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Hi all and I'm sure that someone has some great replies for me.
I am currently employed with the US Postal Service as a city carrier, and have done my job for fourteen years now, ten years since my diagnosis of multiple sclerosis.
I am fantasizing of the idea of quitting if I can sooner, rather than later, for many various reasons.
The post office is coming out with more automation, so that our hours that we now spend inside putting the mail in route order won't be as lengthy. Their objective is for every route to be 6 1/2- 7 hours on the street. I don't think that my body can handle that in the extreme heat or the cold. They also are going to turn most of our routes into all walking, due to the cost of gas. I am currently working inside at the present time, recovering from rotator cuff surgery and just to walk as much as I do inside to retrieve vacations holds, etc., leaves me with a really gimpy walk. People always comment on how I seem to be walking with a limp.
I did have an accident a couple of weeks ago- I was feeling like my MS was active and I turned too sharp into the gate and scraped up the side of the van that I was driving. I honestly don't know how did it, but my eyes must not have been working properfly. I am now worried about causing an accident in traffic or even worse, hitting a pedestrian.
I have a big problem with fatigue. And the fatigue that is caused by ms is indescribable- to the bone, so I am seriously thinking of filing for SS disability first, and then I can apply for postal disability. I know that it can be difficult to get, so does anyone have any suggestions?
Thank you in advance for any suggestions. :-)
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