I had to put up with a lot of health issues lately. Last month was one of the worst periods I ever had to go through. Bedridden, only getting up to wash off blood in the shower, I was miserable.
I explained to my team lead about the issue that my menstrual cycle is very rough on me, and there was no way I could see a doctor for something like this in the first place, as any day we call off sick must be accompanied with a doctor's note or else we get written up. They call these “ocurrences” if you rack up enough in a certain amount of time, you get a verbal, then written, then final warning.
I've yet to get a written warning for this kind of thing, but my bosses still wrote me up for those days regardless for not having a note. I had to be extra diligent at work to not miss any days or be late.
Fast forward to last week, as it turns out, I'm struggling with even more pain, but I'm not on my period rn. I'm spotting blood, I go to an urgent care then the hospital, they find out I have a fucking fibroid tumor in my uterus.
I got those bastards their damn notes so I'm still in the clear, but this whole situation is really infuriating for me. Why the hell do I need to bend over backwards, spend all this money on medical bills, just so they can keep up productivity?? Its so inhumane!