Not fit to return to work.

[FauxLiz]

Okay I feel like this roller coaster ride that I am on just keeps getting worse, higher heights, lower lows and more twists, turns and rollovers than ever before.

Last week I received a letter from my employer that my protected medical leave (FMLA) will be all used up as of March 28th. I am to supply them with a certification from my doctor that I am fit to return to work and report no later than the 29th having submitted any requests for accommodations.

I met with my T yesterday and he is sticking by his original statement that I am not ready and won't be ready until June as he wants me to return to River Oaks for additional inpatient then additional time to reintegrate back into everyday life before I return to work in light of the toxic environment that pushed me over the edge at the end of last year.

So now I am freaking out because if my attorney doesn't negotiate a separation/severance agreement ASAP I will see a greater than 50% reduction in income after next week and a whole host of other issues. I know I am venting and I am freaking out I am sorry I just never in my life imagined I would end up in this position.

 

[somerandomguy]

I'm really sorry this is happening to you. It sounds like an incredibly stressful situation.

 

[Justmehere]

Dang, that’s really tough. Take it one step at a time from here.

Have the therapist and attorney spoken with each other?

 

[FauxLiz]

@Justmehere they haven't yet to my knowledge. I have another appointment tomorrow with T so I will probably find out then. This is all just so uncertain and me and uncertainty are not friends. The attorney has spoken with my employer's attorney I do know that so maybe I will find out more tomorrow.

 

[Freida]

I'm so sorry -- no words of wisdom...just hugs :hug:

 

[FauxLiz]

Well today is D-day. I saw the agenda for the board meeting tonight and they are having a closed (private) session with their attorney during the meeting. It has been a rough weekend my T has been trying everything short of calling an ambulance to convince/or decide for me that I need to be inpatient but I am still at home.

I don’t anticipate I will have a job tomorrow which also means I will lose my insurance so it is not like I could actually afford to be inpatient anywhere now. I wish I could see a way forward but all I see is a black hole that is sucking me in.

 

[somerandomguy]

I'll be thinking about you today.

 

[mumstheword]

Rooting for you @FauxLiz . I really hope things turn out better than.you anticipate!
((((Hugs))))):hug::hug::hug:

 

[scout86]

I hope there's a good outcome here, somewhere, that you haven't thought of yet!

 

[Joan]

So sorry! How stressful. Keeping you in my thoughts today and hoping for a better outcome than you are thinking.

 

[Justmehere]

Thinking of you today. Whatever happens, take it one step at a time. All is not lost, even if it feels like that might be the case. :hug:

 

[hodge]

@FauxLiz, contact your county's family service office (or whatever it's called where you are) today and apply for Medicaid. Without an income, you are certainly eligible, and it will pay for a lot, if not all.

I have been through what you're going through. I totally believed I would keel over at a ripe old age at my computer, still working. I never imagined I would ever be unable to work. After several years of recovery work, though, I am again able to work part time, sometimes.

You will get through this. Big hugs.