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No health benefits for me anymore

Posted by Tricia in Wednesday, June 18th 2008

A few weeks ago I was notified by my workplace (where I’ve been off on medical leave from for over two years) that my health benefits were about to end. That sent me into a panic as I take a lot of expensive medications each month and for the most part they were [...]

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We need to get new health insurance

Posted by Tricia in Friday, June 6th 2008

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I’m starting to think that I’m never going to get back to work at the hospital. I’ve been off work on medical leave now for two and a half years! Two and a half years - mostly without pay too, as I only had sick leave pay for the first 15 weeks. Argh.
Topping that off, [...]

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Wondering when the axe will fall

Posted by Tricia in Friday, February 22nd 2008

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I was just talking about how much I’d like to get back to work, but I’ve been on medical leave for 25 months now. It’s hard to imagine that I’ve been off for so long!

Almost every day I wonder when the phone will ring and on the other end it will be the oc [...]

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I miss my job

Posted by Tricia in Thursday, November 22nd 2007

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When Chris came home from work the other day he told me about all the changes to the ER.

I’m an ER nurse and I’ve been off sick from the department for close to two years. Obviously it’s been some time since I even went in to visit my old co-workers. When I was [...]

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Chris and the talent show

Posted by Tricia in Tuesday, September 25th 2007

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Yesterday was Chris’ day off work but he ended up going to work for a while anyway.
He’d planned to go to work on Monday most of last week. You see they had a talent contest at lunch time and Chris had planned to play guitar and sing a song with another guitar player. [...]