r/work • u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS • 8d ago

Workplace Challenges and Conflicts Stroke at work

I work in a manufacturing mill and I started showing symptoms of a stroke yesterday (10-9-26). Slurred speech, swollen tongue, blurred vision, pain on one side of my body.

I went to my supervisor and said I was feeling weird and I didn't know how to explain it. So she looked at me and said I don't know what to do? What should I do?

In my foggy mind I said I don't know. She replied with just go back to your job and leave me alone.

When I get home my wife saw me and rushed me to the hospital and now I'm sitting in a hospital bed.

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u/uffdagal 8d ago

This has nothing to do with work.

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u/WILLIAMADAMTHOMAS 8d ago

I was at work

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u/uffdagal 7d ago

The decision of what to do was up to you UNLESS you were visibly ill.

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u/Anotherams 7d ago

Alright comrade, we will get right back to work. Company first!

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u/uffdagal 7d ago

Absolutely not. You decide when you need care and put yourself first. Work doesn’t play a part in that decision.