Getting older is a great thing and it certainly beats the alternative but there are some disadvantages.
I have been injured several times at the job I have while none of them have been life threatening the fact that I am older make the healing process take longer.
I am currently working through a back issue with a herniated disk and a bulging disk that are pinching some nerves.
I am a little perturbed at the way companies now handle things like this. I remember working years ago where someone got injured several times and at that point the company would come up to them and say would you like to move to another job so you can no longer get injured?
That no longer happens today. At least at large corporations where they make the assumption that every single employee that is injured is attempting to defraud the company. For instance I have an approved medical accommodation from corporate headquarters which is going nowhere. Even with the amount of local autonomy that is given I am continuously told that there must be a job opening available and that I can not move to another job until I am released for full duty at my current job.
Considering that I have a herniated disk which may make some of the requirements of my current job a bit difficult I just might be screwed. Maybe even more than a friend of mine who has had back issues which have been getting worse for several years who was just recently let go and denied disability.
