My job is physically demanding and I'm often in pain. I might have to quit.

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Dear Good Job,

I am a woman in my mid-50s who after being trained and working in multiple sectors since I was a teenager is (finally) in a field I truly enjoy. It doesn’t pay much but gives me one of a few reasons to wake up everyday knowing I am there to make someone’s life a little bit better. However this job is physically demanding. I have been dealing with nerve pain before I accepted this position. The colder the temperature gets, the more pain I feel. It intensifies after most work days that involves me pushing patients in wheelchairs that double, sometimes triple my weight. There is no one else that can regularly take on th