I was injured on the job several years ago. I am now considered partially disabled. I have a lifting restriction which is holding me back from getting a lot of jobs. Plus now I can not stand on my legs for hours at a time, get up and down from a chair a million times a shift, and I have pain that radiates. People who I thought were my friends just disappeared because I lost everything. Meaning I had to surrender my home, my son moved out to his own place (actually a good thing, he is doing great), gave my best friend Ladybird to my brother, and my life seems so bleak.
I am a go getter ...so I took legal action. That is working out ok, but the road ahead of me is still filled with frustration and uncertainty. All my immediate needs are met. Thank God for that, but I just seem to have lost my mo-jo. I feel like I have post traumatic distress disorder. I sent a lot of resumes out. I am trying to get a home health case management job which I have worked at before. However, I am a bedside hospital nurse. It is tearing my self esteem apart and every day I wake up and say I have to accept that this is the way it is and how I am now.
I can not divulge the details of what happened due to confidentiality clauses.
Please be kind in your responses as I am very sensitive. I know I must suck it up and move on, but there are days it feels impossible.
I am just looking for a few responses from any nurses who have been injured on the job and can not find a job that will accomodate them. This is where I think the problems lies. The companies that want to hire me want to know what happened and I think it is none of thier business. I am back in college..working diligently to complete it but the funds are running out. I am very scared and have many sleepless nights. I am not looking for anyone to help me continue to be a victim, just some friendly advice on how to keep going without dropping any more pieces of me or losing what dignity I have left.
The crazy thing is...if it can happen to me...it can happen to anyone.
