How do I ask my Doctor to take me off work?

[meubanks09]

Hi,
I am stuck in neorological limbo land... right now all my tests show negetive for every possible disease I could have. I beleive that I have Lymes or MS, but will need further testing I guess. In the mean time my brain feels like it's deteriorating. The PAIN was bad enough on it's own, and now I am having scarier problems. When I wake up in the AM I am soooo dizzy, and stumbly. I am really afraid to drive to work, especially with my kids in the car, taking them to daycare. I can no longer pay attention to ANYTHING. I am on the verge of getting my drivers liscense suspended from getting 4 tickets in the last 6 months. I missed stop signs, speed limit signs.. red lights! It is freaking me out. Sometimes I will be driving and think I am going about 35, and i am really going 60. It's like my judgement is seriously impaired.

At work , i do customer service and am on the phone all day. If its busy my head is in so much pain, that I have to log out and walk away from my desk, just cuz the ear.head pain is so bad. I have missed deadlines, forgot to call important ppl back, lost important documents... I really am f-ing up my job.

I am going to the doctor on Tuesday and want to ask her to take me off of work. I won't get paid, but at least I wont get FIRED and lose my health insurance. If I lose my health insurance I don't know what I will do.

I am scared to ask her though... cuz I feel like she doesnt know what is wrong, so she will say " No". But I don't think I can sucessfully do my job too much longer and will get fired.

Does anyone have any tips on what I should day to her? How should i ask/ bring it up? I always get so nervous at the appointments. Should I get a note from my manager telling her how bad I am screwing up at work?

let me know what u think!!!

[meubanks09]

Thanks for your comment. I am going to see her tonight. We are going to go over my MRI results and then plan out the next "stuff" we are going to do , to try and figure this thing out.
My manager is all for me going out on disability, she even gave me the papers for the doc to fill out. She see's me here suffering ( on the days I actually make it in).. and she knows I am not ME. I used to be my manager's " go-to person" , and could handle anything this place would throw at me. Now I spell everything wrong, miss deadlines, forget simple things that I have known for years and can not manage to get anything done. My manager had to take all of my projects away and I am oficially on " final warning" for my call quality and schedule adherence. She hated doing it, cuz he KNOWS it's not my fault, but she cant favor me just cause I "say" im sick. She has to write me up with all the other "slakers". How sad.

I'm just going to tell the doc my manager can see that I am no longer able to work and wants me on leave, so she doesnt have to fire me. Then, if it is Lymes, and I get RID OF IT, I can go back :)

PRAY FOR ME!

[ErinZoe23]

Hey there   My experience of getting of work was i actaully had to leave work me and my manager sat down and talked about my medical issues and had no clue what it was but couldnt think process thought or people talking to me and was dropping everything. We both agreed on a mutual agreement to leave work and will rehire.

I was hesistant to ask my pcp for him to sign a paper i got from the state.. stating how disable i am and then had to write down the reasoning i could not work on the paper and also have to ask my nuero to do a paper on why i cant work and that stuff is for the governemnt

so In my case mine were fine to wwrite it out and they even asked me on wich they wanted me to check because its YOUR body and only YOU know what is going on.

So if you just need a note and not any goverment stuff Just straight tell them (even if it is gov. just stright tell them too) yes it is kinda scary  i hated asking because thats so not me i work and i like to make money! you know.

Sit down with her tell her your sitiaution and deal. And she should write it and have no problem doing so. Be firm about and do it with confidence. Pretty much telling her that she has to write a note for you because you have fell ill and your illness has started to effect your work negativly and you need time to properly take care of your situation. Remember its your body and noone can tell you how you feel and what is going on.   Good Luck and I'm sure your doc. will listen!

[JackieCalifornia]

You should perhaps talk with an employment lawyer who could advise you.  There are laws about disability, and how you present your situation can make a difference in the answer you get from your employer.