A couple of weeks ago I had to be hospitalized overnight for a medical procedure. My doctor didn’t complete my work release paperwork until yesterday. I thought it all had to be completed before I could return to work. The doctor being late with the paperwork caused the delay to be worse. Then, come to find out, he had released me to return to work a week ago!
Long story short, I missed several days of work mistakenly thinking that the paperwork had to be finished before I could return. I will be penalized for the time I missed. That puts me very close to getting fired. It’s close, but I think I’ll make it.
Through it all I was sort of in my symptoms thinking: “They want me to be off this extra week considering what I’ve just been through medically (it was bad).” Besides that, I’ve been in regular communication with my human resources department making sure I was following procedure. They’ve been telling me that everything is on track, not to worry.
The doctor insists that he told me when I was supposed to return to work. He didn’t, and though I might be a looney psychotic, I’m fully certain without any doubt; he never gave me a return to work date. My symptoms made me complacent, so I never asked either. Even then, I thought the medical leave agency had to finish processing the claim before I could return to work. No one told me they don’t do that. And yet, I take the hit for this.
Symptoms can sure trick you. I’m not going to let it upset me. Though this is a bad situation, by grace everything will work out.
