Well the old blog has been neglected this past year. Partly due to the nature of the new job. I was warned at corporate orientation that any blogging about said employment was grounds for termination. The work was of a confidental and sensitve nature dealing with children and families in the Child Protective Services System. Well as of 9am today I am no longer employed so fuck it. I will do a brief blog about the last 9 months. 6 of which I spent working and 3 I have spent dealing with our fucked medical system here in Arizona.
To start I loved my job as a Parent Aide. It was the happiest I have been in my entire working adult life. I was able to go to work and know I was doing good things to help children and parents on a daily basis and I was making a difference in the world. I felt good about myself and loved my job. I worshiped my boss she is the best person I have ever worked for and the office has some of the best women I have ever worked with who kept the cattiness to a minimum and helped a guy out and made me their big pet teddy bear that they fiercely protected.
Then life unravel. I finally had to pay the piper for the sins of my youth. As a young man I was a hell raiser and a drinker. I had 3 bad car accidents I walked away from with neck and upper back pain. I also had 2 industrial work comp accidents around the same time with upper back and neck injuries. 20 years later the price is due to be paid. I started expericing blackouts memory loss numbness and tingling in hands. I was hospitized and had every cardiac and eeg and ekg test done with nothing found. I am a big man 5'10" 350# so I had to have open sided MRI had to find one that would take my insurance first then had an opening. so 3 weeks later MRI of head. Nothing found. Go back to primary care have had another blackout while off work because dr wont clear me to drive. Sends me for MRI of neck finds 2 blown discs 1 bulging disc and 80% compressed spinal cord causing the blackout. THen finding a neurologist. First neurologist does not listen or care about the neck wants to do sleep studies and cardiac studies at his office that my insurance wont cover. I find a new neurologist who is also a surgeon. First appointment is cancelled due to him having to due an emergency surgery. Appointment is now pushed back a month. Then only thing keeping me financially stable has been my short term disability from work. This week it is supposed to rollover to long term disability but I have to call and make sure it stays on track.
Then corporate HR calls today and says that today is 3 months since I last worked and they dont have long term medical leave and they are so sorry about all the problem I have had recieving good health care. And that I should apply again once I get everything taken care of again. I am able to keep my disability because I paid for it and it was started and in effect which is good but have no idea how it will work when I apply for unemployment.
