I am losing connection! I have been watching one of my workers for a while now and I lost connection for about 5 min is it better to just switch it to another pool until I can figure out what is going on?
You'd be best served configuring a backup pool in your mining software. Pick a pool that's not like Slush's where you get paid per share regardless of age of share. With Slush's pool, only the newest shares are valued.