Today, after enduring chemo, radiation treatments and several surgeries in order to beat cancer, being immunocompromised and catching Covid, I haven’t been able to work for years. Despite all that, I still get told I’m lazy and need to "just go get a job" when I try to get social security. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I started chemo. My immune system is so bad, it keeps attacking organs throughout my body. I just got a job I love that pays well and has insurance for once, but I’m not sure I can keep working to pay for it, due to chemo side-effects and risky conditions of the job. FML
Today, I find it to be absolute horseshit that I’ve been denied disability benefits even though I’ve been in and out (mostly in) treatment for cancer over the past four years. Meanwhile my 600 lbs+ neighbor has been draining the system for decades. I can’t even find a pro bono attorney to help. FML
Today, I got demoted at work and had a pay cut taken, all because I got sick from cancer and haven't recovered well enough to do every task. We are not short staffed. FML
Today, I was turned down from the dream job that I was promised two years ago, once my chemo and radiation therapy was finished. His excuse? He never actually expected me to survive. FML
Today, I was told that I was an “entitled snowflake.” I'd mentioned that after 5+ years of cancer treatment and over a dozen surgeries, I still have some physical limitations. I literally almost died but still managed to finish school and change careers, but yeah, I’m entitled. FML
Today, despite the fact that I’ve been battling cancer for the past year and was hospitalized for Covid, all my family can talk about is how much weight I’ve gained. Yeah, not like being out of work, quarantined and on a ton of meds has anything to do with it. Thanks guys. FML
Today, Social Security is docking my benefits because I have a job. That's normal… Except I haven't had a job since November 2023. After my old boss left, she was replaced by an ableist prick who fired me as soon as he realized that I'm disabled. No matter what I do, they refuse to believe me. Help? FML
Today, my obnoxious neighbor once again bragged how much she gets from the government because she’s "too fat to work." Meanwhile, I had to start a gofundme after I couldn't afford dialysis from having to cut work hours… so I could go to dialysis. FML
Today, I had to turn down a job offer that would have been perfect for me because post-Covid fatigue syndrome is kicking my ass. FML
Today, I woke up in the ER after constant coughing and pneumonia made me pass out. I told my boss I was in the hospital with an infection and 235/163 blood pressure, so I wouldn’t be in. His response was, “So, you are a lazy POS and expect your colleagues to cover you?” I’d quit if my health was better. FML
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OH_HappyDays 14
I was paralyzed from herniated disc in my lower back. I had to fight for mine for 7 years despite their drs showing I only had 22% feeling from my waist down. After my first rejection I worked off the record jobs because no legit place would hire me, too much of a risk. Keep at it. It may not be easy but it is worth it in the long run. And tell anyone saying that to stuff it. When they are in your shoes then they have a say.
kfchicken 31
it's unfortunate but this is what happens when you let business run the country
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OH_HappyDays 14
I was paralyzed from herniated disc in my lower back. I had to fight for mine for 7 years despite their drs showing I only had 22% feeling from my waist down. After my first rejection I worked off the record jobs because no legit place would hire me, too much of a risk. Keep at it. It may not be easy but it is worth it in the long run. And tell anyone saying that to stuff it. When they are in your shoes then they have a say.
Adam Scully 7
I’m sorry
RichardPencil 32
There are those who believe that some people get cancer on purpose to avoid work. You didn't do that, right?
Dirtysalamander1 13
your life has no meaning, right?
kfchicken 31
it's unfortunate but this is what happens when you let business run the country
Elizabeth Burley 22
I have Crohns Disease and have been through the exact same thing. Injectables made my immune system worse, hospitalized, nearly got Covid, nearly died from a blood disease and still denied disability and told to get a job. The government can kiss my bleeding ass XD hahaha
SocialSuicide 14
My mother had fought cancer for years and her doctor got fed up with her work place and pushed her to go on long term disability. That stuff took a good year to finally settle in.