Location: St. Augustine, FL
About Me: A high school Biology teacher's coping with rosacea while living in the interesting and sometimes insane world of public education.
September 02, 2005
Colitis
It's 8:55 AM local time on a Friday and I'm sitting in the classroom waiting for my first class of the day. I've already tutored one student who unexpectedly showed up at 8 AM. We are having a test today on cells and she needed a little reassurance that she knew the material.
While taking a shower this morning an episode of colitis hit me with full force, causing lots of pain and diarrhea. I'm feeling a little better at this point now that the Imodium has kicked in some, but I still feel a little nauseous and shaky. The flareup was probably due to general teaching stress and the desperate need for an extended break.
I'll keep this brief since I need to check my mailbox before the kids come in. It's my planning period now but in 15 minutes the first group arrives to class. I did not feel up to checking the mail earlier but if I take it slow I think I can make it now without a problem.
The students really don't know what we sacrifice in order to teach them. They will come in today, take their test and complete their assignment, all without a clue that I'm trying not to double over as I talk to them.
On a related note, I got a retirement letter from the state of Florida telling me that I will have an estimated $27,000 pension at the end of 30.5 years of service. This is BEFORE taxes. Simply lovely. I can't even afford to die as a teacher.
Posted by on September 2, 2005 05:53 AM
It's nice to read about someone else who has colitis, I'll be linking to your blog from my own - linked here by my name. Hope you're managing the disease ok, look after yourself.
Posted by: James at September 14, 2005 11:11 AM
Thanks, James. Well, I hadn't planned on including colitis but it's been a main symptom of school stress lately so I'll probably be talking about it more as time goes by this year. With all my complaints I've come to the conclusion that growing old isn't what it's cracked up to be. *grin*
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Posted by: printingworld at February 26, 2007 08:22 PM
I am substitute teaching and had a colitis flareup this past Friday. I had to leave! I am trying to get back into teaching but have so many fears about becoming ill again. I taught full time seven years ago but it was in an inner city school and the stress caused my health to go down the tubes!
Posted by: Beth at May 5, 2007 02:37 PM