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UPDATED: Fri, 05/16/2008 - 6:15pm
kevinmo99
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I am beside my self with the arrogance of those who are supposed to be helping people with disabilities. I had to write a letter to the govenor of my state to even get them to listen. I has been now 20 months since i lost my job. And all the professionals in my state can not find me a job. MY Attitude is in the toilet and the response i recieve is forget the the last 15 months. Sadly all i keep getting is empty promises . They think stupid little me will just shut up and go away. How many college graduates are working in a system that does not work''''''
By kevinmo99 at Fri, 05/16/2008 - 6:15pm | 55 views | 6 comments
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i was just denied disability because "i could have worked if i wanted to"
how nice of them to determine that for me. like i want to be disabled...
and just because i don't have grand mal seizures, it doesn't mean i'm all better...
I hear ya! I was fired from my job when I had 2 simple complex seizures within 24 hrs - in front of the CEO's! Of course, they said it in a "sugar-coated" way ~ that I was deemed "medically unfit" to return to duty in the medical field.
Meanwhile, I had EEGs, MRI's, saw 2 different neurologists who both said "I should be on medically disability" with my seiz. disorder so unstable at this time in my life. My own PCP said " who would hire someone with such unstable epilepsy?"
Yet---have been denied medical disability. They say "although we realize you cannot do your former work as a RN, we feel you could find substantial work. We deem substantial work to be of $960 per month.
Good heavens! I dont know anyone who can live on $960 a month... plus I do not understand why the disability was denied! Does anyone else have any suggestions besides appeal it? Meanwhile.... my emergency "nest-egg" is running out.
I've been there done that and I'm trying to get back into the work force. Enough about my situation. What I am thinking of is your own. You mention that you were an RN? Were you in a specific area or just an RN? In other words, critical care, cardiology, etc? The reason I ask is this you have opportunity. Have you considered using what you already know but more along the lines of the business side? For example, have you considered looking into medical transcription or medical billing and coding? Since you have been in the nursing career you would know anatomy, medical terminology, and other things that can help you get into this.
I don't know what area you are in however there may be opportunity available for you to pursue looking further down this road. Does anything of what I said above make sense?
Feel free to keep in touch. Best of luck!
Sue
I feel the same way, however I did appeal and it has been almost a year and no word since. I was described as a high risk for employment, you would think people out there would help, but is seems no one will.
I think the term "high risk for employment" is very discriminatory. It creates a kind of apartheid between those who don't live with a significant medical condition and those who don't fit their egotistic view of what the workforce is supposed to look like. Some of these bureacrats and their cronies have different ways of expressing their wishes that people they consider disabled will just go away.
I think you hit the nail on the head with your post.