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I agree that you should keep working and regain control of your life. This is what I am about to do.
I work at a hospital 52 miles from where I live. Everyday I am in fear that I will have that awful gas while riding to work in the vanpool. Once I arrive to work, I cannot have a bm while I am there. I have 18 years of service at this job and am retiring December 20th.

I am not retiring from work all together, I am seeking a job at a hospital in the city I live in. I have found it to be too stressful to commute 102 miles per day.

The people at my job think this is all in my mind even though I have given them a doctors note and diagnosis.

The one thing I have going for me is I can draw my retirement even though I am not at retirement age. You can draw your retirement after ten years of service.

I will be seeking another position after the holidays, that is the only reason I am leaving. It is not easy working everyday and coping with IBS.

Try to find a job that you enjoy and provides the least amount of stress possible. We will always have IBS, but it does not have to constitue our lives. We need to work, I do, in order to pay my mortgage and other bills.

I am steping out on pure faith and I refused to believe that I will not find a job that I will be more happier in.

You can do it, all you have to do is believe.

Praying for you.
Lene

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God never promised life would be easy, but he did promise to provide a way out!

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