm in NZ? In the US some companies require a note from the undertaker to collect on a single day.

They know that I've had major surgery recently, so this one is already covered. In other instances, I'd need a doctor's letter.

I suppose I may need to worry about dilation at work too. They have a room with a shower and a couple of stuffed chairs in the women's restroom at work but there's no lock on it either and no bed =(